The Green Audits
How the rating helped schools understand their resource use

Gobar Times Green School Programme (GSP) is not a run-of-the-mill rating process. It is an audit, which helps in taking stock of the environment and natural resource management. It suggests steps for improving performance and for benchmarking nationally.  It ensures implementation of these steps in the future for a better school habitat, and a more environmentally aware and involved school community.

We acknowledge:
The ability of schools to conduct and complete such an audit within a limited time period, with technically untrained teams, is unparalleled.

Why GSP is a must?
It reinforces the fact that schools are an extremely powerful medium for generating interest and mobilising action among students, who are from diverse age groups and socio-economic backgrounds.
 

RATING COVERAGE

States: 25
Significant participation from Delhi, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh

Government or aided schools: 39%
Public, private networks: 61%

Schools were rated on two parameters:
1. How green they were: assessment of the status of school habitat, and the way they are managed.

2. How effectively has the GSP tool been used: evaluation of the level of involvement of different sections of the school community in the audit process.

The ability of schools to conduct and complete such an audit within a limited time period, with technically untrained teams, is unparalleled. However...

THE AVERAGE SCORE: Schools are aware of the importance of wise management. But are weak in making linkages with real life situations. Innovative methods are applied. But follow-up processes to measure and quantify the impact do not exist. Environment-related programmes are still extracurricular. There is no structured approach.