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ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR SWACHH PATASHALA
Every school must have the following components as
part of Swachh Patashala.
Water
o Daily
provision of safe drinking water
o Daily
provision of safe drinking water for food preparation and cooking
o Daily provision of adequate water
supply for toilets, urinals and hand washing stations with
water storage tank
Note: Ideally every
school should have atleast 1
functional source of water, inside the school premises. In its absence,
school must ensure that all students bring potable water from home.
Sanitation
o Atleast
one separate toilet each for boys and girls, with one unit generally having one
toilet (WC) plus 3 urinals; accessible to Children
With Special Needs (CWSN) as well
Each toilet should be child friendly and should
have all components below:
ü Access to water by use of bucket or
tap
ü 1 ceramic rural squatting pan
ü 1 door with latch for each toilet
ü 1 ventilator in each toilet or an
opening for at least 4 hrs of sunlight exposure
ü Roof cover that provides privacy and
protection from sun and rain
ü Bucket and mug in each toilet
o Atleast
one separate urinal for boys and girls
o In
case of upper primary and high schools, atleast one girls toilet should have
covered dustbin for disposing used sanitary napkins
o All
toilets must be connected to leach pit
/septic tank/ bio-digester or sewerage system
Note: The RTE recommends one toilet for every 80 students
and one urinal for every 20 students
Note: If
source of water is not inside the toilet block, school should ensure access to
water through a water drum or bucket.
Handwashing
o Hand
washing facilities close to the toilet to be used after toilet use
o Group
handwashing facilities allowing groups of 10-12 students to wash hands at the
same time before midday meal
o Daily
access to soap for MDM cooks for handwashing
o Soap
must be made available to students at all times for
handwashing after toilet use
Note: In the absence of
group handwashing facilities, school should provide handwashing facility either by bucket and soap Or tap and soap
Solid
waste disposal
o Every
classroom must have a dustbin
o School should have a pit within the school premises or Municipal or Panchayat bin for disposal
of waste from classrooms and kitchen
Note: Waste segregation must be promoted; Dustbins
to be used for dry waste and pits for wet waste
Child
Cabinet
Every school must
encourage constitution of a Child Cabinet (Student Committee) with the
objective of creating a platform for students to discuss and address issues related
to education, sanitation and other activities. Child cabinets will play a major
role in involving the students in day to day school activities and create a
sense of responsibility and leadership among them.
Composition
of Child Cabinet
1. Prime
Minister
2. Sports
& Cultural Minister and a sub-committee
3. Health
Minister and a sub-committee
4. Education
And Environment Minister and a sub-committee
5. Food
Minister and a sub-committee
Responsibilities
of Child Cabinet
i) Prime
Minister calls for meetings and monitors activities of all Ministers.
ii) Health
Minister, with the help of his/her sub-committee:
a. monitors
personal hygiene of all students everyday
b. monitors
hand washing activity using soap at critical times for all the students
c.
monitors functionality of
toilets and urinals
d. monitors
whether cooks and food handling staff wash hands with soap before handling food
– cooking and serving
e. monitors
MDM and checks if cooked meals are covered properly
f. monitors
whether cooking and serving utensils used in Mid Day Meal are washed properly
g. monitors
cleanliness of the kitchen shed and kitchen garden if available
iii) Sports
& Cultural Minister, with the help of his/her sub-committee:
a. monitors
sports and cultural activities of the school
b. is
responsible for preserving sports materials
c. checks
regularly, the height and weight of students
iv) Education
and Environment Minister with the help of his/her sub-committee:
a. preserving
the TLM, Library Books etc. and also monitor the uses of Library books by the
students
b. Monitors
gardening activities
A complaint box should
be provided in the school where students are allowed to drop their complaints,
suggestions i.e. cleanliness of toilets, availability of soap, lack of learning
material. The Child Cabinet, supported by a teacher, addresses the issues.
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