CBSE Launches One Child, One Plant Campaign
CBSE asked the schools to arrange activities related to water conservation and also ask the students to plant and nourish one sapling. MHRD also made it mandatory for the primary and secondary Govt. schools to have Youth and Eco clubs.
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has made it compulsory for all the secondary and primary government schools to have Eco and Youth clubs. This rule was made to sensibilise the students about the environment. The government is going to financially support the clubs and their activities.
The theme for the Eco-club activities 2019-20 will be 'Conservation of Water'. Schools are directed to Integrate Water Conservation and Environment Sustainability in their curriculum for all the levels.
The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE asked the schools to encourage class 5-12 students to take up activities related to water conservation and save one litre of water in school and at home every day.
CBSE board stated that all activities for class 9-12 under SEWA must have Water Conservation as the theme for the academic session 2019-20. All the schools need to to set the aim to become 'Water Efficient Schools' in the coming three years.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has launched another campaign apart from the water conservation that is One Child, One Plant campaign. The one child, one plant campaign is a massive tree plantation campaign. In this campaign, every student needs to plant one sapling in either school or at their home. CBSE stated that the schools then need to create awareness among the students about nourishing their saplings and taking care of it. The activities under this campaign can be graded for internal assessment for Work Experience by the schools.
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This is a very crucial step taken by the Ministry of Human Resouce Development as students should be aware of the problems of the environment and should also learn not to exploit the natural resources. Back to back natural calamities especially cities running out of the water, it is important for all of us to save water every day little by little and stop the wasting water. Even plantation of trees is also important to maintain the balance in nature.
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