Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on 11 August. 2020 launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Academy in New Delhi as part of the ongoing week-long behaviour change campaign ‘Gandagi Mukt Bharat’.
Swachh Bharat Mission Academy, with its mobile based technology will significantly boost the capacity building efforts in training of Swachhagrahis as well as PRIs members, community-based organizations, NGOs, SHGs and others who are associated with phase 2 of SBM(G).
Phone-based academy will provide this free of charge, access to on-demand, anytime, anywhere training course with high quality and standardized content over basic mobile phone & also improve the knowledge and interpersonal communication skills in order to enhance the quality of interaction with the beneficiaries.
The IVR based training course contains a 60 minutes module spanning various topics under ODF-S as well as SLWM.
The SBM Academy course has four chapters, each with four audio lessons and a multiple-choice quiz at the end of the chapter. To be considered successful, the user must answer at least 50% of the questions correctly.
Swachh Bharat Mission
As per the Central Government, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) has transformed rural India by manifesting into a Jan Andolan for sanitation – unlike any other the world has ever seen.
This led to the historic achievement of Open Defecation Free (ODF) declaration by all villages, districts and states on 2nd October, 2019 thus making rural India ODF.
Phase II of the SBM (G) was launched early this year, which focuses on ODF sustainability and Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM).
The program will also work towards ensuring that no one is left behind and everyone uses a toilet.
