Even as the State government is chalking out many big plans to implement, its ambitious KG-to-PG free education programme, what remains unsettling is the lack of basic toilet facility in most of the schools across Telangana.
Government schools in Khammam district are no different from the others in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. This is evidence from that there are 10 toilets at the zilla parishad girls’ high school in Bhadrachalam but only two are usable. Moreover, that two are not for students but exclusively for teachers and school staff never let the students use it.
As a result, the students, who stay at the social welfare hostel, are forced to go back to the hostel, located at a distance of about 1.5 km, to relieve themselves.
“Though two toilets are good at the school, they are used by our teachers,” S Mahalaxami a student, complains. Imagine how many students are studying at the school? 800. And the number of teaching and non-teaching staff includes 23 persons. “Since there is no proper toilet facility, we are left with no option, other than to go to the hostel on foot. Walking to the hostel several times is difficult,” says, another Class VIII student.
One of the teachers reveals that most of the toilets were not being used because the toilets are not cleaned due to lack of water supply. “The borewell is in defunct mode,from years. Moreover, there is no cleaner for maintenance of the toilets,” she added.
Students of the Manugur high schools are also facing similar problems, as there are only three toilets for 1600 students including 700 girls.