Over 3000 govt schools lack facilities like toilet for boys: Assam minister

GUWAHATI: Over 3000 schools in Assam lack basic facilities like toilets for boys, state education minister Ranoj Pegu told the state assembly on Thursday.

Of 3117 schools without proper toilet facilities for boys, 2747 are of the primary level and 370 of the secondary level, Minister Pegu said.

On the other hand, over 1600 educational institutes lack such facilities for girl students, he said.

Moreover, over 1100 schools do not have drinking water provisions, he added.

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According to Minister Pegu told there is no electricity connection in over 1000 schools.

He also informed that 2900 schools are run by only one teacher.

Meanwhile, around 4800 educational institutes are run in a single room.

The Assam education minister shared this information while replying to an unstarred question by Congress MLA Debebrata Saikia.