Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021 – 2022

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• Recently, the Minister of State for Education virtually launched Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022. 

About Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar

• It has been instituted by the Ministry of Education to recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in sanitation and hygiene practice in schools. 
  • It was first instituted in 2016-17.
• The purpose of the SVP is to honour schools that have undertaken significant steps towards fulfilling the mandate of the Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign. 
• The SVP 2021-22 is open to all categories of schools. i.e. Government, Government aided and Private schools in both rural and urban areas. 
• Assessment 
  • The schools will be assessed through an online portal & mobile app in 6 sub-categories: 
    • Water, Sanitation, Hand Washing with soap, Operation and Maintenance, Behaviour Change and Capacity Building and the newly added category on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response.

•  Schools shall be awarded at the District, State and National level based on an internationally recognized five-star rating system. 

Source:PIB