The Petitions Committee of the Karnataka legislative Assembly wants cleaning the surroundings and toilets be made compulsorily as part of curriculum for students from class 8 to 12
The Petitions Committee of the Karnataka legislative Assembly has recommended that cleaning the surroundings and toilets should be made compulsorily as part of curriculum for students from class 8 to 12. Even though the recommendation of the panel has its side of pros and cons there is already a debate on the issue about making it compulsory.
The Committee headed by Deputy Speaker N H Shivashankar Reddy was tabled the report for the year 2014-15 in the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Karnataka Assembly finds this a revolutionary in its approach to the problem.
The report said, “Cleaning the surroundings and toilet of their school/college every day, and cleaning of public roads and toilets near their schools/colleges for two hours every month should compulsorily be made part of the curriculum for students between class 8th and 10th of all Government, private or aided schools.”
The panel also strongly believes that the implementation of its recommendation will help in bringing down the cast differences in the country along with improving the overall cleanliness around the schools.
Citing stringent punishment in Singapore for not maintaining cleanliness in public places and toilets under lee Kuan Yew’s rule, the committee says that though such punishments are not desirable here, cleaning of surroundings and toilets should compulsorily be made part of curriculum for students between class 8 and 12.
The panel made this suggestion based on the model adopted by Sri Ramakrishna Residential School in Mysore, and has suggested that a separate committee be constituted in all Government, private and aided schools to be implemented in six months time.
However, the lawmakers are yet to take a decision on the recommendation but the parents are divided on the issue of making cleaning toilets a compulsory and part of the curriculum.