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Some authorities schools successful Karnataka are suffering from a deficiency of basal infrastructure, with a full of 170 schools lacking a toilet. In addition, 61 authorities schools bash not person immoderate drinking h2o facility, School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa stated successful effect to a question by Member of Legislative Council (MLC) N. Ravikumar astir the basal infrastructure successful authorities schools successful the State.
Data connected authorities schools successful Karnataka and toilets
| Schools | Enrollment | Schools with toilets | Schools without toilets | No boys toilet | No girls toilet | No CwSN toilet | No compound wall | No drinking water | |
| 46,460 | 40,74,525 | 46,290 | 170 | 2,039 | 701 | 39,478 | 4,755 | 61 |
According to the accusation provided by the Minister, Karnataka has 46,460 authorities schools, and a full of 40,74,525 students person been enrolled for the twelvemonth 2025-26. Out of these, 46,290 schools person a toilet.
No abstracted toilet for girls
According to the Minister, a full of 701 authorities schools bash not person a abstracted toilet for girls, and 2,039 authorities schools bash not person a abstracted toilet for boys, forcing each students to usage communal toilets.
Government schools successful Bengaluru are besides not exempt from this problem.
“Ours is simply a higher superior school, with a full of 307 students studying from classes 1 to 8. Of these, 152 are girls. However, determination is nary abstracted toilet for specified a ample fig of girls. There are lone 5 toilets successful the school, and each the students person to usage these. Although a petition has been made to the authorities for operation of further toilets, it is yet to beryllium implemented. A petition has been made to a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) precocious to physique abstracted toilets for girls and boys, but the task has not been implemented yet,” said the Head Master of a authorities schoolhouse astatine Laggere successful Bengaluru.
Schools are not CWSN friendly
Thousands of Children With Special Needs (CwSN) besides survey successful authorities schools crossed Karnataka, but the authorities has failed to physique CwSN-friendly toilets. There are nary abstracted toilets for CwSN students successful a full of 39,478 authorities schools successful the State.
“The authorities has a misconception astir Person with Disabilities (PwD). There are a full of 21 types of PwD, and basal facilities, including toilets, should beryllium developed successful immoderate school, keeping successful caput CwSN students. In addition, our teachers are not trained connected however to thatch CwSN children. Due to this, children are lagging down successful learning. The authorities should formulate immoderate schoolhouse task keeping successful caput CwSN students,” said Nagasimha Rao, a kid rights activist.
Giving accusation astir the improvement of basal facilities successful schools, the Minister said that a full of 9,878 rooms person been repaired and 7,650 toilets person been built successful the past 3 years.
He said that, successful 2025-26, a assistance of ₹360 crore has been allocated for the operation of people rooms, ₹100 crore for repairs, and ₹90 crore for the operation of toilets, and the enactment program support process is successful progress.
