World Toilet College Courses
School Sanitation and Hygiene Education Course (SSHEC)
 Schools that lack access to basic water supply and sanitation services will have an increased incidence of major childhood illnesses among their students. Poor health is an important underlying factor for low school enrolment, absenteeism, poor classroom performance, and early school dropout.
The School Sanitation and Hygiene Education program (SSHE) concentrates on the school environment, with focus on sanitation facilities and hygiene education in the education programs. It deals with the total package of sanitary conditions, facilities available in and around the school compound, promotion of hygienic conditions at the school, and the fostering of practices of school staff and children that help to prevent water and sanitation related diseases. The importance of good school sanitation systems is especially critical in the rural context since households and schools lack proper sanitation facilities. Unless this situation is corrected, students will continue to grow-up thinking that the existing sanitation and hygiene practices are the correct norms. A good school sanitation system on the other hand will serve as their role model for good sanitation and hygiene!
Who should attend: This training is focused on school students, where programs are customized for different age groups. Teachers, school authorities and educational policy and decision makers are the other target groups.
Duration: The basic training ranges from 3 days to 15 days, depending on the needs of the school, and the existing knowledge resource within the school.
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