The ministry of education is yet to take call on the recommendations by the empowered expert committee and the University Grants Commission.
According to the 2011 census, 67 per cent of rural households and 13 per cent of urban households defecate in the open.
The Bharti Foundation and its associates have decided to open 1,000 primary schools in villages across the country with an investment of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).
The company will engage various NGOs for the construction of toilets as well as undertake awareness campaigns for better sanitation, it said adding that a total of around 100,000 households would be benefited by the sanitation initiative.
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