25 percent of government schools in South India lack toilet facilities

Telangana By Ajay Tomar December 13, 2022 Read the article

Children spend an average of one-third of their time in schools. A lack of basic facilities could affect their health, education, safety, and force them to drop out.

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The Supreme Court, in 2009, ruled that all schools must have separate toilet facilities for boys and girls, and also water for drinking and other purposes.

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42,398 government schools in South India lack functional toilets, water taps and drinking water facilities.

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The data was sourced from the 2022 Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) which falls under the Union Ministry of Education.

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The national average of government schools in India without toilet, water tap and drinking facilities is 55.89 percent.

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Uttar Pradesh (99,653) has the largest number of government schools without basic facilities in India, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 83,373 schools

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“Funds for education needs to be increased, and funds should be devolved to the panchayats," said Venkat, a member of Social Democratic Forum.

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"Children from the marginalised families attend government schools. There is a lack of interest on the government's part," he opined.

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Till November this year, as many as 8,980 (21.2 percent) schools — private, government and aided — across Telangana do not have functional toilets for girls.

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The Telangana High Court observed that while the government calls for ‘Beti Padhao-Beti Bachao’, it does not provide even the minimum facilities for girls in schools.

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The national average of 5.3 percent (78,584 all management) schools without functional toilets would impact the health of more than 70 lakh girls.

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