GREEN SCHOOLS AWARD
December 17, 2007

The Green Schools Award were given away at a fun-filled ceremony at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on December 17, 2007.

About 344 schools from across the nation participated, out of which 20 schools were short-listed as the top green schools of the country. Professor Krishna Kumar, Director, National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT) presented the awards to the top 20 Green Schools.

Government Secondary School, Boormajra, Ropar, Punjab got the top prize just like 2006 as it improved its performance by adopting rainwater harvesting. Another government school from Daramdin in Sikkim got the second position. The third position was bagged by Apeejay School, Pitampura, New Delhi.

Have a look at the top 20 schools of India.

The students team from Apeejay, Pitampura also bagged the best students’ audit team Award. The teachers team from Vishwabharati School, Noida got the best teachers team Award.

The award ceremony followed the Gobar Times Festival (Photos/pic. Gallery), which saw schools participate in a host of events which included an on-the-spot painting competition, street plays and a film festival. Some of the best schools had also put up stalls to showcase their work on the Green Schools programme..

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1. Govt. Sec. School Boormajra Ropar, Punjab
2. Govt.Sec School, Daramdin, Sikkim
3. Apeejay Schoo, Pitampura, New Delhi
4. Salwan Public School, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi
5. TVS School, Tumkur, Karnataka
6. Kerala Public School, Kadma, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
7. Kerala Public School, Mango, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
8. Govt. Saragarhi Sec. School, Town Hall at Mandi, Amritsar, Punjab
9. Salwan Public School, Gurgaon, Haryana
10. Kendriya Vidyalaya, IAT, Pune, Maharashtra
11. Gurudevar Matric School, Karur, Tamil Nadu
12. Eicher School, Parwanoo, Himachal Pradesh
13. Adarsh Public School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi
14. Vishwabharati School, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
15. Vivekananda Academy, Digboi, Assam
16. St.Paul's School, Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi
17. Ahlcon International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi
18. Jawarhar Navodaya Vidyalaya,Jaiharikhaal, Uttaranchal
19. Deepalaya School, Kalkaji Extension, New Delhi
20. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sardhana, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh