PRESS RELEASE FROM PM SHRI GOVT. SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, NAMCHI DISTRICT PM Shri Government Senior Secondary School Namchi conferred with Green Schools Award by CSE

Namchi, 5 February : PM Shri Government Senior Secondary School Namchi was conferred with National Green Schools Award by Centre of Science and Environment in a Green Carnival and Green Schools Award ceremony held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 4th February.
The award comprising of green school certificate was presented by Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE and received by K.S. Rai, Green Teacher and two students, Prateek Adhikari and Aditya Kumar, the members of Green School Audit Team.
Green Carnival and Green Award Ceremony is the annual event organised by Centre For Science and Environment, New Delhi. The 2025 event engaged young environmentalists from various schools across the country. It also awards the schools that have been rated Green through a process of Green Schools Audit spanning from July-December.
As per the CSE’s report, there were over 10,000 schools who had submitted the Green School Audit reports, in which only 150 schools were rated Green School for the session 2024-25 across the country. Out of those many schools, a lone school that has been rated Green from the entire northeast region is PM Shri Government Senior Secondary School, Namchi Sikkim among the top 100s.
The school has been able to achieve this fete after 10 years of concerted efforts by the school Eco-Club members. Through the Green School Audit over the years, this school has realised that a green school is not just making the school surrounding look green, rather it is the sustainable practices and efforts to improve the quality of air, land, water, energy, food and waste management practices.
The school gives credit to ENVIS Hub, Forest and Environment Department, Government of Sikkim for conducting regular trainings and providing necessary knowledge tools and support for the school eco-clubs under the Environment Education Programme.