School Toilet Construction
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Himalaya Secondary School is a vital educational institution located in the remote region of Thulung Dhudhkoshi Rural Municipality 5, Jubu, within the Solukhumbhu district of Nepal. It is a community school located in a rural mountain area of Nepal. It was established in 1965 and has 453 students, including 218 males and 235 females. There are only two toilets present for 453 students, including 20 staff (male 13, female 7). There are 20 student dropouts annually due to toilets, and half of them are girls. Also, teenagers miss their classes during their period because of sanitation and toilet problems. One toilet is for the teachers and support staff (men and women), and the other two are for the 453 students (boys and girls). This situation contributes significantly to school dropouts. Parents are hesitant to send their children, particularly girls, to school because students will queue for long periods of time and fight for the few available toilets. We should also consider the sanitary issue. Because boys and girls share the same toilets, when boys stand up while using the toilet, the girls are at risk of becoming infected. There is also the situation where students defecate behind the classrooms or in class during lessons because they are tired from queuing. Small children cannot wait for long periods of time. They always get their pants dirty and wet themselves, adding more work to teachers, causing conflicts between teachers and administration, and making it difficult for instructors to follow the curriculum effectively. The current challenge is to construct new, larger, and more adequate toilet facilities for males and females, boys and girls, all separated.
There are fewer toilets, open defecation, a lack of awareness about health and sanitation, and a high population density of students. Transmission of diseases like diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, and typhoid is the main problem currently facing the number of students in Himalayan schools, due to a daily decrease in the number of students in school.
2.2. Project Objectives
The overall objective of the project is to enhanced student’s enrollment, academic success rate, improve relationship between school administration and instructor.
The specific wish of this project are as follows:
1. To promote health & sanitation status of school
2. To establish 3 toilets at Himalaya Secondary school
There are fewer toilets, open defecation, a lack of awareness about health and sanitation, and a high population density of students. Transmission of diseases like diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, and typhoid is the main problem currently facing the number of students in Himalayan schools, due to a daily decrease in the number of students in school.
2.2. Project Objectives
The overall objective of the project is to enhanced student’s enrollment, academic success rate, improve relationship between school administration and instructor.
The specific wish of this project are as follows:
1. To promote health & sanitation status of school
2. To establish 3 toilets at Himalaya Secondary school