(Sensitization on Water Issues for School Students)
To sensitize and motivate students on issues related to water resource
management and link these to their everyday lives, TERI with support
from Agilent Technologies worked with a group of schools in Gurgaon.
TERI was associated with these schools for 6 months with the objective
of educating students about water and related issues, to raise awareness
and a sense of responsibility among students towards the environment
and create an informed group of citizens to ensure a sustained movement.
16 schools in Gurgaon were members of this project.
milestones achieved under the project were
of a water group
to a water treatment plant
of resource material to schools
of a website link on water
At every stage
of the project, different aspects of the issue (water conservation-
day to day use of water, rainwater harvesting, purification, health
and hygiene, water quality testing) were introduced to the students.
Students were involved in many activities like sensitization workshops,
water survey, hands on water quality monitoring, quiz and skit competitions,
field visit, development and dissemination of resource material and
regular updates on the web.
A monsoon and
post monsoon water testing session was also conducted in Salwan Public
School and Chiranjeev Bharati Public School, Palam Vihar to generate
awareness among the students on the quality of water they drink.