Achieve Universal Primary Education

Ensure that children everywhere will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling by providing safe and private sanitary facilities, decent and safe classrooms thereby reducing school absenteeism.

• Rainwater harvesting improves school attendance and reduced water carrying burdens especially for girls
• Private toilets, hand wash facilities and water tanks in schools improves health for the children, especially sexually maturing girls in schools
• Safe classrooms and furniture provide a good atmosphere for learning and teaching
• Textbooks and other educational materials including recreational equipment help children stay in school
• Nutritious and balanced diet improves the child’s ability to learn and have retentive memory