Over 1 Lakh Schools Lack Power, 98,500 Without Girls' Toilet: Niti Aayog Report

Friday, 8 May 2026Newsdesk

Government School Report: As many as 98,592 schools in the country do not have functional girls' toilets while 61,540 don't have any usable toilet.

New Delhi 08 May 2026

As per news report of NDTV,Thousands of schools in the country are functioning without water supply, without toilets, without electricity, without labs, without teachers, and some don't even have students. Further, high drop-out rate from schools after primary classes remains a big problem in several states. If all this was not enough, only 10-15 per cent of the teachers in government schools can score above 60 per cent in the subject they teach.

Source - NDTV