1. Introduction

Sanitary toilets are very important especially for female students in the upper grades. This activity seeks to give support to school management and teachers who want to organize clean sanitary toilets for all students and school staff. In order to introduce this, the school needs a toilet and a water source in the school ground. In cases where there is no toilet or water source, the school management can take action to organize a toilet and water source, either with the support of the community or with the support from development organizations like UNICEF.

2. Primary Objectives

• Improve the hygiene of students and the school environment.
• Higher attendance of girl students from the upper grades as they don't feel shy to use the toilet.
• Allow school staff and all students (especially girls) to use the toilets regularly and comfortably.

3. Information on implementation

• For any school that incorporates school latrines as one of the interventions, the principal calls a meeting with all teachers and the school support committee from the school and explains that the school wants to improve the sanitation and use of the toilet in school. The school director reminds teachers that clean toilet is one of the indicators in the CFS evaluation instrument.
  
  
• Since there is a problem with some schools in that students do not use the sanitary toilets, the school will develop some guidelines in order to keep the toilets clean. The guidelines include budgeting a small amount of money for materials to clean the toilet and good practices that can assist in keeping toilets clean in the school. Any school can select this intervention if there is well, pond, water tank or other water source in place.
  
  
• The teachers should educate children on how to use the sanitary toilets. Information on using sanitary toilets is available in the formal curriculum. They should also mainstream the issue around improving the sanitation and use of toilets in every relevant lesson. They can even spend a few minutes for 2 or 3 times per week before or after each lesson to have a chat or do activities to keep students on track with good practices.
  
  
• Every day, the grade 6 teacher should assign two to four children to fill the water tank in the toilet. The teacher will make a schedule so that every day or week different students will fill the water tank in the toilet. The schedule will be displayed in the grade 6 classroom.
  
  
• The grade 6 students who fill the container of water will also clean the toilet.
  
  
• The school (vice)-director/administrator will monitor the condition of the toilets every day and follow up with the grade 6 teacher in case toilets do not contain (enough) water or if the toilets are not clean. S/he will also follow up if the brushes, cleaning soap or soap for washing hands has to be replaced and to ensure the towel has to be washed every day.
  
  
• Note: In cases where there is a Students Association (SA) is active in school, the SA can help teachers to follow up on issues related to clean sanitary toilets.
  
  SA should conduct research activities at school on a sanitary toilet activity (For example: How many students wash their hands with soap after using the toilet? Is there always enough water in the toilets? Etc.) and document the results. They can apply Mathematical skills: Calculating the amount of water used to clean the toilets and the man hours spent in keeping the toilets clean within one week.
  
  
• Grade 5 and 6 students can make posters with health and sanitation messages related to the use of toilets. These posters can be displayed in school and/or in the community notice board. Junior grade students can make draw different pictures related to maintaining clean toilets.

4. Resources Needed

Approximately $200 per toilet and $200 per well

• Labor costs
• Construction materials