Practicing sanitation
Three Khulna schools awarded
A school assembly and prize-giving ceremony was held in Shahid Hadis Park, Khulna on Thursday, says a press release.
The event was held under the Sanitation Month and World Hand Wash Day 2017 observation, Organised by Khulna City Corporations FSM School Sanitation Programme in association with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.
The main aim of the School Sanitation Programme is to include faecal sludge management in the sanitation practices of schools, emptying the septic tanks in schools regularly and safely, keeping in place hand washing facilities for students after using lavatories, raising awareness among school-going children about faecal sludge management, including FSM in the student council initiatives, and encouraging formation of a fund in schools for sustainable sanitation system.
Three primary schools and three secondary schools in Khulna received the awards of the most sanitized schools. The three primary schools who received the awards are: Daulatpur Mohsin Government Primary School, Raimahal Hamidnagar Haji Md. Mohsin Government Primary School, and Sonar Bangla Government Primary School. The secondary schools receiving the awards are: SOS Herman Gmeiner School, BN School and College, and Reverend Pauls High School.
