coimbatore soon all government schools in the state will have youth and eco clubsin a recent communication the state project directorate of samagra shiksha directed all the 37358 government schools in the state to form the club the motive of the club is to educate students on environment and ecosystems and make them aware of ways to protect the environment so that they would create a clean and green environment the communication saidit said the clubs should be started in all the 24250 elementary schools 7043 middle schools and 6065 high and higher secondary schools while each elementary school would receive rs 5000 for the club middle school would get rs 15000 and high and higher secondary rs 25000 a total fund of rs 3784 crore has been allocated for the purpose said the communicationin elementary and middle schools the clubs should be run by fivestudent teams and in high and higher secondary schools they should be run by 15student teams interested teachers should take turns to coordinate the club functionsthe clubs will have three sections the literary section which would conduct essay elocution and poetry writing competitions the arts and culture section which would conduct music dance and drama events and also plant and preserve gardens in the school campus and the awareness section which would conduct awareness campaigns in and around the schoola samagra shiksha official said while several schools already have the clubs installed following the direction all schools should ensure the clubs are functional the fund is meant to buy gardening equipment and set up gardens on the school campus the clubs would also conduct talks on environment and observe environmental day the official said