1. A Student Friendly Programme to Clean
the School
Lummini Gunathilaka
Sri Lanka
2. Figure 1. School environment
This is our school. It’s a type 2 school & situated in
Hatton Education Zone in Nuwara-Eliya district, Sri Lanka.
3. Figure 2. Evaluation of students’ talent
Picture 1 - Students who passed the Health Donation Examination.
Picture 2 - Evaluation of students who passed the Scholarship
Examination, Grade 5.
4. Figure 3. Patterns of cleaning the school and its surroundings
Students come to school early but do not engage in cleaning. So School
environment is not active and clean.
5. Figure 4. Coconut Ekel Brooms
This instrument too is used to clean the floor of school premises/homes in Sri
Lanka. This is prepared using items taken from Coconut trees.
6. Figure 5. Usage of garbage bags
Introducing a "garbage bag" for dumping one's own waste too helps to
clean the school environment.
7. Figure 6. A Mammoty
This is an instrument used to clean the gardens. This instrument is used for
cultivation related activities too.
8. Figure 7. Water supply for the school
After rearranging the plumbing system, the school can continue to
receive water.
9. Figure 8. Picture of the cultivation tower or compost pit
This is a place where compost manure is produced at the school premises.
10. Figure 9. Model cultivation ground
Setting up a model garden in the school premises and cultivating crops that
can be easily grown there. Students are willingly participate in the activity.
11. Figure 10. Parents’ contribution to the environment development
Cleaning the school premises with the participation of parents
during a “Shramadana”.
