Hyderabad: Students at government schools that have toilets and also water connections are not so lucky either, thanks to the state government not releasing funds.
In this academic year none of the government schools in Telangana received the funds for maintenance of toilets, rendering them unsanitary for usage.
The state government in August had fixed Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,500 per month as honorarium for people employed for cleaning toilets in primary and high schools, depending on the number of students enrolled in the schools.
Heads of government schools are, however, unhappy that the maximum amount of Rs 3,500 is for schools with strengths of more than 100 students.
Thus schools with 1,000 or more students will get the same amount and it is difficult to find someone who will clean all toilets for the low honorarium. Even this small amount has not been released by the government. Moreover, there is no separate allocation of money for repairs or plumbing works in toilets.
Schools have to manage repair works, painting and other jobs in the around Rs 17,000 per annum which they receive for maintenance of the entire school.
Some schools are directing part of the Rs 50,000 per annum funds which they actually receive for academic purposes such as developing laboratories.
