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S.B.O.A. Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Madurai, Tamil nadu

S. Godwin Richard, B. Brindha, S. Lokesh Kesav,

R. Krithi & M. Sadhasivam

Mentor teacher: Mrs. R. Meenakshi

Step 1: FeelThere are lots of problem faced by the students in the school.

One that troubles most is Unhygienic practices.

Discussion

Further to understand this problem

we discussed various measures :

1. Proper usage of dustbin.

2.Hygienic usage of the toilet.

3. Proper usage of hand towel while sneezing and coughing.

4. Washing hands before the intake of food.

Among all these problems, toilet hygiene is the most

important one.

•Hence our concern falls on the proper maintenance of hygienic atmosphere.

Hygiene related problems

Improper flushing

of toilets after use.

Littering the toilet

with used paper.

We visited the toilets and noticed the following problems.

Spitting & playing inside the toilet. Avoidance of washing hands after urination and defecation. Scribbling on the walls. Splashing the dirty water on each other .

Step 2: Imagine

We discussed with our mentor teacher. Many ideas were suggested for rectifying:

Creating awareness.

Seeking the guidelines of experts.

Collection of cleaning materials.

Pasting placards to create awareness.

Seeking the cooperation of scavengers.

Under the guidance of mentor teacher and fellow students, remedial measurerswere carried out.

Step 3: DoWe organized an

awareness programme for the fellow students and gave them tips in nurturing SPIC & SPAN atmosphere in the lavatory.

Points that are pondered; Washing the hands after

urination and defecation Flushing the toilet properly

before and after use.Disinfection of toilets to control

the spread of diseases. “Prevention is better than

cure”. Keeping ourselves clean, prevents many diseases .

Guidelines given by our school nurse

Mrs. Jaya Chitra

The nurse gave us an insight into different problems caused due to the unhygienic environment

Contagious diseases

due to unwashed hands.

Diarrhoeal diseases caused

due to poor sanitation.

This session was very useful to us as it gave a clear idea about sanitation and its benefits.

We also had a one-to-one discussion with the nurse which helped us to improve our hygienic habits.

After Brain Storming…

Collection of Sanitizers

The students were asked to donate Sanitizers.

Variety of materials were collected to enhance the sanitation.

Procession A procession organised to stress the importance of hygienic environment among the students.

•We spread the message through the placards with slogans on proper sanitation and hygiene.

Pasting Motivational Posters-as an eye

opener

Pasting Motivational Posters

Students and scavengers in venture.

Students monitoring the scavengers

Step 4: Towards health

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives”.

~Clay P. Bedford

We, as toilet-trained students, have under taken the responsibility of keeping our toilets pristine by adopting the hygienic toilet habits

we have learnt.

Let your hands and your conscienceBe honest and clean;Scorn to touch or to think ofThe thing that is mean