The Kerala Government has launched a widespread campaign aimed at arresting the rising prevalence of substance abuse and other inappropriate social behaviour among students through a program called 'Clean Campus, Safe Campus'. The departments of Home, Education & Health have come together to give shape and implement this long-term campaign that will target students upto standard 12 in the first phase.
Kerala government decided to launch this awareness campaign taking a serious note of large-scale sale of narcotic products in the vicinity of schools and colleges to rid campuses of the menace of drugs, alcohol and tobacco products. As part of the project, Special Operation Groups have been constituted. During raids, apart from ganja, several other illegal drugs were also seized.
The main objective of the programme was to wean the students away from the use of these products through awareness creation. About 4.5 million students of 12,000 schools are part of the programme. The top Malayalam star Mammootty is the brand ambassador for the programme.
For the effective implementation of the Project, Government constituted a three tier committee as follows
School Level Monitoring Committees are periodically reviewed by the District Level Committees. The District Level Monitoring Committee is responsible for reviewing the implementation of "Clean Campus Safe Campus" campaign. The District Level Monitoring Committee can set the law in motion against the violators and conduct surprise inspections to see if the campaign is being implemented in schools and to check whether the stated objectives are being met. This committee should meet at least once in three months.
State Level Monitoring Committee ensures that the District Level Monitoring Committees are functioning effectively by calling for periodic reports. This committee will meet at least once in six months. The Hon'ble Ministers of Home, Education and Health Departments will also review the functioning of the campaign periodically.