Authors : Olufunmilayo I. Ndububa, Emmanuel. E. Ndububa and C. Oluwamodupe Olatunji
Abstract: Safe structural water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and good hygiene practices contribute to the survival and development of children. In the world, there are 2 billion people who lack basic sanitation services, seven out of ten people who still lacked basic sanitation services live in the rural areas mainly in the least developed countries. Every day, over 800 children die from preventable diseases caused by poor water and a lack of sanitation and hygiene, poor sanitation in schools also affects attendance rates, particularly of girls. Available data showing the status of WASH in school in Nigeria led to the conduct of the survey in selected primary schools located in rural areas of the country. Questionnaires developed were designed to obtain information from selected number of schools on availability of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and knowledge, attitude and practice of students on facilities. Questionnaires administered to pupils were targeted at gender balance to comprise of equal number of boys and girls in each school. It was found that 47.7% of the 174 schools surveyed had no water facilities installed in the schools and <50% of the schools have a latrine/student ratio of 1:62 students. It is recommended that to achieve the sustainability of installed facilities in schools, capacity building of stakeholders on WASH activities must be in place.
Olufunmilayo I. Ndububa, Emmanuel. E. Ndububa and C. Oluwamodupe Olatunji, 2020. Availability of Structural Water Related Facilities in Selected Primary Schools: A Survey of Children’s Attitude and Practice towards Facilities. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 2740-2751.