EDITORIAL: Toilets for schools a must

>Our education system is going through trying times. Any efforts to improve it are certainly welcome. That is why we are giving the thumbs-up to the restructuring of the Education and Vocational Training ministry’s monitoring system.  We hope it will boost the quality of teaching.

Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters who bared their rears during a protest over a lack of proper toilets in South Africa.

The state is obliged to provide toilets along the country's roads, Kenya's High Court rules.

The Ukerewe District Council has been asked to allocate special funds for construction of toilets at various courts under its jurisdiction.

Lack of access to toilets is endangering millions of the world’s poorest children, UNICEF said today, pointing to emerging evidence of links between inadequate sanitation and malnutrition.
Some 2.4 billion people globally do not have toilets and 946 million – roughly 1 in 8 of the world’s population – defecate in the open. Meanwhile, an estimated 159 million children under 5 years old are stunted (short for their age) and another 50 million are wasted (low weight for age).
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On Thursday, the world commemorated the World Toilet Day coined around the theme “the link between sanitation and nutrition.” The day aims to draw awareness to the fact that many people do not have access to toilet – even though access to clean water and sanitation is a human right.

GEITA.Residents of Nyakabale Village in Geita Region are at risk of contracting dysentery due to lack of latrines.

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