Srinagar: The infrastructural promises in government schools fall flat as at least 3,093 public institutions in Jammu and Kashmir are without toilet facilities for female students.
Figures given by officials reveal that among the total government-run schools in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 3,093 government schools which amount to nearly 20 percent of the institutes are without toilet facilities for female students.
It was learned that only 12,265 government schools were availing of the facilities.
The case of toilet facilities for female students in private schools in Jammu and Kashmir is worse than the government schools as the official figures reveal that at least 45 percent of functional private schools in Jammu and Kashmir san toilet facilities for their female students.
It reveals that out of the total number of private schools in Jammu and Kashmir, only 55 percent of private educational institutes were having toilet facilities for female students.
Likewise, 50 percent of the aided schools functioning here were also lacking toilet facilities for female students.
“In aided 8,978 schools did not have the toilet facilities for its female students while only 8,979 such schools were providing the facilities to the student’s.”
It also states that in the overall situation of all schools of Jammu and Kashmir, 11 percent of the schools were lacking toilet facilities for the female students and staff that includes all the government, private, aided, and other schools.
Earlier, it was also reported that at least 18,431 government-run-schools san medical facilities in Jammu and Kashmir— raising questions on the development of educational institutes and healthcare of the students.
The official figures reveal that among the total number of government-run schools in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 18,431 schools which amounts to nearly 80 percent of the institutes are without medical facilities. (KNO)
