Basic Facilities Influence Children Well Being
By: Ekangna In a country as vast and heterogeneous as India, the right to education is disproportionately attained. While there has been a trend towards greater accessibility to education, the quality and learning environment within which students are taught,especially in urban slums and rural government schools which continue to be areas of concern. The lack of proper infrastructure and basic facilities in these schools has long-term implications not only on students' performance at school but also on their physical well-being and mental well-being. The Rural Education Crisis: It's More than Classrooms Rural Indian government schools do not have appropriate infrastructure. Most of the schools do not have appropriate classrooms, clean toilets, drinking water, libraries, computer rooms, and playgrounds. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) reports that over the years, there has been a small increase. Functional girls' toilets increased from 66.4% in 2018 to 72% in ...
