The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE, has decided to rate and recognize all affiliated schools based on a comprehensive 60-indicator based survey in line with the Swachh Evam Harit Vidyalaya Rating (SHVR) 2025-26 that calls for a clean, green and inclusive school environment in India.
In this regard, the board said that a dedicated portal and mobile application have been developed for implementing SHVR 2025, that will facilitate digital participation, self-assessment, and monitoring.
What schools need to do
As per the CBSE, all schools will have to mandatorily participate in the Swachh Evam Harit Vidyalaya Rating (SHVR) 2025-26, before September 30, 2025, using either the mobile app or web-portal as per their convenience.
Schools can visit the SHVR website at shvr.education.gov.in where they will find QR codes for downloading the Android and iOS mobile apps.
For web-portal based participation, the schools can use the Login/ Signup option available at the homepage, the CBSE added.
SVHR 2025-25 explained
Worth mentioning here, the Swachh Evam Harit Vidyalaya Rating (SHVR) 2025-26 was launched by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan which is a revitalized, expanded and universal version of the earlier Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP).
It is a mandatory programme for all schools having a UDISE code across the country, including Government, Government-aided, Private, Residential, Tribal, Minority, and centrally run schools (e.g., KVS, NVS) and CBSE-affiliated schools etc.
The aim of the SHVR is to empower schools to self-assess and improve across six key categories, namely, Water, Toilets, Handwashing with Soap, Operation & Maintenance, Behaviour Change & Capacity Building and Mission LiFE activities.
The Ministry of Education informed recently in a press statement that there will be four categories of schools for recognition (certificate of merit).
At the district level, there are a total of 8 schools which include 3 schools of rural category-I, 3 schools of rural category-II, 1 school of Urban category-I, and 1 school of Urban category- II, that would be considered for nomination for the State Level for recognition (certificate of merit).
The statement added, “At the state level, the certificate of merit will be given based on the overall score. A maximum number of 20 schools with a five-star rating, 7 Rural category-I, 7 Rural category-II, 3 Urban category-I, and 3 Urban category-II, those conforming to national-level selection criteria, from each State/UT would be considered for nomination for the National Level for recognition (certificate of merit).”
Likewise, at the national level, 200 top schools will be recognized with a certificate of merit, which include 70 schools from Rural category-I, 30 from Urban category-I, 70 from Rural category-II, and 30 from Urban category-II.
