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School Education Implementation of MUSTABU, a Daily Hygiene & Discipline Programme in all Schools, Junior Colleges and Residential Institutions in the State Orders Issued.
G.O.MS.No. 43 Dated: 19-12-2025
School Education Implementation of MUSTABU, a Daily Hygiene & Discipline Programme in all Schools, Junior Colleges and Residential Institutions GO.43
Schools are not only centres of academic learning but also critical spaces for shaping lifelong habits related to health, hygiene, discipline and social responsibility. Field observations and health records indicate that a significant proportion of student absenteeism and poor attentiveness in classrooms can be attributed to preventable hygiene-related illnesses such as water-borne infections, skin diseases, parasitic infestations and seasonal viral fevers. These issues are largely linked to inconsistent personal hygiene practices and lack of structured daily routines in schools and hostels.
2. While infrastructure for water, toilets and handwashing has been created under Swachh Bharat Mission and WASH in Schools (WinS), behavioural adoption has remained uneven in the absence of a simple, uniform and compulsory daily practice. Hygiene instructions, when delivered sporadically or only through awareness programmes, have not resulted in sustained behavioural change. There is therefore a clear need for institutionalising hygiene and discipline as a routine, collective and positive practice within the school timetable.
3. Government have been consistently focusing on improving student health, hygiene, discipline, attendance and learning outcomes in schools through various flagship programmes under the Swarna Andhra Swachha Andhra (SASA) Campaign and the WASH in Schools (WinS) framework. Despite these efforts, observations and field reports indicate that many avoidable health issues among school-going students continue to arise due to gaps in daily personal hygiene practices, lack of structured routines, and inconsistent behavioural reinforcement within the school environment.
4. In this context, under the Personnel and Community Hygiene theme of the SASA Campaign, the Parvathipuram Manyam District has successfully conceptualised and implemented a school-based initiative titled MUSTABU Daily Hygiene & Discipline Programme. The literal meaning of the word "MUSTABU" to get ready in a neat, beautiful, and well-arranged manner, conveys the sense of something that is essential, compulsory and non-negotiable. The programme name itself signifies that basic hygiene and discipline are not optional practices, but must become an integral and unavoidable part of every student's daily life. The programme has demonstrated positive impact on students' health, discipline and school environment.
5. The MUSTABU programme operationalizes the Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) and Hygiene Promotion components of the WASH in Schools and Junior Colleges (WinS) framework and contributes to the creation of safe, healthy, and inclusive learning environments. The MUSTABU Programme addresses the gaps in maintaining hygiene of the school students, by embedding essential hygiene and discipline practices into a short, structured daily routine that is student-friendly, non-intrusive and participatory. The very concept of MUSTABU underscores that basic hygiene is not optional or incidental, but fundamental to a student's dignity, health and ability to learn. By making hygiene a shared responsibility of students, teachers and school leadership, the programme fosters self-regulation, peer motivation and leadership among students.
6. The programme also aligns with the objectives of Swarna Andhra Swachhal Andhra and Vision 2047 by translating the theme of Personnel and Community Hygiene into sustained grassroots action. Students trained under MUSTABU act as change agents, carrying hygienic practices into their homes and communities, thereby amplifying the public health impact beyond the school premises.
7. Government, after careful examination of the matter, and recognising the necessity, relevance, effectiveness and scalability of the MUSTABU Programme, is of the considered view that a uniform, structured and mandatory approach to daily hygiene and discipline, is essential for safeguarding student health and for achieving the broader objectives of Swarna Andhra-Swachha Andhra and Vision 2047.
8. Accordingly, Government hereby issue orders for implementation of MUSTABU, state-wide in all Government, Government-Aided, Private and Residential Schools/Hostels and Junior Colleges in Andhra Pradesh, with immediate effect, as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) annexed to this order.
9. The Director of School Education; State Project Director, SamagraShiksha; Director of Intermediate Education; Director of Tribal Welfare; Director of Minority Welfare; Secretary, MJPAP BC Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society; Secretary, AP Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society; and Secretary, AP Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society shall take further necessary action accordingly, in the matter.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
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