The Central Board of Secondary Education has directed the schools under the board to make sure that all the students in the respective schools save at least one liter of water at home and the schools daily. This was initiated by the board to make all the schools and the students take part in the Jal Shakti Abhiyaan. The board has also directed the schools to compulsory create an eco-club along with strengthening the existing ones.
The chairperson of CBSE Anita Karwal said that although the eco clubs will continue promoting the environment and climate literacy motivating the students to become champions for environmental sustainability while the base of these year’s co-curricular activities from the primary to the senior secondary will be water conservation. She also added that the CBSE schools will follow an agenda for this academic year. She also pointed out that this initiative will make sure that every child in the CBSE schools from classes 5 to 12 will save at least one liter of water every day at home and at school and the schools will set a target to become water-efficient in the next three years.
The Central Board of Secondary Education had earlier this week increased the examination fee to be paid by the class 10 and 12 board examination students appearing for the exam in 2020. As per the increased fee, the students from class 10 and 12 belonging to the general category have to pay Rs. 1500 as opposed to the Rs. 750 in the previous year while the students from the SC/ST category have to pay an examination fee of Rs. 1200 as opposed to the Rs. 350 paid until the previous year.
Contrary to this the Government of Delhi recently released an announcement regarding the payment of examination fee for the class 10 and 12 board examination students. As per the announcement released by education minister Manish Sisodia, the government of Delhi will be paying the examination fee for all the students appearing for the class 10 and 12 board examination from the government schools in Delhi.
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