Lok Sabha Question No. 394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Toilets in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## Toilets in Schools

## 394. SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN: SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of toilets sanctioned under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) by the Government till now;
- (b) if so, the details of the funds allocated and disbursed during the last 3 years for the construction of Toilets in Schools, State-wise, year-wise;
- (c) whether the absence of toilet facilities is forcing the girl students especially in the country-side to abandon pursuing education; and
- (d) the  status  of  steps  taken  to  set  up  toilets  in  remaining  schools,  especially  in  girl  schools,  in  the country under the SSA programme, State/UT-wise along with an action plan to bridge such gaps?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), 10.53 lakh toilets have been sanctioned to the States and Union Territories (UTs), since its inception in 2001 till 2017-18.
- (b) The Central Government supports States and UTs for creation and augmentation of infrastructure facilities including construction of toilets in government elementary schools under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).  Ministry of Human Resource Development releases central share of funds to States and UTs in lump  sum  taking  into  consideration  the  Annual  Work  Plan  of  the  respective  State/UT,  norms  of  the scheme,  General  Financial  Rules  and  availability  of  Budget.  States  and  UTs  utilize  the  funds  on  the activities approved for the scheme in a given year. State/UT-wise and year-wise details of funds allocated and central share released during last three years for the various approved activities including construction of toilets is at Annexure.

(c) and (d) Lack of toilet facilities  in  schools  has  been  one  of  the  reasons  for  girls  to  dropout  from schools. In view of this, the Government of India has prioritized the education of girls and launched the Swachh  Vidyalaya  initiative  in  collaboration  with  State/UT  Governments,  Public  Sector  Undertakings (PSUs)  and  Private  Corporates  for  provision  of  separate  toilets  for  girls  and  boys  in  all  government schools.  Under  this  initiative,  4.17  lakh  toilets  including  1.91  lakh  girls'  toilets  were  constructed/made functional in 2.61 lakh government schools in one year period upto 15 th August, 2015.  With this, students in government schools have access to gender segregated toilets. Further, this Ministry annually sanctions toilets in elementary schools under SSA to the States/UTs based on the gap determined by Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) and proposals received from States/UTs as per enrollment of the children in schools.  The Central Government has encouraged PSUs and private institutes to utilize Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds for construction and maintenance of school toilets.

The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  under  section  19 provides for Norms and Standards for a school.  The appropriate Governments have the responsibility and mandate  to  provide  school  infrastructure  including  toilets  in  schools  in  accordance  with  the  norms prescribed in the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and respective State RTE Rules.  All States and UTs have been advised to comply with the provision of the RTE Act, 2009 which inter alia states that every school building should have separate toilets for boys and girls.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2017 ASKED BY SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN  AND  SHRI  BHARATHI  MOHAN  R.K.  REGARDING  'TOILETS  IN SCHOOLS'

Statement showing details of State/UT-wise and year-wise funds allocated/released under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) during last three years.

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                  | 2014-15                                 | 2014-15                | 2015-16                                 | 2015-16                | 2016-17                                 | 2016-17                |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                  | Approved estimate including State Share | Central Share released | Approved estimate including State Share | Central Share released | Approved estimate including State Share | Central Share released |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            | 286775.47                               | 154566.68              | 211606.15                               | 66810.81               | 263700.49                               | 63302.18               |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 41573.46                                | 33607.83               | 35864.48                                | 18179.44               | 38085.81                                | 19956.64               |
| 3         | Assam                     | 180927.56                               | 97782.17               | 168215.67                               | 100464.64              | 167692.16                               | 87652.30               |
| 4         | Bihar                     | 802157.80                               | 216336.05              | 738714.81                               | 251557.33              | 966527.08                               | 270688.44              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              | 146266.71                               | 92705.34               | 214934.28                               | 62219.70               | 235111.31                               | 59262.77               |
| 6         | Goa                       | 2577.08                                 | 1310.38                | 2423.75                                 | 813.58                 | 2903.76                                 | 869.11                 |
| 7         | Gujarat                   | 140821.83                               | 78476.48               | 197359.78                               | 61563.82               | 259135.02                               | 77740.50               |
| 8         | Haryana                   | 93301.66                                | 42110.65               | 112058.25                               | 34501.21               | 106238.33                               | 32000.88               |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh          | 25065.25                                | 12547.30               | 34533.84                                | 12139.13               | 42682.22                                | 12825.46               |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 178530.32                               | 51276.51               | 237195.26                               | 129980.55              | 206255.37                               | 107250.05              |
| 11        | Jharkhand                 | 193794.50                               | 75775.18               | 164930.30                               | 55863.31               | 156659.35                               | 50945.73               |
| 12        | Karnataka                 | 133978.35                               | 66213.52               | 154580.82                               | 41759.33               | 187896.99                               | 54495.50               |
| 13        | Kerala                    | 43109.17                                | 21844.02               | 41200.40                                | 12858.86               | 52747.60                                | 11316.74               |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh            | 449489.52                               | 149094.91              | 460633.51                               | 160197.85              | 522316.19                               | 154455.09              |
| 15        | Maharashtra               | 143914.77                               | 58288.54               | 157494.84                               | 41225.28               | 229633.33                               | 60369.65               |
| 16        | Manipur                   | 32181.27                                | 21465.80               | 32202.78                                | 18355.46               | 27640.13                                | 4405.31                |
| 17        | Meghalaya                 | 40632.71                                | 20404.51               | 28572.45                                | 16626.96               | 45124.44                                | 20067.00               |
| 18        | Mizoram                   | 21046.25                                | 14739.69               | 20723.49                                | 9437.51                | 19625.21                                | 10934.31               |
| 19        | Nagaland                  | 29834.27                                | 20568.72               | 31401.22                                | 8739.53                | 30078.84                                | 10725.34               |
| 20        | Odisha                    | 192326.54                               | 66695.31               | 232170.16                               | 82081.65               | 221584.02                               | 70423.00               |
| 21        | Punjab                    | 85356.37                                | 36215.98               | 98473.90                                | 30003.82               | 105924.19                               | 30002.69               |
| 22        | Rajasthan                 | 483635.95                               | 248041.55              | 502613.61                               | 193462.09              | 586663.06                               | 182578.48              |
| 23        | Sikkim                    | 6057.89                                 | 4526.13                | 6120.57                                 | 4054.36                | 6851.10                                 | 3479.24                |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                | 198987.49                               | 135819.79              | 232915.02                               | 82111.73               | 265603.51                               | 82111.30               |
| 25        | Telangana                 | 195982.92                               | 81406.88               | 166734.42                               | 21776.01               | 185371.60                               | 41776.09               |
| 26        | Tripura                   | 23075.82                                | 19800.13               | 26134.95                                | 16956.97               | 29303.32                                | 19190.95               |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh             | 882045.88                               | 449867.53              | 1513952.24                              | 505434.30              | 1901436.29                              | 505433.99              |
| 28        | Uttarakhand               | 51885.58                                | 22880.56               | 58173.09                                | 22588.40               | 60826.59                                | 25268.98               |
| 29        | West Bengal               | 476627.83                               | 97240.30               | 429479.85                               | 84679.41               | 468849.08                               | 82185.32               |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1031.98                                 | 147.21                 | 895.45                                  | 359.46                 | 1807.66                                 | 479.14                 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                | 6909.78                                 | 3893.53                | 5968.24                                 | 3521.81                | 6557.82                                 | 3333.55                |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 1795.04                                 | 911.74                 | 2141.03                                 | 594.91                 | 3132.32                                 | 1068.38                |
| 33        | Daman & Diu               | 633.70                                  | 72.77                  | 603.55                                  | 78.38                  | 829.27                                  | 300.00                 |
| 34        | Delhi                     | 20290.53                                | 6223.73                | 19202.29                                | 7293.80                | 18726.98                                | 8306.19                |
| 35        | Lakshadweep               | 291.05                                  | 58.83                  | 311.82                                  | 139.87                 | 366.48                                  | 239.87                 |
| 36        | Puducherry                | 814.13                                  | 100.00                 | 762.67                                  | 583.14                 | 981.85                                  | 304.68                 |
|           | Total                     | 5613726.43                              | 2403016.25             | 6341298.94                              | 2159014.41             | 7424868.77                              | 2165744.85             |

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