These 40 schools would now take part in a national Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar, an initiative of the Centre under Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya. "This year, 212 schools qualified of which 23 are private schools. Of the 212 schools, 40 have finally been selected to compete at the national level. Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School at Tonto secured a rating of 98.90 per cent, the highest among them. The others in the list are Kasturba Gandhi Girls School at Chaibasa Sadar (97.80 per cent), Government Middle School at Badajamda (96 per cent) and Kasturba Gandhi Girls School at Khuntpani (95.60 per cent).

Source: The Telegraph May 30, 2018 20:48 UTC