"Zero Waste at Schools” aims to reduce the amount of
waste produced and disposed of by the schools and
gradually take it to a minimum level in the long run by engaging students, teachers, working staff and parents by introducing an environmental curriculum contextual to Nepal or South East Asia.
The program includes: 1. Timeline planning and meeting, 2. Teachers and staff training sessions, 3. Student sessions (activities, games, learning resources and group formations), 3. Certificate distributions, 4. Dustbins and signage installation in the school, and 5. Competitions within and among schools.
The module compromises of 5 modules, which are:
1. Module 1: Introduction to waste management and waste practices.
2. Module 2: Understanding waste and segregation
3. Module 3: Reduce, reuse and recycle
4. Module 4: Composting, and
5 Module 5: Impact on open waste burning.
Quantitatively: Reached 15 schools in Nepal with 3492 students, 259 teachers, and 48 non-teaching staff.
Qualitatively: Just on the second day of the course, students' classrooms were cleaner, waste was segregated at the end of the project, and most importantly, some of the students could convince their parents to opt for more eco-friendly options for their businesses. Students themselves choose to use eco-friendly products such as ink pens, which is diminishing in practice in Nepal.
They can log in to: https://education.cleanupnepal.org.np/.
If you are a teacher, you can click on the Teacher section and if you are a student, on the student section.
