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Organisation : Ministry of Human Resource Development MHRD
Competition Name : Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2017-18 Award
Registration Last Date : 31-10-2017
Website : http://www.swachhvidyalaya.com/

Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar

The Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar was instituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2016 to recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in sanitation and hygiene practice in schools.

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The explicit purpose of the awards is to honour schools that have undertaken significant steps towards fulfilling the mandate of the Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign.

Eligibility

The awards will be open to (a) Government and aided schools; and (b) Private schools, in both rural and urban areas.

Criteria of Evaluation :
The performance of the schools will be evaluated under the following categories
** Water
** Toilets
** Handwashing with Soap
** Operations and Maintenance
** Behaviour Change and Capacity Building.

Categories of Awards

The awards are categorised at the District Level, State/UT Level and National Level

District level Awards

Open to All five star, four star and three star rated Schools
Online (web/ mobile) applications received before the cut-off date will be screened by a District level Committee headed by the District Collector (or her/his appointee) and comprising of District Education officer, three eminent school teachers, Superintendent Engineer (Water supply / PHD), District Health Officer and two members from civil society organizations/NGOs.
RURAL:
a) Three Elementary and Three Secondary schools having the highest overall score with rating not below three Star will be selected for the District level Award (Total 6)
b) In addition, six schools( three elementary and three secondary) having the highest score in each of the Sub Categories with rating not below five star in the sub- category will be selected for sub-category wise awards at the district level(Total 30)
URBAN:
a) Two schools ( one elementary and one secondary)having the highest overall score with rating not below three Star will be selected for the District level Award (Total 2)
b) In addition, two schools(one elementary and one secondary) having the highest score in each of the Sub Categories with rating not below five star in the sub-category will be selected for sub-category award at the district level (Total 10).

The district level committee may get a physical verification of the nominated schools done by a team consisting of school teachers and students in the district. The verification would be done using a check list and by taking photographs.

Each of the selected schools with highest overall score (Total 8) and each of the schools having the highest score under each sub-category (Total 40) will be awarded with certificate of recognition at district level, provided that all the schools with an overall rating of five star would be awarded with a certificate of Recognition.

State/UT Level Awards

Open for five star and four Star Rated Schools
** Schools selected for District Level Awards with overall rating not less than four Star will be considered for the State/UT Level Awards. In case the number of Schools in a district having five star Rating is more, all the schools having overall five star Rating will be considered for State/UT Level Awards.

** These schools will be screened by a State/UT Level Committee headed by the State Education Secretary or her/his nominee and comprising of Director (Education), Director (Health), two eminent school heads (selected by the State Education Secretary), Chief Engineer (Water Supply & PHD), Director (Panchayati Raj), Director (Urban Local Bodies), representatives of Civil Society Organizations as members.

** Twenty Elementary and twenty Secondary schools having the maximum score and rating not less than four Star from Urban & Rural Areas (5 from Urban and 15 from Rural) will be selected for State/UT level awards.
** The State/UT Level Committee may get a physical verification of the selected schools done by a team consisting of school teachers and students in the district. The verification would be done using a check list and taking photographs.
** A maximum of 40 schools selected at State/UT level from each State/UT will be awarded with a Certi?cate of Recognition
** The State may also decide to confer these schools with additional grants/funds for incentivizing them.
** A maximum of twenty entries each at Elementary and Secondary level would be considered for the National Level Award.

National Level Awards

Open to only five star Categories
** A maximum of 100 schools each at Elementary and Secondary level will be awarded at the National level (with a ceiling of 30 urban and 70 rural areas schools in each level)
** A maximum of 40 schools selected for State/UT Level Awards with rating of ?ve stars from each State/UT will be considered for National Level Awards.
** 3 best performing States will be recognized and awarded with a Certificate of Recognition based on the scores secured by their nominated schools qualified for National level award
** 100% physical verification of the nominated schools will be done using a check list and by taking photographs.

** A National level Committee headed by the Secretary (School Education & Literacy) and comprising of Additional Secretary (School Education), Joint Secretary (Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation), Joint Secretary (School Education), 3 experts in Schools/ Bilateral agencies/Civil Society Organizations (to be nominated by Secretary (School Education & Literacy) as members will decide the ?nal awardees.

** The best 100 schools each at the Elementary and Secondary levels having the maximum score will be given an award of Rs. 50,000/- as additional School Grant to be utilised as per the School Grant Guidelines for improving Sanitation and hygiene along with a Certi?cate of Recognition.

** In addition, Certi?cates of Recognition would be awarded to best participating Districts (Total 10) that will be judged on the basis of the percentage of schools participating in the National level awards.
** The Expenditure for the National Level Awards will be borne under SSA/RMSA programmes.

How to Apply

All schools are invited to apply for the awards.Registration opens from 1st September 2017 and closes on 31st October 2017.

The registration of schools would be done with the U-DISE code of the school. If you do not have a UDISE-Code, download the Data Capture Format (DCF) and submit at Block / District / State level office to generate the U-DISE Code.

Schools will first complete the Primary Information section in the prescribed format. Upon submission, a “Password” will be send to the mobile number given by the school in the primary information section. Schools will then login with the U-DISE code and Password to complete the rest of the six sections of the survey.

Steps to Access Information of Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2017-18
Option A : Download Mobile App (playstore/ istore) OR Give a Missed Call to 07097298093 to get App Links on your mobile
Option B : Fill Online Survey
Option C : Download Survey Format ,fill it and seek assistance to complete survey using option A or option B