Nirmal Vidyalaya Awards' instituted by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan given away to students of 59 schools

Updated on: Thursday, December 20, 2012

'Prime Ministers' of 59 schools in Burdwan district received the 'Nirmal Vidyalaya Awards' instituted by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
 
The award consists of Rs 5000 in cash and a certificate, officials said. The SSA had set up a five-member 'cabinet' of students in each of the 4000 odd schools in the district a year ago to look after sanitation, drinking water facility, mid-day meal and cleanliness of the institute, officials said.
 
The 'cabinet' comprised the prime minister, education minister, health minister, food minister and sports minister. The SSA inspected the schools a year later and selected 59 schools for the 'Nirmal Vidyalaya' awards.
 
District Magistrate Omkar Singh Meena handed over the award to the 'prime ministers' of those 59 schools at a programme here.

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