Learners at the public schools of North West Province in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Education region, within the Matlosana Local municipality’s municipal area of
jurisdiction, are exposed to unhygienic health hazard conditions due to insufficient toilet
facilities used by a large number of learners and poor health conditions resulting out of
it, which might cause and spread health related diseases to the users of these toilet
facilities.
The primary objective of this research was to investigate the nature and extent of the
provisioning and maintenance of toilet facilities in the public schools within the
Matlosana Local Municipality’s municipal area.
A questionnaire was designed and distributed to obtain information from 57
respondents who comprised of the 3 schools principals who constituted 5% of the
research population, 18 educators who constituted 32% and 36 learners who
constituted 63%, all totalling 100% of the research sample size, at Are-Fadimeheng;
Dominion Reefs and Nkagisang public schools.
The findings revealed that the majority, which is 85% of the research population
(learners and educators) as users of these facilities are affected and were generally
unhappy about the prevailing conditions of the school toilet facilities. This they attribute
to lack of proper budgeting as the main cause. The most aggravating factor is the
absence of a janitor with plumbing skills to look after the schools’ toilet facilities.
Findings highlighted that school learners and educators deserve as their human right to
live under acceptable health conditions and clean environment. However it is the
responsibility of the Government to expand the existing schools toilet structures which
are in line with the National Building regulation ratio of 1:25 of users per toilet as
recommended by Department of Water Affairs (DWA), to ensure health for all.
The results of this study can assist the government to embark on strategic intervention
programmes that can improve conditions of public schools toilet facilities in the North
West Province, South Africa to meet the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) target in
addressing sanitation backlogs by half in 2015.
Conclusions for the study were drawn and recommendations were made for the
improvement of conditions in the Public Schools Toilet facilities. / Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/6486 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Mbele, Mlungisi Nicholas |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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