Lok Sabha Question No. 183 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Amenities in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, B.V. NAYAK

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 183 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## Amenities in Schools

| †*183.     | SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI B.V. NAIK:                                                                                                             |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)        | whether the Government has provided or proposes to provide safe drinking water and clean toilets in all Government and Government aided schools;   |
| (b)        | if so, the details thereof including the number of toilets built in such schools, State/District-wise including Karnataka;                         |
| (c)        | if not, the reasons therefor;                                                                                                                      |
| (d)        | the number of schools lacking clean drinking water and toilets including basic amenities across the country, State-wise including Maharashtra; and |
| (e)        | the steps taken by the Government in this regard?                                                                                                  |
| ANSWER     | ANSWER                                                                                                                                             |
| (a) to (e) | A statement is laid on the Table of the House.                                                                                                     |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  183  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24 TH   DECEMBER  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRI B.V. NAIK REGARDING AMENITIES IN SCHOOLS

(a)  to  (e)  Section  19  of  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009 provides the norms and standards for a school as specified in the Schedule to the Act. The RTE norms inter alia provide for separate toilets for boys and girls; and safe and adequate drinking water facility to all children,  in  schools.    The  States  and  UTs,  defined  as  the  'appropriate  Governments'  under  the  Act,  are implementing the provisions of the RTE Act, 2009 through their respective State RTE Rules.

The appropriate Governments have the responsibility and mandate to provide school infrastructure including  drinking  water  facility  and  toilets  in  schools  in  accordance  with  the  norms  prescribed  in  the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and respective State RTE Rules.  States and UTs have been instructed to ensure  that  all  the  schools  in  respective  State/UT,  including  those  under  the  non-Government  sector (private,  aided  schools  etc.)  should  have  provision  for  separate  toilets  for  boys  and  girls;  and  safe  and adequate drinking water facilities to all children, in accordance with the norms under RTE Act, 2009. All State Governments and UT Administrations have been requested to promote hygiene practices in schools and take remedial measures to fill in gaps.

The Central Government has launched a new Integrated Scheme for School Education-Samagra Shiksha which subsumes the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) from 2018-19.  Samagra Shiksha supports States and UTs for strengthening of existing government schools, and for creation and augmentation of infrastructure facilities including drinking water and toilets in schools based on the gaps determined from Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) and proposals received from respective State/UT.

Under erstwhile SSA till 2017-18 and Samagra Shiksha effective from 2018-19, construction of 3.12  lakh  school  buildings,  18.89  lakh  additional  classrooms,  10.63  lakh  school  toilets  and  2.40  lakh drinking water facilities, electrification of 2.08 lakh schools and ramps with hand rail in 2.65 lakh schools have been sanctioned for elementary education to States and UTs.  Out of which, States and UTs have reported completion of construction of 2.95 lakh school buildings and 18.08 lakh additional classrooms, 10.11 lakh school toilets and 2.33 lakh drinking water facilities, electrification of 1.90 lakh schools, ramps with  hand  rail  in  2.45  lakh  schools  till  30.09.2018.    Under  erstwhile  RMSA  till  2017-18  and  Samagra Shiksha  from  2018-19,  53,778  additional  classrooms,  27,414  science  laboratories,  19,875  computer rooms, 26,838 libraries, 20,403 toilet blocks and 11,892 drinking water facilities have been sanctioned for secondary/senior  secondary  schools  to  States  and  UTs.  Out  of  which,  States  and  UTs  have  reported completion of construction of 36,910 additional classrooms, 19,254 science laboratories, 13,761 computer rooms  and  19,169  libraries,  14,474  toilet  blocks  and  provision  of  10,056  drinking  water  facilities  till 30.09.2018.

Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) captures data on various indicators on school education.  As per U-DISE data collected for academic year 2016-17,  State/UT-wise toilets and drinking water facilities in Government and Government aided schools in country including Karnataka is at Annexure-I.  District-wise information is available on www.udise.in.

State/UT-wise number of schools lacking drinking water and toilets across the country, including Maharashtra is at Annexure-II.

The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  had  undertaken  Swachh  Vidyalaya  initiative  to provide separate toilets for girls and boys in all Government schools within one year upto 15 th 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-III.

The  Ministry  has  advised  all  State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations  to  ensure  proper maintenance of school toilets to keep them functional and also to take steps to bring about behavioural changes among students and teachers through an intensive awareness campaign so that the school toilets are properly used, and kept neat and clean.  The Ministry has also advised States and UTs to encourage school  education  authorities in  promoting  cleanliness  and  hygiene  practices  in  schools  by  undertaking various activities including Swachhata Pakhwada, appointment of Student Ambassador, singing Swachhata  songs  in  Bal  Sabha/Children's  assembly,  celebrating  Swachhata  Diwas,  drawing/painting competitions focusing on Swachhata in each school.  The Ministry has requested all States and UTs to fill in the gaps, if any, in availability and functionality of toilets in schools.

The  Samagra  Shiksha  scheme  envisages  an  annual  recurring  composite  school  grant  upto  Rs. 1,00,000/- per annum depending upon the number of students, for all government schools. Each school is required to spend atleast 10% of the composite school grant on activities including maintenance of toilets under Swachhata Action Plan (SAP).  The scheme also provides for annual maintenance and repair of existing school building, toilets and other facilities to upkeep the infrastructure in good condition.

The  Department  has  instituted  Swachh  Vidyalaya  Puraskar  from  2016-17  at  district,  state  and national level as a next step to Swachh Vidyalaya initiative. This has institutionalized a Swachhata ranking system for excellence in water, sanitation and hygiene in schools across the country.

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has also advised the Panchayati Raj Departments of all States in March,  2016  to  include  inter  alia  the  provision  for  rehabilitation/repair  of  existing  toilets  and  drinking water  systems  in  schools  as  per  the  norms  and  requirements,  while  preparing  Gram  Panchayat Development Plans for using Fourteenth Finance Commission Grants.

The Ministries of Human Resource Development(Department of School Education), Ministry of Panchayati  Raj  and  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  have  also  jointly  addressed  the  States regarding  participation  and  support  of  Gram  Panchayats  in  putting  in  place  proper  arrangements  for regular cleaning of school toilets and waste disposal in schools.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  183  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24 TH   DECEMBER  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRI B.V. NAIK REGARDING AMENITIES IN SCHOOLS

Statement  showing State/UT-wise  toilets  and  drinking  water  facilities  in  Government  and  Government aided schools in country including Karnataka

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                 |   Schools with Girls' Toilet |   Schools with Boys' Toilet |   Schools with Drinking Water Facilities |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                          346 |                         345 |                                      346 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                        46422 |                       45784 |                                    43865 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                         3362 |                        3257 |                                     2809 |
|         4 | Assam                    |                        53504 |                       50264 |                                    53481 |
|         5 | Bihar                    |                        67051 |                       65329 |                                    71045 |
|         6 | Chandigarh               |                          123 |                         122 |                                      123 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh             |                        46251 |                       45975 |                                    47266 |
|         8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                          311 |                         310 |                                      311 |
|         9 | Daman &Diu               |                          118 |                         117 |                                      123 |
|        10 | Delhi                    |                         2075 |                        2176 |                                     3049 |
|        11 | Goa                      |                         1389 |                        1389 |                                     1399 |
|        12 | Gujarat                  |                        39574 |                       39133 |                                    40763 |
|        13 | Haryana                  |                        13896 |                       13294 |                                    14687 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                        15451 |                       15413 |                                    15489 |
|        15 | Jammu And Kashmir        |                        22788 |                       22107 |                                    21767 |
|        16 | Jharkhand                |                        40434 |                       39979 |                                    39614 |
|        17 | Karnataka                |                        55890 |                       54444 |                                    57047 |
|        18 | Kerala                   |                        12098 |                       11822 |                                    12253 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep              |                           45 |                          45 |                                       45 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh           |                       115149 |                      112672 |                                   118421 |
|        21 | Maharashtra              |                        87935 |                       86626 |                                    89566 |
|        22 | Manipur                  |                         3875 |                        3847 |                                     3792 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                |                        10733 |                       11009 |                                     7932 |
|        24 | Mizoram                  |                         2796 |                        2777 |                                     2647 |
|        25 | Nagaland                 |                         2042 |                        2090 |                                     1676 |
|        26 | Odisha                   |                        62624 |                       60577 |                                    63636 |
|        27 | Puducherry               |                          432 |                         425 |                                      457 |
|        28 | Punjab                   |                        20749 |                       20466 |                                    21031 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                |                        67479 |                       66274 |                                    65681 |
|        30 | Sikkim                   |                          790 |                         868 |                                      856 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu               |                        45997 |                       45494 |                                    46707 |
|        32 | Telangana                |                        29123 |                       27644 |                                    29868 |
|        33 | Tripura                  |                         4358 |                        4341 |                                     3920 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh            |                       169600 |                      167668 |                                   168094 |
|        35 | Uttarakhand              |                        17558 |                       17453 |                                    17484 |
|        36 | West Bengal              |                        82200 |                       80291 |                                    82283 |

Source: U-DISE provisional data for the academic year 2016-17.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  183  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24 TH   DECEMBER  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRI B.V. NAIK REGARDING AMENITIES IN SCHOOLS

Statement showing State/UT-wise number of Government and Government aided schools lacking drinking water and toilets across the country, including Maharashtra

|   Sl. No | State/UT                 |   Schools without girls toilet |   Schools without boys toilet |   Schools without water facilities |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                            123 |                           166 |                               3107 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                            152 |                           174 |                                710 |
|        4 | Assam                    |                           4456 |                          6292 |                               4609 |
|        5 | Bihar                    |                           7921 |                          9000 |                               4110 |
|        6 | Chandigarh               |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh             |                            287 |                           299 |                                369 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|        9 | Daman &Diu               |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|       10 | Delhi                    |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|       11 | Goa                      |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|       12 | Gujarat                  |                             23 |                            43 |                                 22 |
|       13 | Haryana                  |                            100 |                           168 |                                 23 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                              3 |                             4 |                                  0 |
|       15 | Jammu And Kashmir        |                            867 |                          1300 |                               2088 |
|       16 | Jharkhand                |                            526 |                           544 |                               1582 |
|       17 | Karnataka                |                            692 |                          1389 |                                127 |
|       18 | Kerala                   |                             97 |                           253 |                                 41 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep              |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh           |                           4680 |                          5745 |                               5461 |
|       21 | Maharashtra              |                            995 |                          1510 |                                360 |
|       22 | Manipur                  |                             51 |                            47 |                                138 |
|       23 | Meghalaya                |                           1248 |                           904 |                               4060 |
|       24 | Mizoram                  |                             28 |                            42 |                                177 |
|       25 | Nagaland                 |                             54 |                             7 |                                421 |
|       26 | Odisha                   |                            971 |                          2129 |                                158 |
|       27 | Puducherry               |                              0 |                             0 |                                  0 |
|       28 | Punjab                   |                             44 |                           122 |                                  3 |
|       29 | Rajasthan                |                            558 |                           596 |                               2358 |
|       30 | Sikkim                   |                              5 |                             5 |                                 22 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu               |                             59 |                           105 |                                  3 |
|       32 | Telangana                |                            591 |                          1388 |                                315 |
|       33 | Tripura                  |                              1 |                             0 |                                446 |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh            |                            537 |                           630 |                               3089 |
|       35 | Uttarakhand              |                            674 |                           580 |                                873 |
|       36 | West Bengal              |                             90 |                           364 |                                936 |

Source: UDISE, 2016-17(Provisional)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  183  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24 TH   DECEMBER  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRI B.V. NAIK REGARDING AMENITIES 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 2                                               |
|       27 | Puducherry               |                                                        |
|       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                                                 |