3 Schools from Haryana are selected for the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskarʼ

3 Schools from Haryana are selected for the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskarʼ

For the academic year 2017-18, the Center has selected three government schools from the state of Haryana for the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskarʼ. The award was instituted by the center in 2016-17 inspire and celebrate excellence in water, sanitation and hygiene practices among the government elementary schools and secondary schools. The award is given at the district, state and national levels. The awards will be conferred to the schools on September 18 by the Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar. The schools which have been selected from Haryana are: Aarohi Model Senior Secondary School (AMSSS), Bhiwani Rohilla, HisarAMSSS, Ramgarh Pandwa, KaithalGovernment Primary School, Kirmara, Hisar Each of these school will be given an additional grant of INR 50,000 which they can spend to further improve the sanitation and hygiene. The schools are required to utilize the grant as per the school grant guidelines. Hisar is among the top nine performing districts in the country with the highest number of schools qualified for the SVP 2017-18.

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