Schools should have such toilets which are clean and acceptable having proper facilities: SC
10 years, 1 month ago

Schools should have such toilets which are clean and acceptable having proper facilities: SC

Live Law  

A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C. Pant, while rapping the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for the State of toilets in schools, observed, "Before dwelling upon the framing of the Schemes and the time-frame granted to the States, it can be said without any fear of contradiction that a toilet in structure only is not a toilet in reality. "It has to be borne in mind by the Authorities of the two States that clean and safe toilets also help in sustaining the health conditions of the students who use it," the Bench added. The Supreme Court, through its order dated 18.10.2011 had directed all States and Union Territories to ensure that basic toilet facilities are made available in all the schools on or before 30th November, 2011. State of Punjab had submitted that out of 13, 397 schools, 8, 607 primary schools and 5323 upper primary schools have separate toilet facilities for girls.

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Over 700 schools in Haryana running without girls’ toilets: Report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 700 schools in Haryana running without girls’ toilets: Report

Hindustan Times  

A data from the Union education ministry’s Unified District Information System for Education -Plus, releasded earlier this week, highlights significant infrastructure gaps in schools of Haryana. Of the total 23,517 schools in the state, 767 lack functional girls’ toilets, while 1,263 schools are without functioning boys’ toilets. The data reveals that 22,918 schools in Haryana have girls’ toilets, but only …

Glaring infrastructure deficiencies: 105 Gujarat Government schools lack toilets
3 months ago

Glaring infrastructure deficiencies: 105 Gujarat Government schools lack toilets

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: Despite the Gujarat government championing its development narrative, unsettling data presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday revealed significant shortcomings in the state’s basic infrastructure. Central government statistics disclosed that 105 government schools in Gujarat still lack toilet facilities, and 12 schools remain without access to drinking water—raising serious concerns about the state’s claims of progress. These figures starkly …

Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court
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4 months, 1 week ago

Menstrual policy for schoolgirls approved, Centre tells Supreme Court

India Today  

The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court of framing the "Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School Going Girls" approved by the Union Health Ministry. The Centre previously informed the apex court that over 97.5 per cent schools in the country, including government, state-aided and private ones, provided separate toilets facilities for female students. The Centre pointed out that in West …

Over 98% of Indian Schools Have Separate Toilet Facilities for Girls: Centre
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 98% of Indian Schools Have Separate Toilet Facilities for Girls: Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Over 97.5% of schools in India provide separate toilet facilities for girl students, according to a Centre affidavit filed with the Supreme Court. The Centre has informed the court that 16 lakh toilets for boys and 17.5 lakh toilets for girls have been constructed in more than 10 lakh government schools and 2.5 lakh toilets for boys and 2.9 lakh …

'Toilets For Both Boys & Girls Absolutely Essential For Smooth Functioning Of Schools': Jammu & Kashmir High Court Sets One Month Deadline
1 year, 7 months ago

'Toilets For Both Boys & Girls Absolutely Essential For Smooth Functioning Of Schools': Jammu & Kashmir High Court Sets One Month Deadline

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered swift action for the enhancement of infrastructure facilities in both Primary and Secondary Schools across urban and rural areas in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.A bench of Chief Justice N. Kotiswar Singh & Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal emphasized the paramount importance of adequate infrastructure, stating,“.The. The Jammu and …

SC asks Centre to frame ‘uniform national policy’ to provide sanitary pads for girls in schools in India
1 year, 11 months ago

SC asks Centre to frame ‘uniform national policy’ to provide sanitary pads for girls in schools in India

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 10 said a “uniform national policy” may be framed by the Centre in consultation with States and Union Territories to ensure menstrual hygiene by providing sanitary pads, vending and disposal mechanisms and exclusive washrooms for girl students in schools. “It is appropriate if the Union of India deals with the States and Union Territories to …

21% schools in Telangana lack functional toilets for girls
2 years, 4 months ago

21% schools in Telangana lack functional toilets for girls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: While the Right to Education Act required schools to build toilets for children, Telangana appears extremely poor in terms of having functional toilets for girls, only slightly better than the Northeastern states but worse than the national average. According to the report, 78.8 per cent of schools in Telangana, including government, government aided, private unaided, and other management schools, …

Bombay HC raps Maharashtra government over delay in framing policy on clean toilets in schools
2 years, 6 months ago

Bombay HC raps Maharashtra government over delay in framing policy on clean toilets in schools

India Today  

Bombay High Court on Monday slammed the Maharashtra government over the delay in framing a policy on clean and hygienic toilets in government schools. Based on a report, the court observed that the condition of toilets in schools across Maharashtra was very bad and still there was no policy regarding the issue. As per the court’s order in July this …

37% Govt Schools Have No Girls' Toilet; No Safe Drinking Water In 40% : Report Before Karnataka HC
3 years, 8 months ago

37% Govt Schools Have No Girls' Toilet; No Safe Drinking Water In 40% : Report Before Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to submit a plan of action for spending the Rs 100 crore allocated towards infrastructure development in government schools across the state. The state government, while placing on record data of work being undertaken in schools, said that a sum of Rs 88 crore was allotted for infrastructure in the …

Karnataka High Court Seeks Specific Details From State Govt On New Class Rooms Built Or Repaired
4 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court Seeks Specific Details From State Govt On New Class Rooms Built Or Repaired

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to furnish a list giving addresses and other details of the schools wherein new classrooms, new toilets will be built and repairs of existing classrooms found in dilapidated conditions will be undertaken.A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice M G Uma during the hearing of the petition …

How Many Police Stations In The State Aren't Having Toilets For Women? : Allahabad High Court Asks Uttar Pradesh Govt.
4 years, 1 month ago

How Many Police Stations In The State Aren't Having Toilets For Women? : Allahabad High Court Asks Uttar Pradesh Govt.

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Allahabad High Court by the students of various Law Colleges, seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh Government to ensure the construction of ladies' toilets in the Police Stations where it is not constructed. While hearing the matter on Wednesday, the Bench of Justice Jayant Banerji and Justice Sanjay Yadav directed the Standing Counsel …

75% of Audited Toilets in Govt Schools Not Hygienically Maintained: CAG Report
4 years, 6 months ago

75% of Audited Toilets in Govt Schools Not Hygienically Maintained: CAG Report

News 18  

New Delhi: At least 75 per cent of government school toilets audited in 15 states by the Comptroller and Auditor General were not found to be hygienically maintained, according to a report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. The CAG Audit examined the records pertaining to construction of toilets by these seven CPSEs and also conducted physical survey of a sample …

11% Toilets Claimed to be Constructed by PSUs in Schools 'Non-existent' and 30% 'Not in Use': CAG
4 years, 6 months ago

11% Toilets Claimed to be Constructed by PSUs in Schools 'Non-existent' and 30% 'Not in Use': CAG

News 18  

The CAG on Wednesday said its audit of toilets constructed by central PSUs in schools found 11 per cent of them either non-existing or partially built and another 30 per cent not in use due to operational reasons. "The non-existing and partially constructed toilets constituted 11 per cent of toilets surveyed," it said. The audit also noticed cases of defective …

95% schools have girls toilet: SEQI
5 years, 5 months ago

95% schools have girls toilet: SEQI

India Today  

As many as 95 per cent schools across 32 states and Union Territories have girls toilets, according to the School Education Quality Index developed by the NITI Aayog. pic.twitter.com/4XxNouJIy3 United Nations India October 3, 2019 The percentage of schools with girls toilets in UTs, large states and small states was 100 percent, 97.6 percent and 96.7 percent, respectively. According to …

Steps to ensure better sanitation in school toilets
5 years, 6 months ago

Steps to ensure better sanitation in school toilets

The Hindu  

Expert teams of the District Panchayat will visit schools in the district by September 30 to examine arrangements for ensuring sanitation in school toilets. The teams would visit the schools and allied institutions and examine the toilets. Sumesh said that the teams were being sent to the schools in view of the large number of complaints about the pathetic condition …

Uttarakhand HC Restrains State Govt From Buying Cars, Furniture As It Failed To Provide Bare Facilities in Schools [Read Judgment]
7 years, 9 months ago

Uttarakhand HC Restrains State Govt From Buying Cars, Furniture As It Failed To Provide Bare Facilities in Schools [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday restrained the state government from buying luxurious cars, furniture and air conditioners etc., since, it miserably failed to provide minimum bare facilities in schools, inter alia, benches, desks, blackboards, hygienic separate toilets for boys and girls, water purifiers and ceiling fans, as per the court directions.By its judgment dated 19.11.2016,. The Uttarakhand High Court …

Swachh Bharat: Girl students in Bihar school give up jewellery to construct toilets at home
8 years, 5 months ago

Swachh Bharat: Girl students in Bihar school give up jewellery to construct toilets at home

Firstpost  

Several Class 10 students of a school in Buxar district in Bihar have forsworn gold jewellery until their parents build toilet in their homes to save them the shame of having to go out into the open to defecate Buxar, Bihar: Several Class 10 students of a school in Bihar have forsworn gold jewellery until their parents build toilets in …

Toilets constructed for 33 lakh rural families:Punjab govt - India TV News
9 years, 9 months ago

Toilets constructed for 33 lakh rural families:Punjab govt - India TV News

India TV News  

Chandigarh : Punjab government today claimed that it has constructed 33 lakh toilets for rural families under the ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan,which enlists elimination of open-defecation as one of its objectives. A government spokesperson said the total budget earmarked for this purpose was Rs 937 crore and added that 7.92 lakh families would be covered during the next three years. Punjab …

Toilets in schools should be clean with proper facilities: SC
10 years, 1 month ago

Toilets in schools should be clean with proper facilities: SC

India TV News  

New Delhi: Toilets in all schools should not be a mere "structure" but they should be clean and have proper facilities, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. Toilets meant for schools, which are co-educational and the girls schools, have to have such toilets which are clean and acceptable, having proper facilities," a bench of justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C …

Schools should have such toilets which are clean and acceptable having proper facilities: SC
10 years, 1 month ago

Schools should have such toilets which are clean and acceptable having proper facilities: SC

Live Law  

A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C. Pant, while rapping the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for the State of toilets in schools, observed, "Before dwelling upon the framing of the Schemes and the time-frame granted to the States, it can be said without any fear of contradiction that a toilet in structure …

How to ensure Indian girls go to school? Install a proper lavatory
12 years, 5 months ago

How to ensure Indian girls go to school? Install a proper lavatory

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India's highest court has ordered …

Toilets are main concern for girl students: CRY
12 years, 5 months ago

Toilets are main concern for girl students: CRY

The Hindu  

On a day when the Supreme Court directed the Union and State governments to provide basic infrastructure, including drinking water and toilets, in all schools within six months, a survey conducted among parents in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore said that “toilets remain the single-most commonly voiced concern for girl students and their parents across India among the lower-income …

Provide toilets in schools in six months, orders court
12 years, 5 months ago

Provide toilets in schools in six months, orders court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all States and Union Territories to ensure that basic toilet facilities, in particular to girl students, are provided in all schools within six months. The court had said: “Right to free and compulsory education of children in the age group of six to 14 is part of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21-A. …

30 million Indian school children have no access to toilets
12 years, 11 months ago

30 million Indian school children have no access to toilets

India Today  

Nearly 30 million school children in the country still have no access to toilets, even as schools have made significant progress in providing the facility in recent years, a study by UNICEF's Water,Sanitation, Hygiene programme revealed on Wednesday. The Right to Education Act requires all schools to have separate toilets for boys and girls and adequate safe drinking water facility. …

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