Following multiple instances of children being forced to clean toilets in schools coming to light in the State, the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) has issued an order prohibiting the use of schoolchildren to clean toilets.
“The government has considered the cases of children cleaning toilets in schools seriously. Henceforth, it is prohibited to use students to undertake cleaning and maintenance of toilets in all government primary and high schools of the State under any circumstance,” the department said in the order.
At least three instances of students being forced to clean school toilets came to light in the last two weeks - at a residential school in Malur, Kolar, at a school in Andrahalli, Bengaluru and at a school in Shivamogga.
