Maharashtra education department initiates pilot project to encourage students to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

In an attempt to encourage students to ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’, the Maharashtra education department has started a pilot project of passing on the textbooks of students from one batch to another through schools.

In a circular issued on Thursday, the department stated that the move aimed at creating awareness about reusing textbooks among students, and thereby reducing the use of paper and saving the environment.

The circular stated that “Students who study under schools wherein free textbooks are distributed under the government’s Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan are urged to deposit their old textbooks (for the year 2019-20 or 2020-21) to the school. These books can then be passed on to the students in the following year.”

Officials from the state education department said the initiative will first be tested on pilot basis, and can be expanded further, after analyzing the interest of students and parents.

Maharashtra education department initiates pilot project to encourage students to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

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