Mir Farhat
Srinagar, July 12: In a glaring apathy of the Government in managing its schools and despite strict guidelines from the Government of India, more than 6,000 schools in the State are without any sanitary and drinking water facilities, an official survey reveals.
The State Government has ignored the strict instructions from the Government of India (GoI) to provide adequate facilities of clean drinking water and toilet facilities to students within school premises.
An internal survey conducted by the Department of Education recently, reveals that as many as 6,622 schools lack toilet facilities for children and 6,099 schools have no drinking water facilities for them.
In Kashmir about 3,520 schools are without toilets and 2,342 have no drinking water facilities. Similarly, in Jammu division, as many as 3,102 and 3757 schools lack toilet and drinking water facilities,” the survey reveals.
Of these schools which have no drinking water facilities within its premises, 1,414 are primary schools, 771 middle, 44 high and 13 higher secondary schools.
The schools include those which operate from Government’s own building and those which run from rented ones.
At least 3,792 schools operating from Government buildings are without toilet facilities, and 4,077 such schools are without any drinking water.
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