New Delhi: Check the cooler. Look inside flower pots and trays. Inspect buckets, discarded containers and any other place where water may have collected. Mark the findings on a card and repeat the exercise every week.
A compliance report detailing the action taken by schools must be submitted by Sept 15.
A student checks places at home where clean stagnant water can collect, records it and, with the family, ensures that breeding conditions are removed,” an education department official said. “The idea is to make the child an active participant rather than simply giving them an advisory on dengue. The card essentially becomes a weekly checklist. “Since the card comes back to school, teachers can also see whether the exercise is being carried out regularly. The monsoon and post-monsoon months are a key transmission period for vector-borne diseases in Delhi, when water accumulating in containers and other sites can provide breeding grounds for mosquitoes. DoE, in previous years, too, intensified school-level precautions during this period, including weekly checks for stagnant water and awareness activities. Principals or school heads have been made responsible for ensuring strict compliance with the directions on campus. At the administrative level, district and zonal officials have been asked to monitor implementation across schools under their jurisdiction and ensure that the preventive measures are being followed.