Lok Sabha Question No. 311 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Toilets in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2020

## Toilets in Schools

## *311.  SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  achieved  the  construction  of  at  least  one  toilet  in  each school  in  the  country  comprising  primary,  upper  primary  and  secondary  levels  of education;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  total  number  of  toilets  constructed  so  far  and  number  of  schools covered, State-wise;
- (c) the  district-wise  number  of  schools  with  defunct  toilets  along  with  the  total  number  of toilets  in  both  Government  and  private  categories  in  Andhra  Pradesh  as  on  February, 2020; and
- (d) the number of toilets constructed, repaired and functional in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years, year-wise and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) to (d)     A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH 2020 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI N. REDDEPPA REGARDING TOILETS IN SCHOOLS (a)  and  (b)          In  response  to  the  announcement  made  by  the  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  on  15 August,  2014,  the  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy,  Ministry  of  Human  Resource Development had launched Swachh Vidyalaya initiative to provide separate toilets for girls and boys in all Government schools, within one year upto 15th August, 2015. Under the initiative, construction/re-construction of 4,17,796 toilets was completed in 2,61,400 Government elementary and secondary schools as reported by the States and UTs. State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-I. (c)              As  per  UDISE  2017-18,  district-wise  number  of  schools,  number  of  schools  with functional toilets and dysfunctional toilets in Andhra Pradesh are given at Annexure-II . (d)      The district-wise numbers of toilets constructed in schools in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years are given at Annexure-III.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH 2020 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI N. REDDEPPA REGARDING TOILETS IN SCHOOLS.

Statement showing State/UT-wise total number of school toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI).

| S. No.   | State/UT                  | No. of toilets constructed/re-constructed under SVI   |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 71                                                    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            | 49,293                                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 3,492                                                 |
| 4        | Assam                     | 35,699                                                |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 56,912                                                |
| 6        | Chandigarh                | 0                                                     |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 16,629                                                |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli    | 78                                                    |
| 9        | Daman and Diu             | 16                                                    |
| 10       | Delhi                     | 0                                                     |
| 11       | Goa                       | 138                                                   |
| 12       | Gujarat                   | 1,521                                                 |
| 13       | Haryana                   | 1,843                                                 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1,175                                                 |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir         | 16,172                                                |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 | 15,795                                                |
| 17       | Karnataka                 | 649                                                   |
| 18       | Kerala                    | 535                                                   |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               | 0                                                     |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            | 33,201                                                |
| 21       | Maharashtra               | 5,586                                                 |
| 22       | Manipur                   | 1,296                                                 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 | 8,944                                                 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   | 1,261                                                 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  | 666                                                   |
| 26       | Odisha                    | 43,501                                                |
| 27       | Puducherry                | 2                                                     |
| 28       | Punjab                    | 1,807                                                 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 | 12,083                                                |
| 30       | Sikkim                    | 88                                                    |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                | 7,926                                                 |
| 32       | Telangana                 | 36,159                                                |
| 33       | Tripura                   | 607                                                   |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             | 19,626                                                |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               | 2,971                                                 |
| 36       | West Bengal               | 42,054                                                |
|          | Total                     | 4,17,796                                              |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  311  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  16 TH MARCH  2020  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MP  SHRI  N. REDDEPPA REGARDING TOILETS IN SCHOOLS.

Statement showing district-wise number of schools, number of schools with functional toilets and dysfunctional toilets in Andhra Pradesh

| Sl. No.   |               | Number of Schools having toilet facilities 2017-18   | Number of Schools having toilet facilities 2017-18   | Number of Schools having toilet facilities 2017-18   | Number of Schools having toilet facilities 2017-18   | Number of Schools having toilet facilities 2017-18   | Number of Schools having toilet facilities 2017-18   |
|-----------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|           |               | Government                                           | Government                                           | Government                                           | Private                                              | Private                                              | Private                                              |
|           | Districts     | Number of Schools                                    | Number of Schools with Functional toilet             | Number of Schools with Dysfunctional toilet          | Number of Schools                                    | Number of Schools with Functional toilet             | Number of Schools with Dysfunctional toilet          |
| 1.        | ANANTAPUR     | 3879                                                 | 2613                                                 | 1266                                                 | 1321                                                 | 918                                                  | 403                                                  |
| 2.        | CHITTOOR      | 4887                                                 | 4787                                                 | 100                                                  | 1399                                                 | 1317                                                 | 82                                                   |
| 3.        | EAST GODAVARI | 4286                                                 | 4017                                                 | 269                                                  | 1803                                                 | 1713                                                 | 90                                                   |
| 4.        | GUNTUR        | 3318                                                 | 3220                                                 | 98                                                   | 1234                                                 | 1144                                                 | 90                                                   |
| 5.        | KADAPA        | 3252                                                 | 3037                                                 | 215                                                  | 1189                                                 | 970                                                  | 219                                                  |
| 6.        | KRISHNA       | 2705                                                 | 2600                                                 | 105                                                  | 1437                                                 | 1279                                                 | 158                                                  |
| 7.        | KURNOOL       | 2821                                                 | 2517                                                 | 304                                                  | 1379                                                 | 1213                                                 | 166                                                  |
| 8.        | NELLORE       | 3359                                                 | 2982                                                 | 377                                                  | 1062                                                 | 955                                                  | 107                                                  |
| 9.        | PRAKASAM      | 3231                                                 | 3036                                                 | 195                                                  | 1032                                                 | 926                                                  | 106                                                  |
| 10.       | SRIKAKULAM    | 3297                                                 | 3062                                                 | 235                                                  | 643                                                  | 483                                                  | 160                                                  |
| 11.       | VISAKHAPATNAM | 4036                                                 | 2943                                                 | 1093                                                 | 1361                                                 | 1170                                                 | 191                                                  |
| 12.       | VIZIANAGARAM  | 2772                                                 | 2382                                                 | 390                                                  | 646                                                  | 462                                                  | 184                                                  |
| 13.       | WEST GODAVARI | 3053                                                 | 2954                                                 | 99                                                   | 1281                                                 | 1193                                                 | 88                                                   |
|           | Total         | 44896                                                | 40150                                                | 4746                                                 | 15787                                                | 13743                                                | 2044                                                 |

Source: UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional)

## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  311  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  16 TH MARCH  2020  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MP  SHRI  N. REDDEPPA REGARDING TOILETS IN SCHOOLS.

Statement showing district-wise number of toilets constructed in schools in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years

| S. No.           | Name of the District   | Toilets constructed in 2016-17   |   Toilets constructed in 2017-18 | Toilets constructed in 2018-19   |
|------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1. Srikakulam    | 31                     | 19                               |                               12 |                                  |
| 2. Vizianagaram  | 20                     |                                  |                              170 | 16                               |
| 3. Visakhapatnam | 0                      |                                  |                               03 | 12                               |
| 4. East Godavari | 0                      |                                  |                               41 | 22                               |
| 5. West Godavari | 0                      |                                  |                                6 | 0                                |
| 6. Krishna       | 73                     |                                  |                              135 | 32                               |
| 7. Guntur        |                        | 0                                |                               05 | 27                               |
| 8. Prakasam      | 73                     |                                  |                              106 | 26                               |
| 9. Nellore       |                        | 0                                |                                0 | 23                               |
| 10. Chittoor     |                        | 4                                |                              227 | 0                                |
| 11. Kadapa       |                        | 0                                |                                0 | 20                               |
| 12.              | Ananthapur             | 0                                |                               35 | 46                               |
| 13.              | Kurnool                | 0                                |                               37 | 21                               |
|                  | Total                  | 201                              |                              784 | 257                              |

Source: Information provided by the State.