There are 384 schools in the State that do not have toilets yet.
The State Education minister Arvind Pande said this while responding to a query raised in the question hour in Vidhan Sabha on Thursday.
In a question to the Education minister, the Salt MLA of the BJP, Surendra Singh Jeena had asked how many inter-colleges had toilets built under the Swachchh Bharat mission and in how many inter-colleges were the toilets yet to be constructed.
The minister replied that under the Swachchh Bharat mission, 26 toilets had been constructed in the 24 inter-colleges approved in 2014-15.
The MLA further asked how long would it take to construct toilets in the schools and inter-colleges left under the mission.
Replying to this, the minister said that at present there is no toilet construction pending in any of the inter-colleges approved under Swachchh Bharat mission as 26 toilets had already been constructed in the 22 inter-colleges approved under the mission.
Pande stated that construction of toilets is also undertaken in a phased manner under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, Swajal, Panchayati Raj, district plan, corporate social responsibility and MLA/MP fund.
However, he expressed concern stating that at present a total of 384 government schools across the state are still without toilets.
Though this was not deliberated upon immediately, observers point out that this paints a disappointing picture of a state which claims to be open defecation free.