The Haryana Government will felicitate 100 teachers for their excellent performance in the field of education during the swarna jayanti year of the State.
Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma while speaking after conferring ‘Swachchh Vidyalaya Puraskar-2016’ upon 142 schools of the State, said 100 teachers subject-wise would be honoured by the Government.
On the occasion, the Education Minister awarded 25 schools in the ‘Green Rank’ and 117 in the ‘Blue Rank’.
The schools in green rank included six rural elementary schools, 13 rural secondary schools, one urban elementary school and five urban secondary schools. Similarly, schools in blue rank included 52 rural elementary schools, 49 rural secondary schools, six urban elementary schools and 10 urban secondary schools.
These awards were conferred after assessment of cleanliness in schools on the basis of the rules of Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, he said.
The Education Minister said the ‘Swachchhta Abhiyaan’ launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now become a mission and urged the students to undertake regular maintenance of cleanliness in their surroundings.
He also released a booklet ‘Swachchh Vidyalaya, Swachh Vidyarthi’.