Pitching for the need to promote teaching of renewable energy related concepts in schools, the Punjab Government on Tuesday launched a State-level ‘Energy Conservation and Efficiency’ campaign.
launching the initiative, the state Revenue, New and Renewable Energy Resources Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said that at present, only a passing reference was made to this topic in teaching lessons in schools, suggesting that adequate space should be given to its study for sensitising students.
The Minister said that there was a target of energy-saving of 20 per cent in domestic sector in coming five years.
“Another purpose of this unique initiative is to create energy auditors among students, principals and teachers and to rope in 40 lakh school students in next three years to make them not only the ambassadors for energy-saving but also for promoting the renewable energy in a big way, thereby making this clean energy a significant part of their lives,” he said.
Punjab became the first State to start a ‘State energy conservation and efficiency campaign’ with a target to achieve energy saving of 20 per cent in domestic sector in coming five years. The campaign was launched jointly by Majithia and the State Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Tuesday, followed by a special workshop for more than 1,200 school Principals and Science Teachers or Eco-club coordinators of Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts.
He suggested Cheema to include energy conservation and efficiency as an important part of syllabus. Majithia said that the best schools in every district will be recognised every year. Cheema, speaking on the occasion, appreciated the unique joint initiative of PEDA and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Union Ministry of Power.
Under this ambitious campaign, all 4361 Government and private (4361) high and senior secondary schools would be covered by involving 8722 principals, science teachers, eco-club coordinators and more than 40 lakh students to be involved in three years.