A STUDY ON THE MAINTENANCE OF SANITATION AND HYGIENE AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF PRAKASAM DISTRICT’’

Dr. T. SUDHAKAR

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

A STUDY ON THE MAINTENANCE OF SANITATION AND HYGIENE AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF PRAKASAM DISTRICT’’

Dr. T. Sudhakar

Abstract :

The students who are in teenage are always in a challenging situation in respect of their family, peers and environment. The biggest challenge they face in their life is adjustment to their environment. Unsatisfied sanitation and hygiene may damage the entire system of school. Teachers always face difficulty in addressing the facilities to students in various aspects. These are generally contributed by the value and health education contexts of the individual. The students who attain puberty at the age of 12 to 13 in an Indian context, start identifying themselves among and in between the peers from the age of 14 years and this is the age, where they face more challenging situations regarding insufficient sanitation facilities in the school. Hence, there is a need to address this issue in a localized context, so that the effect of every society and its systems can be attributed towards the sanitation and hygiene education of the young children in the age group of 14 years.Hence, this study, ‘’a study on the maintenance of sanitation and hygiene and its importance in secondary schools of prakasam district’’ has been chosen to look into the issues and factors affecting the sanitation and hygiene.