To carry out the orders of Jharkhand High Court regarding construction of toilets in every government school Development Commissioner Sudhir Prasad on Friday instructed all the concerned to officials to ensure clean and hygienic washrooms for
students in every government school of the state by the end of this year.
Prasad conducted a meeting with the officials of concerned department on Friday. Besides, hygienic washrooms, availability of clean drinking water at schools has also asked to look after.
He asked to prepare a district wise list highlighting the schools where construction of toilets is required. There will be separate toilet for boys and girls in the schools. Schools which educate more than 200 students will have double unit toilets while schools with less than 200 students will have single unit toilets, as many as 2456 toilets for boys and around 2534 toilets for girls.
It has been found that around 2616 schools do not have drinking water facility within their premises for the students. Drinking water and Sanitation Department officials have been asked to look after it.
Moreover, Rural Education Committee has been handed over the responsibility of looking after the construction work of toilets in the entire schools. The next meeting on the same is scheduled to take place on July 25.