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Berlin Launches KleanBerlin App to Track School Cleaning

Direct alerts to contractors tie messy rooms to same-day fixes.

Overview

  • The education department unveiled the tablet tool at a Berlin school in Niederschöneweide, with State Secretary Torsten Kühne demonstrating its checks.
  • Custodians use service tablets to inspect at least five random rooms each day and label each room with a green or red smiley.
  • They can add photos to show issues such as unmopped floors, unclean toilets, or overflowing trash bins.
  • The app sends each result straight to the cleaning company, which must correct problems the same day or face reduced payments or contract termination.
  • Six boroughs already use the system, two more and centrally run schools will follow, and about 800 tablets support a goal of citywide rollout by year’s end.