Promote ethos of conservation of water by minimizing the use of water.
Motivate students to imbibe habits and life style for minimum waste generation, source separation of waste and disposing the waste to the nearest
Educate students to create awareness amongst public and sanitary workers,
so as to stop the indiscriminate burning of waste which causes respiratory
Sensitize the students to minimize the use of plastic bags, not to throw them in public places as they choke drains and sewers, cause water logging and
provide breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Organize tree plantation programmes, awareness programmes such as
Quiz, essay, painting competitions, rallys, nukkad natak etc. regarding various
environmental issues and educate children about re-use of waste material &
preparation of products out of waste.
Organize Nature Trail in Wild Life Sanctuaries/Parks/Forest areas to know about the Bio- diversity.
In order to undertake the programme in a systematic way the Department has
identified 93 schools and 2 colleges as Lead Schools and about 25-30
schools/colleges are attached to each lead school for proper coordination and
implementation of various activities. Each lead eco-club school/college teacher
has been trained as master trainer on environmental issues. Orientation
programmes for Eco Club incharge teachers are also conducted with the help of
Environment experts. The students are also exposed to field activities
such as Nature Trails, Quiz and poster competitions etc. so as to create
enthusiasm regarding issues pertaining to Plants/Forest/Wildlife/Bio-diversity
The schools participate in the Eco-Club programme voluntarily and the Department also
persuade Schools and Colleges to join in the programme. The procedure for enrolment is
very simple and is to be done as per the proforma (DOWNLOAD)
Eco-Club grant receipt (DOWNLOAD)
After completion of the programme in a given financial year under the eco-club scheme the schools/colleges are required to submit the utilization/detailed report on various activities taken up during the year in the prescribed proforma (DOWNLOAD)
1. Grant released to schools and Colleges for 2009-10
3. List of Lead Eco-club school (Click here)
4. Utilization Certificate/ Report Format (Click here)
4. Kind Attention Eco-Club Schools/Colleges regarding Celebration of World Ozone Day 2009 on 16th September, 2009