The Union Minister for Human Resource Development administered a 'Sanitation Pledge', to school children and also launched the National School Sanitation Website and “Online National School Sanitation Ratings” in New Delhi on July 7, 2011. While launching the Website, the Minister said that the purpose of the ratings is to recognize those schools who are taking significant steps towards effective sanitation and improvement in service delivery.
The Minister stated that a Sanitation Waves Programme: 'The Ripples' that will cover 2500 schools by 11-11-11 is being initiated. He also said that it has been decided to institute National School Sanitation Awards on annual basis for those schools who have been rated online for sanitation and taken noteworthy steps towards betterment of the sanitation scenario in their schools in varied ways.
The Online National School Sanitation Ratings and the National School Sanitation Website have been launched in order to consolidate the efforts for ensuring safe sanitation, hygiene and waste segregation with a view to inducing behavioural changes and awareness generation among school students. Municipal Bodies and other institutions are to provide support in this endeavour.
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