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This presentation discusses the implementation of the Swachh Vidyalaya Programme in Anantnag district, highlighting the district profile, successful stories, innovative monitoring mechanism, community participation, and behavioral change through cleanliness.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF SWACHH VIDYALAYA PROGRAMME DISTRICT ANANTNAG J&K JKAPD Technical presentation
District ProfileAnantnag- Land of Countless Springs The Anantnag district is not only the rice bowl of the Valley, it is equally rich in landscape. The nature has been generous in gifting the district with places of unparalleled beauty. Of them particular mention may be made of Verinag, Kokernag, Achabal, Daksum and world famous health resort of Pahalgam. Anantnag is the big hub of the economy of the Kashmir Valley, and it has remained a tourist destination for centuries. The valley has attracted travellers from around the world for a long time and they travelled to the valley and Anantnag to take view of its breath taking beauty.
Success Story in implementing Swachh Vidyalaya Programme
Innovative Monitoring Mechanism • All the SMCs and VECs concerned were given fixed timelines for the completion of these toilets, the progress would be reviewed on daily basis. • The technical wing of SSA was put on strict instructions to ensure quality in the construction of these toilets. • Three tier monitoring mechanism was put in place for effective monitoring of the construction process, one by the District Administration, 2nd by the department at district level and 3rd at the zonal level comprising officers of the department with good repute. • The District Administration constituted the monitoring/facilitating teams comprising Sub Divisional Magistrates and Tehsildars to ensure hassle free and quality construction.
Transparency and Ownership • The toilets in the schools, having government owned buildings, were constructed by the concerned VECs/SMCs under the supervision of the concerned Head of the Institution. • In order to maintain the transparency in such constructions,crosschecks at different levels were undertaken. • All the Heads of the schools, where such constructions were carried out,, were advised to maintain the works register in order to avoid any deviation in the construction process. • The technical staff of SSA was put on instructions to ensure that the construction material is of standard quality. • The Heads of the concerned institutions have been advised to maintain proper records for such constructions which can be produced before the audit at any point of time. • All the Work done claims of these toilets have already under gone through Social Audit.
Timely Construction • Every possible step was taken to ensure the completion of constructions before given time line. This was ensured by way of regular reviews on daily basis to monitor the progress. • The worthy Cabinet Secretary, GoI, also reviewed the progress through video conferencing which was a source of boost and motivation for timely completion of these constructions whereunder all the functionaries gauged the essence of the programme to be accomplished in a mission mode • The worthy Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir also reviewed the progress twice through video conferencing. • The Commissioner/Secretary to Govt., School Education Department Jammu & Kashmir, was reviewing the progress on weekly basis. • The District Development Commissioner also reviewed the progress in the evening on alternate days. • The Heads of the Institutions /Zonal Education Officer remained enthusiastically busy to accomplish the assignment as per the given timeline.
System Improvements • All the Heads of the Institutions ensure maintenance and up keep and cleanliness of these toilets. They have been advised to meet out the financial implications out of the school local funds. • Besides, an amount of Rs. 12000/- per school where running water is available and Rs. 6000/- for schools where alternative arrangements like bucket water etc. have been proposed as recurring grant in the AWP&B 2016-17 under SSA. • Awareness cum sensitization among the students has been made a regular feature in schools to ensure the maintenance and cleanliness of toilets. • Student Committees have been constituted in every school to sensitize, monitor and motivate the fellow students
Community participation in construction and maintenance • The construction of these toilets was directly handed over to the community members who completed it under the supervision of concerned head of the institution and the technical staff of SSA. • The Community Members supported the Schools in identifying/donating the patch of land where land was not feasible for construction in the premises itself . • The Community Members were made to feel that the school belongs to the community and the community needs its active involvement in facilitating coming up of different facilities at the schools for their wards. • At some of the places the community members have come forward with a commitment to take the responsibility of maintenance of these toilets.
Behavioural Change through cleanliness and awareness campaign • Efforts were taken to bring positive behavioural changes among the students particularly through cleanliness. These efforts were as under: • Coaching of students by teaching Staff how to use the toilet and maintain the room clean. • Involving the senior students to help and assist the students reading in lower classes to learn the proper use and maintenance of toilets. • Special awareness programmes were conducted especially during morning Assemblies to inculcate the habit of using toilets and to avoid open defecation as it leads to communicable diseases . • The staff acted as a role model to make students follow them. • The students in the far flung(Kandi) areas come from the families which usually do not have toilet facility back home, so the provision of such a facility at schools became a motivating factor for such students to have such a facility at home also
Innovations and Flexibility • Flexibility • The Local District administration took a policy decision of convergence with the Rural Development Department for provision of the toilet facilities separately for boys and girls at schools housed in rented buildings that would otherwise had remained uncovered as the department cannot go for raising permanent asset at a rented space. • The flexibility was injected into the mechanism of implementation by giving freedom to the departmental functionaries, technical staff and community executors to go for provision of such facilities on existing slabbed structures, patches of land available in the vicinity and for NGOs to come forward and raise such facilities as per their own devised designs and estimates. • Innovations • The implementation was carried out on ground level by involving SMCs, VECs, local wakafBoards, PRIs, SMDCs and NGOs. • The District Administration involved the field revenue agencies to identify patches of land around the Schools to put the facility in place. • The Rural Development Department was also roped in to put this facility in place for rented buildings which would otherwise had remained uncovered.
Some positives that helped Administration to achieve the desired results • The first significant positive thing that helped the district in achieving the outcomes is the positive response from the community who helped whole heartedly to put such a facility in place in order to ensure the retention of their wards in schools. • The 2nd significant positive thing was the warm cooperation from the District Administration that facilitated linkages between the departments for coverage of the target within the given timeline and efficacious and regular monitoring . • The 3rd positive significant thing that helped the district in achieving the outcomes is the co-operation from the Heads of the schools and the monitoring teams that put in their best efforts to mobilize all the available resources for the achievement of the target within the given time frame.
Impact on Girls • The initiative had a good impact on the attendance especially of girl students. Those girls who often remained absent due to non availability of toilets started to come to school regularly. • The girl students who used to leave the school for defecation started to stay in the school after the availability of toilet facility. • Though, both boys and girls showed good attendance after construction of toilets but more impact was seen on girls.
Suggestions/Improvements • The estimates/unit cost for such facilities should be site specific, having regard to the location of the sites involving head load charges and use of locally available material. • There should be a recurring grant for the schools for the maintenance, up keep and cleanliness of such facilities. • The schools that lack running water should be provided water facilities through Public Health Engineering Department on priority. • The designs/drawings of such units should be as per the local weather conditions in order to ensure longevity of life. • There should be provision for purchase of at least a patch of land for construction of a toilet for a school where for there are no prospects of finding out any patch of State or donated land . • The locations of seasonal centres under SSA for coverage of nomadic children ,Adult Education Centres under SBM and Madarasas should also have a provision for such a facility.
