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AIMS OF HYGIENE EDUCATION The primary aim of school hygiene education is to introduce children to useful practices related to personal, water, food, domestic, and public hygiene. It also aims at protecting the water and food supplies of the school and maintaining the cleanliness of the general environment. At the very least, all schools should make provisions for providing basic facilities such as safe water, clean surroundings, quick disposal of waste, emergency lighting, good ventilation , and so on.

THE GOVERNMENT’S ROLE

Some schools have no choice but to manage with poor facilities. Even in schools where sanitation facilities are average, adequate availability of water and a lack of consideration for student needs based on their age and gender can make the sanitation

facilities inappropriate for use. Governments must take the initiative in this, ensuring that schools have adequate funding for basic facilities. Not only that, ground-level monitoring of actual use of funds is also needed.

ENVIRONMENT AND LOCATION Experts say that schools in urban and suburban areas should be located more than 328 feet (100 meters) away from heavy traffic due to the health risks posed by

noise pollution from vehicles and the risk of accidents. It may not be practical or possible to observe every recommendation. However, certain things are easier to manage; for example, the school building can be designed in such a way that there is maximum usage of natural light.

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