NE states lag behind even as India improves girls' toilet facilities

An average of 49.67 per cent of schools in seven Northeast states had usable toilets for girls in 2024, according to data analysed from the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Rural 2024.

 

This comes even as the country has increased girls’ toilet coverage in rural schools from 66.4 per cent in 2018 to 72 per cent in 2024.

 

With 79.2 per cent of schools, only Sikkim has performed better than the national average of 72 per cent this year. It is followed by Assam, with 67.7 per cent of schools having a usable girls’ toilet.

 

While Manipur was not