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Nomination for Best School

PARYAVARAN MITRA GUJARAT

Puraskar 2013

V.M.Dave Highschool, Patan

Celebration of culture and heritage, Environment days in the calendar which was linked to classroom teaching in class 8,9 and 10 syllabus

For conservation of biodiversity of the district , students have prepared biodiversity register

The documentation was very specific and almost all the characteristic were noted

Almost 300 saplings were planted in the city by students

What Handprint actions did the school take?

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V.M.Dave High School, PatanJury Comments

School has done action projects in four themes of Paryavaran Mitra

Local environmental problems were addressed

Whole school was part of action projects throughout the year

Community participation was there

Almost all the environment days were celebrated in the school

Efforts were made to mobilize the funds for some of the activities

Shown linkages with social , economic and cultural environment

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Smt. M.A.Jani Jivan Shala, Ambardi

Rain water harvesting system has been put up in the school and 4 tanks were put and almost 198333 lt. rain water is stored

200 students of the school work in group for waste collection for all week days .

Waste collection is done from 4 different areas of campus and total 51.8 kg is collected which was used to make compost

Ornaments were made from waste coconut shells by students

Medicinal garden was prepared by students with 50different species of plants

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Smt. M.A.Jani Jivan shala, Ambardi

Jury Comments

Students have initiated the action projects

All activities carried out by involvement of 5 to 10 grades students

Activities are linked with science and social science subjects

On-going projects which are being done throughout the year

Community participation is there

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Uttar Buniyadi Vidhyalaya, Gotaraka

What Handprint actions did the school take?

Energy saving in school by using solar equipments, 120 units energy saved by 80students

Rain water is stored in big tanks and used in rest of the year

Students have set up the arrangements to differentiate bio degradable and non biodegradable waste. And from that composting is done.

Hostel kitchen waste was used to make compost and almost 3 kg waste per day is used

Activities were liked with class 9 and 10 subjects like farming, science and technology and social science CEE

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Uttar Buniyadi Vidhyalaya, GotarakaJury Comments

School has done action projects in three themes of Paryavaran Mitra

Local problems were taken up as project

Gram Panchayat and School has supported students for testing of Drinking water in the school

Solar energy equipment has been used in school

Waste management is very effective in school

West has been collected and composting is done

Compost has been used for plantation in school

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F.D.High School , Ahmedabad

Energy saving campaign with cumulative saving of 2061 units in the community

Celebration of culture and heritage days in the colander which was linked to classroom teaching in class 10 syllabus

Water and sanitation and waste management theme was combined in a health survey and dengue in the community involving 400 students of class 9 in partnership with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Greening the campus with plantation of 250saplings

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F.D.High School , AhmedabadJury Comments

School has done action projects in four themes of Paryavaran Mitra programmes linking water & sanitation and waste management

Local Specific problems were addressed (Dengue campaign , energy saving campaign)

Innovativeness in combining this with city health department programme

The survey and achievements shows clearly

Role of students in conceptualization and large numbers of students undertaking the action project is seen clearly

Outcomes are quantifiable and clear documentation of process and outcomes

Linkages with curriculum is definedCEE

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The H.B. Kapadia Group of School, Ahmedabad

2500 saplings of different plant species were planted in the city

The Energy Conservation Education integrated with the daily teaching learning for 6 months through creative lesson, unit, and activity plans made by teachers. All 3000 students from class 1-8 participated in the programme, of whom 1148 students showed a combined reduction of 2,58,272 units of electricity consumption in their homes.

Innovative way of celebrating cultural festival in Eco friendly way- Safe holi with natural colors

For that plantation drive was done by students on Sundays

Papers bags were made by students to reduce the plastic waste , for that students have distributed the paper bags among hawkers

Heritage walk was done in the city area by students

What Handprint actions did the school take?

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The H.B. Kapadia Group of School, Ahmedabad

School has done action projects in all themes of Paryavaran Mitra

Action projects were planned to meet local and global challenges

Learning objective are very clear

Impact and assessment activity is done in each project

Action projects done throughout the year

Whole school took part in different activities

Jury Comments

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