SHILLONG: A two-day State-level workshop on Swachh Vidyalaya and SMCs training module was inaugurated on Thursday at MIIT, Holy Cross, Dhankheti, Shillong. The workshop is being organized by the State Project Office, State Education Mission Authority Meghalaya, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Principal Secretary, Education & State Mission Director, SEMAM (SSA), P.K. Srivastava graced the inaugural function as the chief guest.
Besides the chief guest, others who spoke on the occasion included F.R. Kharkongor, Secretary, Education & State Project Director, SEMAM (SSA), Jennyfer J. Synrem, State Community/Gender Coordinator, SEMAM (SSA), Dr. Floret Dkhar, NERIE, R.K. Pandey, Additional CE, PHE and S.S.C. Partibhan, Chief CSR, ONGC. The inaugural programme was followed by a session wherein presentations and topics like ‘usage of toilets in schools instead of open defecation’, ‘personal health & hygiene’, ‘menstrual health & hygiene’ and ‘management & water conservation & contamination prevention through toilets’ were discussed.