SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School observed World Water Day-2015

Overhead tank declared open in SSMHSS

SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School observed World Water Day in its premises in Pettavaithalai.Earlier a safe drinking water overhead tank at a water capacity of 60000 liters had been declared open by Mr.V.Jawahar Arumugam, a noted writer and a social activist.  The School principal Mrs. Chitra BalaSubramanian welcomed the gathering and gave her introductory address underlining the importance of safe drinking water and sanitation message for school pupils; the life saving message, Helath improvement and clean water supply for the school. The Principal said that  SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School has adequate safe drinking water facilities as well as the sanitation facilities both boys and girls separately in the school. She also added that the

v.Jawahar Arumugam delivers world water day key note address

school health program has been undertaken in the school with optimum care and support to students of the School. The adolescent school girls students are provided with sanitary napkins as they need and a unit is functional adjoining to the school premises with the help of women self help groups. The Parent teachers’ association member Mr.K.Kandasamy spoke that SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School provides maximum support to school pupils the safe drinking water as well as the sanitation facilities. The Guest of Honour Mr.V.Jawahar Arumugam delivered the key note address. In his key note address, Mr.V.Jawahar Arumugam expressed his happiness for declaring open a safe drinking water overhead tank for providing drinking water around 2000 students and the associated population and further said, “Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities ensures improved health of the people and protect them, particularly the children, from a number of water and sanitation related diseases. Schools are places where children actively stay for most of the day time and therefore for healthy and conducive learning environment, children need safe water for drinking and hand washing, and safe and friendly-to-use sanitation facilities. Improved

World Water Day Participants listen keenly the key note address

health and quality learning is not possible without adequate water and sanitation facilities in schools. School children who have no access to safe water and sanitation have more chances to suffer from water and sanitation related diseases. Lack of safe water and sanitation facilities turn schools into unsafe places where diseases are transmitted with mutually reinforcing negative impacts on the children, their families, communities and overall development. SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School provides excellent opportunities to support sanitation and hygiene promotion program. Such as child friendly sanitary facilities like hand washing, providing soaps and toilets which is effective in reducing the incidence of diarrhea. SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School also provides an arena where sanitation is shown at its best, and certain positive hygienic behaviors and it can become an engrained habit at a young age. SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School focus resources on improving the health of school-aged children, highlighting the need for hygiene promotion, life skills development and water, sanitation and hand-washing All children of SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School provides sanitary and hygienic learning environment especially for Girls, safe, clean, separate and private sanitation facilities in SEVAI Shanthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School.” K.Devendran of the School management proposed vote of thanks.-Govin