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[Subsidiary]
Latrines, etc. L.N. 62/77. First Schedule.
Improvements to sanitation.
Water supply.
Ablutions.
Meals at full-day kindergarten schools.
L.N. 237/82.
CAP. 279]
Education Regulations
[1986 Ed.
43. (1) Every school shall be provided with latrine accommodation and sanitary arrangements of a type approved by the Director, which shall conform with the requirements of the First Schedule.
(2) Every room used for latrine accommodation shall
(a) be provided with an opening or openings into the external air having a total area of at least 1/10th of the area of the floor of the room;
(b) at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition;
(c) not be used for any other purposes;
(d) have its floor and its walls to a height of not less than 1 m rendered in cement, mortar or other suitable impervious material.
(3) In any school premises in which water closets are installed no other type of latrine accommodation shall be used.
(4) In every latrine not fitted with a flush system-
(a) every pan shall have a capacity of at least 14 litres; and
(b) every urinal vessel shall have a capacity of at least 18 litres.
(5) In the premises of every co-educational school separate latrines and adequately screened approaches thereto shall be provided for each sex.
44. The supervisor shall carry out such alterations and improvements to the sanitary arrangements in the school premises as may be required by the Director by notice in writing within a period specified in such notice.
45. An adequate and wholesome supply of water shall be provided in the premises of every school.
46. (1) The premises of every school shall be equipped with adequate washing facilities for pupils and teachers.
(2) Every school in premises designed and constructed for the purposes of a school and providing secondary education shall, in addition, be equipped with adequate changing rooms and bathing facilities for the pupils and teachers concerned in such education, and such facilities shall be situated in close proximity to any gymnasium or other space used for physical education by such school.
46A. (1) At every school providing full-day kindergarten education there shall be provided for each pupil undergoing that education at least one meal a day.
(2) All meals and refreshments provided for pupils at a full-day kindergarten school shall be properly prepared in accordance with dietary scales approved by the Director.
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