Centre gave reply in Supreme Court, says- 98% schools in the country have separate toilets for girl students

In response to a Supreme Court petition demanding for separate toilets for girls in schools, the central government has filed a petition. 98% of the schools in the country have separate toilets for female students, according to the central government's affidavit filed to the court. 100% of schools in states and union territories, including Delhi, Goa, and Puducherry, have this setup in place. In other states, however, separate restrooms have also been constructed for female students.

Actually, Congress leader and social worker Jaya Thakur had filed a petition in the Supreme Court. In this, he had said that free sanitary pads should be provided to girl students of class six to 12 in schools and the center and states should be directed to build separate toilets for girl students in all schools. He had requested the court to look into the problems of teenage girls coming from poor families.

On this, the Supreme Court had asked the center and the states to make a model and submit a report to build separate toilets according to the number of girl students in all schools. Along with this, the court had also sought information from the center about the policy made to distribute sanitary napkins to girl students.