CBSE: Instructions to spread awareness through Eco Club, emphasis on use of artefacts made from natural materials..

Environmental Protection: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed schools to educate children about the importance of using natural materials for art. The board has directed schools to spread awareness through their eco-clubs.

Students should be encouraged to create their own small sculptures and artworks using natural materials. The board has also suggested various activities for schools based on class levels.

According to the CBSE, plaster of Paris (POP) art is being used in various events. POP sculptures are non-biodegradable and water-insoluble.

Eco-Art for Clean Water
When immersed, these sculptures release harmful substances into water bodies, such as toxic heavy metals from gypsum and chemical paints. This depletes oxygen levels in the water, endangering aquatic life, contaminating drinking water sources, and often causing skin and respiratory health problems in people living nearby.

To address this issue, artifacts made from natural materials can be used, which dissolve easily in water and do not cause pollution.

The Board has asked schools to organize discussions, debates, poster-making competitions, community outreach programs, and hands-on workshops, encouraging students to create their own small sculptures and artifacts using natural materials. This will benefit students.

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