Bhopal, 09th September 2021: As part of India’s plan to eliminate single-use plastics from the country by 2022, College of Teacher Education-Bhopal (a constituent college of Maulana Azad National Urdu University) has pledged and taken an initiative to make its campus single-use plastic free.
“Plastic pollution is a
worldwide issue, with single-use plastics at the forefront. We are committed to
eliminate all single-use plastics from our day-do-day lives, particularly from
our campus,” stated Prof. Noushad Husain, Principal, College of Teacher Education.
Earlier, the Ministry of
Education brought to the notice of all central universities (dated 16th
August 2021) that Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change had
framed the comprehensive action plan for elimination of identified single use
plastics and implementation of plastic management rules 2016 to eliminate
single-use plastic.
As directed by Maulana Azad
National Urdu University, Hyderabad (02nd September 2021), College
of Teacher Education-Bhopal has launched a slew of activities to eliminate
single-use plastics from its campus. On this occasion, Prof. Noushad addressed the
faculty members as well as other supporting staff.
In 2018, during the 45th
World Environment Day celebrations, India took the pledge to eliminate all
single-use plastics – carry bags, straws, and water bottles among others from
the country by 2022.
“We need to work on
providing easy to follow resources in order to reduce single-use plastic
waste,” opined Prof. Noushad who floated several innovative ideas. He urged faculty
members to inspire pre-service teachers to refuse to use single-use plastic.
On 09th September 2021,
documentary film on plastic garbage was shown in Educational Technology (ET)
Lab and the whole activities were conceptualized and executed by Dr. Neeti
Dutta (Convener, Social & Cultural Committee) and her team members (Dr.
Naheed Jahan Siddiqui and Mr. Saifuddin Ansari) in order to spread awareness,
followed by a brainstorming session for minimizing and replacing plastic usage.
During the brainstorming session, suggestions and innovation ideas were sought
from the faculty members.
One of the innovative ideas
came from Prof. Noushad who proposed to include an activity of making cloth
bags by the pre-service teachers under the B.Ed. program which would be bought
by faculty members and others in order to promote eco-friendly environment.
Further on 15th
September 2021, workshop on making paper bags was held wherein all faculty
members were provided with hands-on experience of how to make usable bags out
of paper by Dr. Neeti Dutta. She also demonstrated how one can make cloth bags
out of unusable clothes. In addition, she also led a
team to dispose plastic items, thereby turning the Campus single-use Plastic
Free.
Faculty members who actively
participated in the activities were Prof. Abdul Raheem, Dr. Talmeez Fatma
Naqvi, Dr. Khan Shahnaz Bano, Dr. Sakkeer V, Dr. Afaque Nadeem Khan, Dr.
Rafeedali E, Dr. Jeena K G, Dr Jaki Mumtaj, Dr. Shabana Ashraf, Dr. Bhanu
Pratap Pritam, Dr. Indrajeet Dutta, Dr. Shaikh Irfan Jamil, Mr. Shabbir Ahmed,
Mr. Syed Md. Kahful Wara, Dr. Rubeena Khan, Ms. Abda Shabnam, Mrs. Tarannum
Khan, Mr. Ahmad Husain, and Mr. Faheem Mohd. Khan.
Last but not least, special
thanks to Mr. Syed Md. Kahful Wara and Mrs. Tarannum Khan along with ET Lab
attendant Mr. Shabbir Ahmed for their technical support.
Written by
Mr. Shabbir Ahmed
Assistant Professor
MANUU College of Teacher
Education
Bhopal
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