Maverick Citizen: Op-ed: World Toilet Day 2019: For learners, a safe and clean toilet is as necessary as a text book By Vuyisile Malinga
In South Africa, the legal framework that sets out the right to education is robust and unambiguous. In the last few years, the courts have gone to great lengths to give substance to what this right to education entails, and it is this same legal framework that informs our work as activists.The courts have been at pains to explain what this means.
The opposite, however, is also true. Where there is poor, dangerous or inadequate infrastructure, the right to education is substantially violated. When it comes to teachers, the policy notes that poor infrastructure results in attrition, high turn-over and high teacher absenteeism. It is evident that the role of toilets in the realisation of fundamental human rights is incredibly significant and cannot be overstated.
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