One hundred six schools from across India were certified ‘green’ on Feb 21, at a ceremony conducted by Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Green School Programme (GSP). Of these, 19 schools received the topmost Annual Green School Awards for their exemplary initiatives in making their campuses environment-friendly and their students, environment-conscious.
Apart from the schools, awards were also conferred on the most proactive teachers, the “best state” and “best district” etc. CSE director general Sunita Narain and executive director Jagdeep Gupta handed out the awards to the winners.
The awards, given every year by CSE, are based on an exhaustive and rigorous annual audit of resource management and environment-friendly practices within the school campuses; this audit is conducted by the schools themselves with CSE’s help.
Over seven hundred schools from 29 states and Union territories vied for the honours; 19 of these received the top awards, and 106 were tagged as ‘green’. 436 government schools, 55 government-aided schools and 216 private schools participated in the audit. Each school which undertook the audit, was assessed by the Green Schools Programme on its resource consumption practices in six areas – water management, solid waste management, energy efficiency, air pollution control, land and biodiversity management, and food systems followed.
THE 2022-23 AWARDS
Best State and District: Himachal Pradesh bagged the award for the Best State with the highest audit registrations and report submissions. 114 schools from the state submitted their audit reports – nine were rated ‘green’. Solan in Himachal Pradesh bagged the Best District Award with 61 submissions and six schools rated ‘green’.
Changemaker Awards: These were schools that have monitored their resource consumption and improved them. The two awardees in this category:
Global Public School, Ernakulam, Kerala
Noyes Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Sterling Schools Awards: Schools rated ‘green’ for five consecutive years:
Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Sonipat, Haryana
Sachdeva Global School, South West Delhi, New Delhi
Salwan Public School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Ashok Memorial Public School, Faridabad, Haryana
Bal Bharati Public School, Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Kendriya Vidyalaya WCL, New Majri, Chandrapur, Maharashtra
East Point School, New Delhi
Indirapuram Public School, Pratap Vihar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Bal Bharati Public School, IMT Manesar, Gurugram, Haryana
St Edmund’s School, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Mahindra World School, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Best Newcomer: Schools that have recently registered to be a part of the programme and have demonstrated considerable potential in managing their natural resources.
Cambridge School, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Best in Section: Schools that have performed exceptionally in specific sections.
GSP Waste Warrior Award: Christ Academy CBSE School, Bengaluru, Karnataka
GSP Land Manager Award: Government Senior Secondary School Himgiri, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
GSP Good Food Award: Shiv Nadar School, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
GSP Air Action Award: Subodh Public School Airport, Jaipur, Rajasthan GSP Energy Manager Award: Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, Central Delhi, New Delhi
