This year, 2,863 schools from 29 states and five Union territories registered for the environmental audit. Of these, 1,193 schools submitted their completed audit reports to the CSE.
Director General of CSE Sunita Narain said, "Indian schools, we find, are increasingly becoming conscious of their natural environments, resources and the criticality of managing them sustainably."
"This is becoming evident from the growing number of schools which are joining the green schools programme audit exercises and working seriously to make a difference," she said.