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30mn Indian school children have no access
to toilets
Wednesday April 25, 2012 03:00:41 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Nearly 30
million school children in the country still have no access to
toilets, even as schools have made significant progress in
providing the facility in recent years, a study by UNICEF's Water,
Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) programme revealed Wednesday.
Most schools are also found wanting in teaching of hygiene and
life skills.
According to the paper released by WASH, though the proportion of
schools having toilets has increased from 50 percent to nearly 75
percent in last five years, only 60 percent of schools have girls'
toilets, a factor which has been noticed to be a major deterrent
in girls attending schools. Also where the toilets are available,
only one or two are usable.
"About 30 million children across India do not have access to
toilet facilities," the paper said.
"More than 90 percent schools have drinking water facility, but
only 80 percent are functional. The majority of school curriculum
lack focus on hygiene and life skill education," it further said.
The figures given by WASH reveal that a total 6.50 million
children (3.46 percent of the total children enrolled in schools)
have no drinking water facility.
The Right to Education Act (RTE) requires all schools to have
separate toilets for boys and girls and adequate safe drinking
water facility.
The Supreme Court had also given a ruling in December 2011,
stating that all schools must provide toilet facilities, and
denial of basic right to water and toilet "clearly violates the
right to free and compulsory education".
The study also says promoting simple handwashing can reduce child
morbidity from diarrhoeal diseases by 44 percent.
According to UNICEF figures, globally, around 2.65 billion people
live without access to proper toilet facilities and 883 million
don't have access to safe water.
Education specialist at UNICEF Raka Rashid says promoting hygiene
habit during school years may last for life and be beneficial in
preventing several health problems. It also improves school
attendance, girls participation and their health.
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