Lok Sabha Question No. 72 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Drinking Water in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 72 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## Drinking Water in Schools

## †72. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

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

- (a) the number of schools including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas in the country are lacking safe drinking water and toilets for boys and girls, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the clean drinking water and toilets are not available in some schools including  Kendriya  Vidyalaya,  Air  Force  Station,  Arjungarh,  New  Delhi  and  Kendriya Vidyalayas in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) the  time  by  which  such  facilities  are  likely  to  be  implemented  in  all  the  schools  including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (d) Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (U-DISE)  collects  data  on  various indicators on school education.  As per U-DISE data collected for academic year 2016-17, State/UTwise number of schools lacking drinking water and toilets for boys and girls across the country is at Annexure.  All  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  and  Jawahar  Navodaya  Vidyalayas  (JNVs)  across  the country have safe drinking water and clean toilets for boys and girls.

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  nonGovernment 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 3.99 lakh boys toilets, 5.22 lakh separate girls toilets and 2.40 lakh drinking water facilities have been sanctioned for elementary education to States and UTs.  Out of which, States and UTs have reported completion  of  construction  of  3.77  lakh  boys  toilets,  5.10  lakh  separate  girls  toilets  and  2.34  lakh drinking  water  facilities  till  30.09.2018.    Under  erstwhile  RMSA  till  2017-18  and  Samagra  Shiksha from  2018-19,  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 14,474 toilet blocks and provision of 10,059 drinking water facilities till 30.09.2018.

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 in one year till 15 th August 2015.

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.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  72  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  4 TH   FEBRUARY  2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI MANSHANKAR  NINAMA,  SHRI  AJAY  MISRA  TENI  AND  DR.  RAMESH  POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK' REGARDING DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS

Statement showing State/UT-wise number of schools lacking drinking water and toilets for boys and girls across the country

Source: UDISE, 2016-17(provisional)

| S. NO.   | STATE/UT                 |   SCHOOLS WITHOUT WATER FACILITIES |   SCHOOLS WITHOUT BOYS TOILET |   SCHOOLS WITHOUT GIRLS TOILET |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar Islands |                                  0 |                             0 |                              0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |                               3177 |                           172 |                            125 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                712 |                           191 |                            159 |
| 4        | Assam                    |                               8522 |                         13503 |                          11839 |
| 5        | Bihar                    |                               4270 |                          9471 |                           8361 |
| 6        | Chandigarh               |                                  0 |                             0 |                              0 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             |                                432 |                           300 |                            289 |
| 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                  |                                 22 |                            45 |                             24 |
| 13       | Haryana                  |                                 24 |                           174 |                            106 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         |                                  1 |                            13 |                              5 |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir        |                               2158 |                          1379 |                            911 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                |                               1840 |                           938 |                            866 |
| 17       | Karnataka                |                                177 |                          1519 |                            814 |
| 18       | Kerala                   |                                 52 |                           280 |                            117 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep              |                                  0 |                             0 |                              0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           |                               5529 |                          5975 |                           4914 |
| 21       | Maharashtra              |                                417 |                          1583 |                           1063 |
| 22       | Manipur                  |                                156 |                            51 |                             54 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                |                               5208 |                          1933 |                           2314 |
| 24       | Mizoram                  |                                248 |                            57 |                             33 |
| 25       | Nagaland                 |                                496 |                            15 |                             62 |
| 26       | Odisha                   |                                191 |                          2484 |                           1238 |
| 27       | Puducherry               |                                  0 |                             0 |                              0 |
| 28       | Punjab                   |                                  6 |                           174 |                             65 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                |                               2676 |                          1061 |                            846 |
| 30       | Sikkim                   |                                 50 |                            34 |                             33 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               |                                 19 |                           109 |                             61 |
| 32       | Telangana                |                                351 |                          1424 |                            625 |
| 33       | Tripura                  |                                492 |                             2 |                              6 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            |                               3368 |                           872 |                            745 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand              |                                960 |                           690 |                            760 |
| 36       | West Bengal              |                               1520 |                          2142 |                           1521 |
|          | All India                |                              43074 |                         46591 |                          37956 |