Attendance of girl students increased 12 percent after constructing toilets and maintaining them properly in the government schools under Prime Minister Swacch Vidyalaya programme in the last academic year in the district.
The Central government has sanctioned 4,312 toilets to 3,989 government schools in the district. The estimation cost of the each toilet is Rs 1.25 lakh.
The Central government has selected the Adilabad district as a best district in constructing quality toilets, with water supply , proper maintenance even in the schools located in interior agency areas.
Adilabad district was selected for best district award under Swatch Vidyalay category at the national level for completing the construction of toilets taken up in the schools in time.
Teams from Central government and also a team appointed by the Supreme Court to assess the status of toilets and their usage visited the government schools last year. Adilabad is the only district from South India which was selected for national award under Swacch Vidyalaya category.
Collector M. Jagan Mohan said that 12 percent increase in the girl students’ attendance was noticed after constructing the toilets in the government schools and hoped that attendance will increase further in the new academic with the message that all the government have good toilets with proper maintenance.
He observed that parents do not send their adolescent girl children to schools without proper toilets.
The construction of toilets completed in time with the cooperation was due to the cooperation of the school management committees and parents of the students, he said adding that they also created awareness to the girl child on how to maintain clean toilets and personal hygiene.
District officials recruited workers with Rs 3 honorarium to clean the toilets in the schools.
Officials say that people are coming forward to construct individual sanitary latrines seeing their success in government schools in their respective villages.
The collector will receive an award for his service from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function on April 21.
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