Parliament Question: Separate Toilets for Girl Students at School Level

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230 ANSWERED ON 27/07/2026 Separate Toilets for Girl Students at School Level 1230. Shri Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the number and percentage of Government Schools in the country equipped with separate functional toilets for girls and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) facilities, including incinerators, State-wise; (b) the details of annual dropout rates of girl students segregated in primary, upper-primary and secondary levels during the last three years, State-wise; and (c) whether any central impact assessment has been conducted linking inadequate sanitation infrastructure with female dropouts and if so, the key findings thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a) The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. As per UDISE+ 2025-26, the number and percentage of Government Schools in the country equipped with separate functional toilets for girls is at Annexure-I. The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, is implementing the scheme of Samagra Shiksha, effective from 2018-19, for universalization of quality education throughout the country in coordination with the States and UTs. In order to bridge the social and gender gaps, under Samagra Shiksha, support for installation of sanitary pad vending machines and incinerators among others are provided, based on the proposals received from the State/UT Governments as a part of Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B). Ministry of Health and Family Welfare implements the 'Scheme for Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene' under Rashtriya Kishor Srvasthya Karyakram (RKSK). The objectives of the scheme are to increase awareness among adolescent girls on menstrual hygiene. to increase access to sanitary napkins by adolescent girls and to promote safe disposal of sanitary napkins in an environmentally friendly manner. Under this scheme sanitary napkins are provided to adolescent girls by ASHAs using the platforms of schools and community. It is supported bythe National Health Mission through the State Programme Implementation Plans (PIP) route, based on the proposals received from the States/UTs. As per the Health Management Information System (HMIS), the menstrual hygiene interventions under NHM reached 53.9 lakhs adolescent girls every month in FY 2025-26 through distribution of sanitary napkins and awareness activities. The National Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School-Going Girls, which provides an overarching framework to promote awareness, ensure access to safe and affordable menstrual absorbents, strengthen WASH infrastructure, and enable sale disposal mechanisms through convergence with concerned Ministries/Departments and States/UTs has been formulated as well. (b) As per UDISE+ 2024-25, State/UT-wise dropout rate among girls calculated at primary, Upper Primary and secondary level of education is at Annexure -II. (c) As per report titled ‘Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)’ for the year 2023-24, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the major reasons for drop-out of female are to supplement household income, to attend domestic chores, education not considered necessary by the parents, etc. ***** .ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230 ANSWERED ON 27/07/2026 ASKED BY HONB’LE MP SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER REGARDING ‘SEPARATE TOILETS FOR GIRL STUDENTS AT SCHOOL LEVEL’ Schools with Separate State /UT/ India Functional Toilet for Girls %age Andaman & Nicobar 335 Islands 100.0 Andhra Pradesh 42,931 98.1 Arunachal Pradesh 1,675 67.9 Assam 44,206 99.3 Bihar 75,777 99.3 Chandigarh 116 100.0 Chhattisgarh 44,598 92.9 Daman & Diu and 353 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 100.0 Delhi 1,923 100.0 Goa 771 100.0 Gujarat 32,865 97.2 Haryana 13,905 99.7 Himachal Pradesh 14,406 99.8 Jammu & Kashmir 15,524 83.1 Jharkhand 33,772 94.7 Karnataka 47,308 98.2 Kerala 4,775 99.5 Ladakh 631 86.8 Lakshadweep 34 100.0 Madhya Pradesh 82,502 91.6 Maharashtra 61,503 96.2 Manipur 2,857 97.4 Meghalaya 4,199 74.7 Mizoram 1,899 72.7 Nagaland 1,371 72.1 Odisha 47,536 97.9 Puducherry 400 100.0 Punjab 18,843 98.8 Rajasthan 60,238 86.1 Sikkim 737 98.0 Tamil Nadu 37,015 99.5 Telangana 26,102 95.2 Tripura 3,038 73.3 Uttar Pradesh 1,34,629 98.3 Uttarakhand 14,524 92.0 West Bengal 77,210 95.5 India 950508 95.4ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230 ANSWERED ON 27/07/2026 ASKED BY HONB’LE MP SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER REGARDING ‘SEPARATE TOILETS FOR GIRL STUDENTS AT SCHOOL LEVEL’ DROPOUT RATE OF GIRLS Primary (1 to 5) Upper Primary (6-8) Secondary (9-10) India/State /UT 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 India 1.7 0 0.1 5.3 2.9 3.4 12.6 9.6 8 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0.5 0.1 0 0 0.8 0.8 3.4 3.5 2.8 Andhra Pradesh 0 1 0 0.8 2.6 0 10.6 12.5 7.2 Arunachal Pradesh 5.1 4.5 2.8 6.5 5.3 4.3 18.2 17.7 12.4 Assam 5.2 2.9 1 6.1 3.2 3.4 25 16.7 13.9 Bihar 8.7 1.2 1.9 25.9 6.6 8 25.1 6.8 9.1 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 1.1 0 Chhattisgarh 1.5 0.4 0.9 4.3 2.5 3.6 12.6 11.6 11.8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 1.5 0 0 3 0.8 1.2 15.4 8.6 8.6 Delhi 0 0 0 0.6 0.2 1 9.1 5.8 5.9 Goa 0.9 0.2 0.1 1 0.8 1 5.8 6.3 4.7 Gujarat 0.1 0 0 4.9 6.3 5.6 18.3 14.6 13.3 Haryana 0.7 0 0 3.7 0.9 2.1 11.4 4.1 3.8 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.3 4 4.8 4.2 Jammu and Kashmir 1.3 1.1 1 3.3 3.2 3 12.6 12.2 11.1 Jharkhand 0.6 0 0 8.6 0 1.9 15.1 2.4 5.9 Karnataka 1.5 0 0 2.4 1.6 1 19.6 14.6 13.9 Kerala 0 0.7 0.1 0 0.3 0 2.5 3.7 3 Ladakh 3.6 1.5 0.8 4.3 3.7 2.1 16.7 14.4 15.6 Lakshadweep 1.4 0.4 0.1 0 1.5 2.7 2.2 5 4.8 Madhya Pradesh 0.7 0 0 6.5 5.9 6.1 15.5 14.6 11.3 Maharashtra 0 0 0 0.5 0.6 0 9 10.3 8 Manipur 4.4 2.6 6 3 0.3 1.3 15 8.6 8.2 Meghalaya 6.8 3.2 2.9 11.1 6 5.1 21.1 16.6 5 Mizoram 3.3 10.7 1.6 4.9 10.3 1.4 14.4 16 8.9 Nagaland 4.2 2.5 2.9 5.2 3.8 3.5 11.1 11.2 12.4 Odisha 0 0.3 0.2 1.7 2.6 1.9 11.3 12.6 11.2 Puducherry 0.9 0 0 1.2 0 0 5 3.1 1.3 Punjab 0 2.3 0.6 2.2 2.4 1.5 5 5.2 4.8 Rajasthan 7 3.3 2.6 6.4 3.6 4.4 9.7 7.1 7.8 Sikkim 1.7 0.6 0 4 1.6 0.8 17.2 8.4 10.2 Tamil Nadu 0 2.5 0 0 2.4 0 4.4 5.3 3.2 Telangana 0 0 0.4 0 0 1.1 9.5 10.7 4.3 Tripura 0.3 0 0 3.6 2.3 2.7 10.1 10.2 9.7 Uttar Pradesh 1.7 0 0 4.8 3.1 6.8 7.3 5.1 7.3 Uttarakhand 0 0.5 1.8 1.9 0.8 2.8 5.3 3 4.8 West Bengal 0 1 0 0 1.5 0.4 14.2 16.7 5Source : UDISE+