No water or Toilets in School!
Channel: VideoVolunteers
Date: 2014-09-24

The Right To Education Act is aimed at giving every child access to a good education. Unfortunately, our government schools aren’t always fully equipped to comply with the stipulations of this Act. Our Community Correspondent, Radhika Chincholkar, reports from Jadhgaon village, in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district, on one such case.

One of the primary schools here has no access to drinking water or toilets. This forces the children to either go home or go to the village hand-pump for water, and to do their business away from the school. Both of these constitute violations of the RTE Act which requires such basic infrastructure to be available at all schools. The current situation here will surely prove to be a massive distraction to the children, who must be allowed to continue their studies uninterrupted.

CALL TO ACTION: Call the District Education Officer for Hingoli district, on +91-9730594599, and urge him to bring this school, and the others under his jurisdiction, up to par with the conditions of the RTE Act.