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South Asia Regional WASH in School Conference Report

The Park Hotel, New Delhi, India

24th

- 27th

April, 2012,

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1. Introduction:

The Fourth South Asian Regional Conference on WASH in School was held in Delhi from 24-27 April 2012, under the theme ‘WASH in All

Schools: Making it a Reality.’ The Conference was attended by more then 200 delegates from the SAARC region and international agencies,

comprising representatives from Governments, UN Agencies, Development Banks, sector INGOs, NGOs, Donor Agencies, and the media

representatives from the region, Civil Society Organisations and School children. The Summit held on the 27 of April was attended by SARC

countries head of delegates from the participated countries.

The Conference was held for four days, which included three days of deliberations (four technical sessions) and one day of selected field

visits. The Conference also featured an exhibition and informal discussions, IEC, BCC materials sharing which was widely participated by

many agencies and the private sector.

2. Objectives

Objectives of the Conference were to:

Consider key actions for acceleration of WASH in Schools to promote enrolment and retention especially for girls, and children from

disadvantaged groups,

Review and strengthen the monitoring system for sustainable use of WASH in Schools,

Review inclusive and participatory practices for WASH in Schools programming at scale ,

3. Focused on the following key Issues during the Conference :

How to work across sectors to increase investments in child-friendly schools, including child and gender friendly WASH facilities in

schools?

How to engage those who set policies and allocate budgets that determine WASH in Schools outcomes?

How to monitor WASH in Schools program along quality indicators like functionality, quality of infrastructure, child and gender friendliness

etc. What are the examples of simple, sustainable systems of monitoring?

How do we contribute to the evidence base nationally and globally, for informed decision-making and effective distribution and use of funds?

How do we gather and share comprehensive data, disaggregated by gender, access and quality of services?

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How do we demonstrate quality WASH in Schools programs so that schools create conditions where children themselves are agents of

change in their families and communities?

How do we collect data for tracking progress, for determining accountability, for evaluating project effectiveness, for learning and advocacy,

and to inform planning?

4. Priority Areas for Action/ Guiding Principles: The Conference established the following Priority area for action

WinS is an integrated aspect of education, not a standalone programme,

Establish National Standards for WinS

Establish menstrual hygiene management mechanism

Establish operation and maintenances mechanism to cover WASH in school,

Practice good hygiene

Monitor WASH in school access, functionality and use

Raise the profile of WinS and mobilise partners to create a social movement,

Establish common reliable database,

The Conference recommends the use of the following indicators:

1. Equitable standards, norms and costs for WASH in schools are defined, shared with all stakeholders and compile with.

2. School receive dedicated funds for infrastructure operation and maintenance.

3. School with functioning safe drinking water supply, adhering to standards.

4. School with adequate functioning sanitation facilities for all girls and boys including differently abled children, adhering to standards.

5. School with participatory planning, implementation and monitoring (child club, SMC, PTA etc.)

6. School with adequate functioning hand washing stations with water and soap, adhering to standards,

7. School with menstrual hygienic management facilities for washing and drying reusable sanitary materials and/or for the collection and

disposal of used materials,

8. Students wash there hand with soap before eating and after defecation (almost everyone, about half, very few, none).

9. School with functional system for safe disposal of solid and liquid waste management.

10. WASH components are included in the curriculum for education and teachers are integrating it in the teaching learning processes.

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5. Facilitators and Methodology used The conference facilitated by promoting the participatory adult learning process with plenary and thematic group discussion. In addition to the

presentation from both facilitators and participants, it is emphasised on paper presentation, group exercises and discussions. The workshop

held over 4 days, including one day fieldtrip, where participants undertook experiences lesson learnt from the WASH in Schools program

implemented by Indian Government. Facilitators were from the Government professionals, UNICEF Headquarters, Regional and Country

level WASH specialist staff and delegates from different countries as well as external agencies.

6. Participants

Total number of participants, facilitators and organiser were more than 200 with diverse background and gender. Participants were selected

particularly focus on School WASH focal person , Policy makers, actively involved in the management or implementation of school WASH

programmes, in addition, participants who had technical background or knowledge on sanitation and hygiene promotion and selected school

students from India and one student from Nepal recommended to participate in the conference. On be half of NRCS, I participated in the

workshop.

7. Content of the workshop Following contents were covered in the session:

Inaugural ceremony: Chaired by Mr. J.S.Mathur, Joint Secretary, MDWS, GOI.

Major highlights:

Lighting of the ceremonial lamp

Screening of the film- Voices of Children

Welcome address - David Mcloughlin, Acting Country Rep, UNICEF, India

Building the context of WASH in Schools in South Asia- Raka Rashid, UNICEF ROSA, Kathmandu.

Key note address by the Hon'ble Minister for Rural Development, Dr. Jairam Ramesh and release of the snapshot.

Vote of thanks

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Session1: Global and national perspective on WASH in Schools:

Session chaired by Mr. Amarjit Singh, Joint Secretary, MHRD

Major highlights:

An interactive panel discussion organised which found very interactive, informative with country specific issues and lesion learnt, It was an

interactive session on key perspectives in WASH in Schools, strategies actions to make a difference, vision and aspirations for WASH in Schools

programming.. Panellists were:

Mr. Sanjay Wijeshekhara, Chief of WASH, UNICEF, New York

Mr. Ravi Narayanan, Vice Chair, Asia-Pacific Water Forum Governing Council

Eva Ahlen, Chief, Education, UNICEF, Nepal

Dr. Haider Yakub Waseem, PLAN International, Bangkok.

Dr. Gunashekhara, WHO, SEARO.

Bikash Bhusal, Youth participant, Nepal

Therese Mahon, Programme Officer, Water Aid UK.

Session2: WASH in Schools: GROWTH, GAINS AND GAPS (a) Country Presentation: Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan session Chaired by: Mr. J.S.Mathur, Joint Secretary, MDWS, GOI

Paper presented by:

1. Afghanistan: Mr Sameer Ahmad Amiri, Advisor, Ministry of Education, Govt. of Afghanisatn

2. Bangladesh: Prof. Dr. Sirazul Hoque, (Director of Planning and Development, MoE, Bangladesh, Govt. of Bangladesh.

3. Bhutan: Mr. Thinley Rinzin, Senior Planning Officer, Ministry of Education, Govt. of Bhutan

(b) Country Presentation: India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri lanka

Chairedby: Mr. T.M.Vijay Bhaskar, Joint Secretary, MDWS, GOI

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Paper presented by: India: Mr. Vijay Mittal, Director, Sanitation, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India.

• Maldives: Mr. Hussain Rasheed Moosa, Deputy Director General., Ministry of Education, Govt. of Maldives.

• Nepal: Ms. Nimala Mainali, WASH in Schools focal person, Department of Education., Govt. of Nepal.

• Pakistan: Dr Farah Masood, Programme Director, Dept of Education, Govt. of Paksitan.

• Sri Lanka: Ms. Renuka Peiris (Director of Education for School Health and Nutrition, MoE, Govt. of Sri Lanka.

Common elements of the country paper:

Efforts are being made for Child friendly WASH facilities

Different approach piloting/ adopting/ upgrade WASH in School for the improvement of the WASH system,

Children are the backbone and teacher and parents are catalyst to improvement WASH behaviour in the school and community.

Children can play role model in school and the community,

SLTS approach found effective for Total Sanitation Movement so that countries shown their interest.

Child cabinet and Child Club activities found much more effective to change the behaviour of the children and the community.

Sub Session 3: Involving children in change: (I participated in this group)

Major highlights:

Session chaired by: Ms. Veenu Gupta, Commissioner, Rajasthan Council of Elementary Education, Government of Rajasthan and Co

Chair by: Mr. Pawan Kucita, Chief, Education, UNICEF, Afghanistan. The following four papers were presented:

• Supply and Demand Bottleneck Analysis of WASH in Schools- Case from Bhutan, It was presented by Mr. Sherab Phuntsho,

Chief Program Officer, Comprehensive School Health Division, Department of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Education, Govt. of

Bhutan

• Children as agents of change to promote sanitation: SLTS experience in Nepal: It was presented by Mr Namaste Lal Shrestha and

Mukti Pokharel.

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• Bringing change for children through WASH in Schools. It was presented by Sri Lanka Government official, Ministry of

Education.

• Promoting hygiene through children: Experiences from Bangladesh, It was presented by Mr. Shofiqul Islam (Director Program,

Dhaka Ahsania Mission

Session 4: Session Chaired by: Ms. Malini Shankar, Principal Secretary, Government of Maharashtra.

• Recap of Day 1 - Feedback from the technical sessions 1, 2 done by Chaired person.

• Global experiences on WASH in Schools. Presented by Murat Sahin, UNICEF,

• Role of multi stakeholder engagement in promoting WASH in Schools presented By: Sunita Nadhamuni, CEO, Arghyam,

Sub Session 5: Monitoring (I participated this sub Sessions among three sessions)

Chaired by: Vijay Mittal, Director, MDWS, GOI, and Co-Chair:Ismaeil Ibrahim, Chief, WASH, UNICEF, Afghanisatn,

Main contain were:

• EMIS Tool Kit. Presented by Murat Sahin, UNICEF, New York,

• Monitoring hygiene practice in schools: Children's experience shared by Child participant from UP,

• Monitoring of WASH in Schools: ASER, DISE and TSC Shalendra Sharma, Technical Support Group, NUEPA and Mamita Bora

Thakkar, UNICEF India.

• National School Sanitation Initiative presented by Dr. Sanjay Srivastav, GIZ, India

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Session: 6, Equity and Inclusion

Session chaired by: Mr. D.K.Saxena, Project Director, SSA, Jharkhand. Following paper presented in this groups:

• Strengthening the focus on hygiene: Practical approaches and methodology presented by: Sue Coates, Chief, WASH, UNICEF, India

• Acceleration of WASH in Schools: Children's perspectives. (Childern/youth from Nepal, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Jharlhand)

shared by: Youth participants. and,

• Equity and Inclusion in WASH in Schools presented by Vimala Ramachadran

Session: 7, Country teams identify key priorities and actions to accelerate WASH in Schools. Nepal team developed the following action plan:

(Post Conference Action Plan)

S,N. Priority Action Deadline Responsible Remarks

1. Organise the debriefing meeting with all from the conference in

districts with the NSH-SC

10 May ESS/NLS

2. Organise the debriefing meeting with all from the conference in

districts with the D-WASH-CC( Kaski, Chitwon)

1o May DEO/DE

3. Meeting with High level Officials from each line agency for school

health/quality education/school community synergies

20 May MOE/DOE/Unicef

4. Ensure lessons learned from conference and outcomes shared with

school health and Nutrition network

20 May SHN Network

members (UNICEF.

Water Aid)

5. Develop concept note on school health Nutrition and quality

education/ School WASH

31 May UNICEF

6. Share existing data on WASH in school in Nepal 15 June CERID/MOE/DOE

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7. Organise a special orientation to SMC, Head master and child clubs

in school on WASH in School

15 June District education

Office Lead

8. Norms and standards ( basic and equitable) need to be shared

widely(technical design ) and develop soft ware

15 July DOE/DEO

9. EIMS indicators to be strengthened , specially focused on

functionality and hygiene behaviour ( hand washing with soap)

15 August UNICEF

Session: 8, Country and State/Province prepare to share their main learning points and key follow up action points. After the session Core

Group meeting conducted to finalize the Conference Action Plan with key following recommendations:

The Conference established the following Priority area for action

WinS is an integrated aspect of education, not a standalone programme,

Establish National Standards for WinS

Establish menstrual hygiene management mechanism

Establish operation and maintenances mechanism to cover WASH in school,

Practice good hygiene

Monitor WASH in school access, functionality and use

Raise the profile of WinS and mobilise partners to create a social movement,

Establish common reliable database,

The Conference recommends the use of the following indicators:

1. Equitable standards, norms and costs for WASH in schools are defined, shared with all stakeholders and compile with.

2. School receive dedicated funds for infrastructure operation and maintenance.

3. School with functioning safe drinking water supply, adhering to standards.

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4. School with adequate functioning sanitation facilities for all girls and boys including differently abled children, adhering to

standards.

5. School with participatory planning, implementation and monitoring (child club, SMC, PTA etc.)

6. School with adequate functioning hand washing stations with water and soap, adhering to standards,

7. School with menstrual hygienic management facilities for washing and drying reusable sanitary materials and/or for the

collection and disposal of used materials,

8. Students wash there hand with soap before eating and after defecation (almost everyone, about half, very few, none).

9. School with functional system for safe disposal of solid and liquid waste management.

10. WASH components are included in the curriculum for education and teachers are integrating it in the teaching learning

processes.

Session: 9, Chaired by:: Ms. Anita Kaul, Joint Secretary, MHRD , in this session .

Statements presented by each Country and State/Province teams two minutes each.

Session: 10 Closing Ceremony

Major highlights:

A closing ceremony conducted with the concluding speech of Education Minister, the host country India, and all country representatives

including Organiser, UNICEF, Zone office.

Field visit (1st day): WASH in School Project Site

Major highlights:

Purpose of the visit

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A field visit to Alwar district in Rajasthan organized on April 24, 2012, as a pre-conference learning opportunity that helped set the context and tone

of the conference. We got a chance to interact and dialogue with children, teachers, school authorities, government officials, UNICEF staff and

others. This visit provided an exposure to the overall context (socio-economic, policy and programming) of the WASH in Schools programme and

CCE (Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation) in Rajasthan and India, especially in Alwar district and a deeper understanding of the process and

outcomes of scaling WASH Interventions, at the school and community level.

Recognized as the 'Land of Kings' for its regal past of palaces and princely states, Rajasthan builds on a proud history and boasts thriving tourism

and industry. Located in India's west-central interior, the state was home to about 63 million people. Rajasthan found different values long-held

beliefs and attitudes. Most people lived in rural areas, farming and herding as they have for centuries.

Some of the major issues were high student dropout rate, a large number of children in labour, particularly in the cotton industry, girls being married

before the age of 18 and becoming pregnant soon after, high level; of open defecation especially in rural areas, putting the lives of both mother and

child at risk. Malnutrition was pervasive across all age groups, especially among girls. On average, girls were better nourished at birth than boys

are, especially in the first months of life.

WASH in Schools in (SWSHE Program) Alwar Key WASH interventions and Project outcomes (Source: From the study report):

The program in Alwar district was implemented by the Rajasthan Council for Primary Education (RCPE, now Rajasthan Council of Elementary

Education- RCEE) in collaboration with UNICEF in between 2000- 2005. The SWSHE project addressed the issue of poor health amongst children

due to the lack of proper health and sanitation infrastructure. These issues greatly affected the school enrolment and retention rates of children,

particularly girls. The programme has shown significant impact on children and community. The main objectives of the SWSHE Project were to:

Generate hygiene awareness amongst teachers and children in school.

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Create an environment for imparting quality education at schools, which also helps to sustain the attendance of girls.

Introduce and promote behaviour changes related to hygiene and health amongst children.

Promote optimum use of available resources for better health and clean environment.

Create an environment for the attainment of child rights (survival, growth, development and participation).

The key adapted strategies were:

Improving the availability and usage, quality and sustainability of water and sanitation facilities.

Promoting community participation and ownership thorough School Management Committees (SMCs).

Integrating hygiene education with school curriculum.

Involving children as agents of change changing themselves, family and the community.

Inter-sect oral convergence and linkages with other sectors leading to quality education.

Establishing schools as information resource centres.

Improved access to drinking water and sanitation

Our Observations and reflection from the school and community:

Mainstreaming hygiene education in school system focusing on Building capacities and effective monitoring mechanism.

Children in schools were more alert, bright and cheerful.

The SWSHE programme has also impacted positively by creating awareness among families in programme villages, especially in case of Upper

Primary Schools.

Most of the teachers also attributed the improved health and hygiene standards to factors like awareness about proper water filtration methods,

proper waste disposal, and increased levels of overall personal and environmental hygiene. Teachers and parents noted that incidences of diseases

decreased sharply among the village as a whole because of the interventions made by the SSHE project. “

The program had a positive impact on the children and the community.

Children do not eat without washing their hands. They also felt more secure as a result of the project and the facilities constructed in the school. It

has increased enrolment and retention rates and girls enrolled increased, they were more likely to study up through the 8th or 10th grades as

compared to before'.

Increased in other water and sanitation related interventions in the programme area such as use of safe water source and ladles, use of toilet facilities

(more than 90%) and students and teachers are aware of health benefits of washing hands with soap/ ash and practicing (source- Alwar).

This includes children learning in an activity based environment at their own pace and level, teachers more as facilitators and ensuring children learn

in subgroups based on their learning levels and integration of art music, sports and hygiene education with curriculum objectives. Schools hygiene

education found an important component.

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Alwar SWSHE programme found successes. Rajasthan Government with technical support of UNICEF aspiring to develop schools as child friendly.

Remarkable achievements in Rajasthan were following:-

Accelerated coverage of WASH facilities in schools no of Toilet coverage in schools increased from 51 to 100%

Separate girls toilet coverage in schools increased from 43 to 83% o Dr inking water r facilities increased from 77% to 97%

Dedicated WASH in School Support Cells at State and District level to facilitate programme implementation and monitoring

Leveraging resources from National Flagship programmes for WASH in schools on priority

Main streaming of capacity building of teacher's and children on WASH in School under the flagship Program Sarve Shiksha Abhiyan (Education

for All)

Attraction of the Conference

South Asia Regional Conference started with the attractive slogan "WASH in All Schools: Making it a Reality" at the Park Hotel, 15

Parliament Street. New Delhi, India.

Major outcome of the conference

At the conclusion of the conference, a commitment with action plan developed by the participated country and agreed to act upon the identified

issues in the conference. The conference was able to bring together all participated countries, professionals, practitioners and partners over four

days, where a wide range of information, including country-specific experiences and knowledge shared as well as possibilities explored to

address the challenges due to inadequate sanitation, hygiene in school both in terms of the approaches (Child, Gender, and differently able-

friendly facility with meaningful participation ), and the processes (facilitative, demand–responsive, participatory etc.) being undertaken.

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Fruitful outcome were:

Country specific hygiene promotion approach and modalities shared,

Shared case studies, best practices, lesion learnt and successful stories in hygiene and sanitation among participants, facilitators and

practitioners.

Collaboration & alliances has developed (Country & regional level)

8. Major learning

Government commitment at all level is crucial to achieve the sanitation goal.

Study and research is need in sanitation for innovative and creative ideas to change the human behaviour in hygiene and sanitation sector.

School sanitation program (involvement of children and youth) is dynamic for promoting hygiene and sanitation behaviour.

Strong and continued GOs-NGOs, community partnership is essential in the WASH sector.

All member of the community including women, student, children, religious leader and the entire community leader can play an important

role for the community mobilization.

Additional opportunity: After the Conference we (Mr. Namaste Lal Shrestha and my self) got a chance to visit Sulabh International in Delhi. We visited "Toilet

museum", Sanitation Park with different sanitation model, practices and a School run by Sulabh International. It was very informative and

knowledgeable institution where students, teachers, sanitation professionals, and practitioners can get benefit from the institution. We found that it

was a great innovation and creation on sanitation movement in the South Asia region. Students in the school found very creative and innovative in

research and technology especially in the sector of sanitation and hygiene practices. As sanitation professional I would like to congratulate Dr.

Bandeswor Pathak and his team for the grand success "Sulabh International" stand as a resource centre in the South Asia Region.

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9. Recommendation

On the basis of the lesson learnt from the visit I recommended:

Develop school children as a change vehicle for expanding the outreach of the program so that program will sustain.

Effective knowledge sharing and monitoring mechanisms (country & regional level) need to be strengthening in South Asia.

Develop community ownership and multiplying good facilities by promoting hygiene behaviour through formation of core trainers’ team in

the Region.

Building strong knowledge sharing mechanism at all level (National, Regional, within and outside the region).

Make communication and capacity development unit more efficient and effective in country as well as in the region.

Build mechanism to institutionalize human resource capital of the region.

Focus on behaviour change communication in all projects.

Develop social marketing strategies and promote alternate delivery system in order to accelerate sanitation coverage.

Empower knowledge and management skills.

10. Conclusion

It was very nice gathering and sharing of experience with lots of technical inputs that would help us to develop our own plan in the field of WASH in

School programme. We really enjoyed the full week in New Delhi, India. Through discussion and reviews throughout the conference, experiences,

lesson learnt shared, action plan of the participated SARC countries prepared. This workshop built a close relationship among the SARC countries

and UNICEF, as well as other Partner who are working in the field of WASH in School in the Region which will help in the development of future

approaches, policies and strategies. Capacity of the SARC countries need to be strengthen in the Region for strong coordination and monitoring

mechanism so that more children will be benefitted in the region.

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I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to NRCS, UNICEF Nepal country office and Regional office for providing this opportunity

to participate in the Conference. I would also like to thanks to UNICEF country office INDIA and Government of India for organizing this workshop

excellently with field visit program, necessary arrangement and warm hospitality to stay at New DELHI and also express my thanks to the Organiser,

facilitators, experts and all organizations and individual who supported directly and indirectly to the conference to make the mission a success.

Reported By:

- Mukti Pokharel, Deputy Director,

Annex:

1. Conference Schedule

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Annex-1

Conference Schedule

WASH in All Schools: Making it a reality South Asia Regional Conference on WASH in Schools

Detailed agenda

April 25, 2012, WEDNESDAY (DAY 1)

Conference Facilitator: Mr. Depinder Singh Kapur

TIME SESSION Facilitator/Chair Speakers Event type Room

7.30 - 9.00 Meeting of Session Chairs (Breakfast meeting)

9.00 - 10.30

Inaugural ceremony

- Lighting of the ceremonial lamp

- Screening of the film- Voices of Children

- Welcome address - David Mcloughlin, Acting Country Rep, UNICEF,

India

- Building the context of WASH in Schools in South Asia- Raka

Rashid, UNICEF ROSA, Kathmandu.

- Key note address by the Hon'ble Minister for Rural Development,

Dr. Jairam Ramesh and release of the snapshot.

- Vote of thanks

Chair: Mr. J.S.Mathur,

Joint Secretary, MDWS,

GOI

Plenary

10.30 - 11.00 TEA BREAK

11.00 - 12.00 Global and national perspective on WASH in Schools (Interactive

panel discussion)

Chair: Mr. Amarjit Singh,

Joint Secretary, MHRD Plenary

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An interactive question - answer session on key perspectives in WASH

in Schools, strategis actions to make a difference, vision and aspirations

for WASH in Schools programming etc.

1. Mr. Sanjay Wijeshekhara, Chief of WASH,

UNICEF, New York

2. Mr. Ravi Narayanan, Vice Chair, Asia-Pacific

Water Forum Governing Council

3. Eva Ahlen, Chief, Education, UNICEF, Nepal

4., Dr. Haider Yakub Waseem, PLAN

International, Bangkok.

5. Dr. Gunashekhara, WHO, SEARO.

6 Bikash Bhusal, Youth participant, Nepal

7. Therese Mahon, Programme Officer, WaterAid

UK.

Open house (participants' questions and answers)

12.00 - 13.00 WASH in Schools: GROWTH, GAINS AND GAPS Country Presentation: Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan

Chair: Mr. J.S.Mathur,

Joint Secretary, MDWS,

GOI

1. Afghanistan: Mr Sameer Ahmad Amiri, Advisor,

Ministry of Education, Govt. of Afghanisatn

2. Bangladesh:Prof. Dr. Sirazul Hoque, (Director

of Planning and Development, MoE, Bangladesh,

Govt. of Bangladesh.

3. Bhutan: Mr. Thinley Rinzin, Senior Planning

Officer, Ministry of Education, Govt. of Bhutan

4. India: Mr. Vijay Mittal, Director, Sanitation,

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of

India.

13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH BREAK

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14.00 - 15.30 Country presentation contd: India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Srilanka

Chair: Mr. T.M.Vijay

Bhaskar, Joint Secretary,

MDWS, GOI

5. Maldives: Mr. Hussain Rasheed Moosa, Deputy

Director General., Ministry of Education, Govt. of

Maldives.

6. Nepal: Ms. Nimala Mainali, WASH in Schools

focal person, Department of Education., Govt. of

Nepal.

7. Pakistan: Dr Farah Masood, Programme

Director, Dept of Education, Govt. of Paksitan.

8. Sri Lanka:Ms. Renuka Peiris (Director of

Education for School Health and Nutrition, MoE,

Govt. of Sri Lanka.

15.30 - 16.00 TEA BREAK (and time to move into the break away rooms)

16.00 - 18.00 SESSION THEME: Building evidence for WASH in Schools

TIME SESSION FACILITATOR SPEAKERS

EVENT

TYPE ROOM

SUB SESSION 1: Involving children in change

16.00 - 16.10 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction

Ms. Veenu Gupta,

Commissioner, Rajasthan

Council of Elementary

Education, Government of

Rajasthan.

Co Chair: Mr. Pawan

Kucita, Chief, Education,

UNICEF, Afghanistan

Break away

session

16.10 - 17.00

1.Supply and Demand Bottleneck Analysis of WASH in Schools- Case

from Bhutan

2.Children as agents of change to promote sanitation: SLTS experience

in Nepal

3. Bringing change for children through WASH in Schools .

4.Promoting hygiene thorugh chiuldren: Experiences from Bangladesh

1. Mr. Sherab Phuntsho, Chief Program Officer,

Comprehensive School Health Division,

Department of Youth and Sports, Ministry of

Education, Govt. of Bhutan.

2. Namaste Lal Shreshtha

3. Sri Lanka.

4. Mr. Shofiqul Islam (Director Program, Dhaka

Ahsania Mission)

17.00 - 18.00 Question answer session /Wrap up/ Draft recommendations

SUB SESSION 2: Ensuring an enabling environment

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16.00 - 16.10 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction Chair: Ms. Aruna, Chief

Engineer and Project

Director, State Water and

Sanitation Misiion, Govt. of

AP.

Co- Chair: Haider Yakub

Waseem, PLAN

International

Break away

session

16.10 - 17.00

1. Leveraging resources for enhanced WASH in Schools package

2.Presentation from RCEE, Rajasthan state experiences

3. Nirmal Vidyalaya Puraskar: West Bengal

4. Green Schools Campaign: Getting children involved

1. Mr Monmoth Sikder (Senior Regional Manager,

BRAC WASH Program)

2. Tecxhnical Support Officer, RCEE, Govt. of

Rajasthan.

3. Ms. Choten Dhendhup Lama, Project Director,

SSA, Govt. of West Bengal and Mr. Shyamnarayan

Dave, UNICEF, India.

4. Sumita Dasgupta, Centre for Science and

Environment, New Delhi

17.00-18.00 Question answer session / Wrap up/ Draft recommendations

SUB SESSION 3 : Demonstrating local impacts

16.00 - 16.10 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction

Chair: Mr. M.N.Bora,

Secretary, PHED, Govt. of

Assam.

Co-Chair:Eva Ahlen, Chief

of Education, UNICEF,

Nepal

Break away

session

16.10 - 17.00

1..Experience from SWASTHH plus programme in

Karnataka/Jharkhand

2.. Value Based Hygiene Education in schools: Experience from South

Asia

3.. Integration of WASH and Health in Schools

1. Mr. D.K.Saxena, Project Director, SSA, Govt. of

Jharkhand.

2. Dr. Kulwant Singh, Senior Advisor, WASH, UN

HABITAT.

3. Ms. Renuka Peiris, Director, School Health and

Nutrition, Govt. of Sri Lanka.

17.00-18.00 Question answer session / Wrap up/ Draft recommendations

18.00 - 18.30 Meeting of the core group to work on the recommendations

19.00 onwards Welcome dinner for delegates and cultural evening

APRIL 26, 2012, THURSDAY (DAY 2)

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9.00 - 10.00 1. Recap of Day 1 - Feedback from the technical sessions 1, 2

and 3

2. Global experiences on WASH in Schools

3. Role of multi stakeholder engagenment in promoting WASH in

Schools

Ms. Malini Shankar, Principal Secretary,

Government of Maharashtra.

1. Session Chairs

2. Murat Sahin

3. Sunita Nadhamuni, CEO, Arghyam

Plenary

10.00 - 10.30 Tea Break

10.30 - 12.30 SESSION THEME: Strengthening monitoring and accountability in WASH in Schools

TIME SESSION FACILITATOR LEAD PRESENTERS

EVENT

TYPE ROOM

SUB SESSION 4: Monitoring

10.30 - 10.40 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction

Chair: Vijay Mittal,

Director, MDWS, GOI

Co-Chair:Ismaeil Ibrahim,

Chief, WASH, UNICEF,

Afghanisatn

10.40 - 11.30

(including tea)

1. EMIS Tool Kit

2. Monitoring hygiene practice in schools: Children's experience

3. Monitoring of WASH in Schools: ASER, DISE and TSC

4. National School Sanitation Initiative

1. Murat Sahin, UNICEF, New York

2. Child participant from UP.

3. Shalendra Sharma, Technical Support Group,

NUEPA and Mamita Bora Thakkar, UNICEF India.

4. Dr. Sanjay Srivastav, GIZ, India

Break away

session

11.30 - 12.30 Question/answers, wrap up and recommendations

SUB SESSION 5: Strengthening accountability

10.30 - 10.40 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction Chair: Dr. J.S.Ravishankar,

Mission Director, Govt. of

Karnataka.

Co-Chair: Hilda

Winartasaputra, PLAN

International

10.40 - 11.30

(including tea)

1. Improving service delivery for children: An accountability

framework

2. Experience from Pakistan

3. Linking WASH with Right to Education in India

4. Whole School Development Plan: Framework for action

1. Therese Mahon, WaterAid UK and Archna

Ghosh, SCF, Finland

2.Mohammed Masud, Pakistan

3. Ambarish Rai (provisional), RTE forum.

4. Mr. Vijender Justa, Deputy Secretary, SSA,

MHRD.

Break away

session

11.30 - 12.30 Question/answers, wrap up and recommendations

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SUB SESSION 6: Addressing equity and inclusion

10.30 - 10.40 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction Chair: Mr. Sanjay

Deshmukh, Mission

Director, SSA, Govt. of

Maharashtra.

Co-Chair: Andreas Knapp,

Chief of WASH, UNICEF,

Nepal

10.40 - 11.30

(including tea)

1. Addressing special needs of the differently abled

2. India exclusion study on WASH in Schools

2. Sustaining WASH in Schools through children.

4. Menstrual Hygiene Management: Reaching out of school girls in

Nepal

1. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Leonard Cheshire Disability,

Tamil Nadu. India

2. Nishi Mehrotra and Vimala Ramachandran,

3. Suranga D'silva

4. Purnima Gurung, UNICEF Nepal.

Break away

session

11.30 - 12.30 Question/answers, wrap up and recommendations

12.30 - 13.00. Feedback from technical session 4, 5 and 6. Henk van Norden Session Chairs

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.30 SESSION THEME: Scaling up quality package for WASH in Schools including hygiene

SUB SESSION 9: Beyond WASH: Including school health

14.30 - 14.40 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction Chair: Mr. Abdul Sami

Khan, Secretary, LG and

RDD, Govt. of Paksitan

Co Chair: Ms. Suparna

Pachauri, Director, SSA,

MoHRD, GOI

14.40 - 15.30

1. School deworming project: Experiences from the field

2.. Integrating handwashing in schools, FIT FOR SCHOOL,

Phillippines

3. Maximising impact: Integrating Water, sanitation and children;s

health

4. Experience sharing by children/youth: Child Cabinets.

1. Ms. Urvashi Prasad, Michael and Susan Dell

Foundation, India

2.Dr. Habib Benzian, FIT FOR SCHOOL,

Phillippines.

3. . Dr. Sitaram, SVYM, Mysore.

4. Youth participants.

Break away

session

15.30 - 16.30 Question/answers, wrap up and recommendations

16.30 - 17.00 Tea Break

SUB SESSION 8: Defining norms and standards

14.30 - 14.40 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction Chair: Mr. Mohammed

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14.40 - 15.30

1. Community involvement in setting WASH standards in schools.

2. Child Friendly School WASH: Principles and designs

3. Experiences of children/youth :Hygiene promotion

Sirazul Hoque, Director,

Planning and Development,

Govt. of Bangladesh

Co Chair: Dr. Kurian Baby,

IRC, Netherlands

1. Mr. C.M.Pande, Deputy Director, Government of

Uttar Pradesh.

2. Kabir Vajpeyi, VINYAS

3. Youth participant from Maharashtra

Break away

session

15.30 - 16.30 Question/answers, wrap up and recommendations

SUB SESSION 9: Partrnerships for effective scaling up.

14.30 - 14.40 Opening remarks, session objectives and introduction

Chair: Dr. Farah Masood,

Programme Director, Punjab

Education Sector Reform

Programme, Govt. of

Paksitan.

Co Chair: Mr. Asim

Shrivastav, Director, TSC-

CCDU, Government of

Gujarat

14.40 - 15.30

1. NDTV-UNHABITAT -CAF Support my School Campaign

2. WOODLAND-UNICEF partnership for WASH in SCHOOLS /

Bangladesh/Presentation from

3. Partnership with civil Society to promote WASH in schools

4. Scaling up WinS through Public-Private partnership: Experiences

from Madhya Pardesh

5. Role of children in bringing change: Real life experiences

1. Mr. Avijeet Sharma, Charities Aid Foundation.

2. WOODLAND / GoMaharashtra.

3. Abdul Naseer Mohammed, Principal and Head of

North Central Education Unit, Government of

Maldives.

4. Govt. of Madhya Pradesh.

5. Youth participants from UP

Break away

session

15.30 - 16.30 Question/answers, wrap up and recommendations

16.30 - 17.00 Tea Break

17.00 - 17.30 Feedback from technical session 7,8 and 9 Session Chairs

APRIL 27, 2012, FRIDAY (DAY 3)

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9.00 - 10.30

1. Strengthening the focus on hygiene: Practical aproaches and

methodology

2. Acceleration of WASH in Schools: Children's perspectives.

(Childern/youth from Nepal, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Jharlhand)

3.Equity anfd Inclusion in WASH in Schools

Mr. D.K.Saxena, Project

Director, SSA, Jharkhand

1. Sue Coates, Chief, WASH, UNICEF, India

2. Youth participants

3. Vimala Ramachadran,

Plenary

10.30 - 11.00 Tea Break

In Country and State/Province Groups

11.00 - 13.00

Country teams identify key priorities and actions to accelerate

WASH in Schools.

Breakaway

rooms

13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH

In Country and State/Province Groups

14:30 - 15:30 Country and State/Province prepare to share their main learning

points and key follow up action points

14:30 - 15:30 Core Group meeting to finalize the Conference Action Plan with key recommendations for SACOSAN 5

15:30 - 16:00 Tea

16:00 - 17:00

Presentation of Conference Action Plan with key recommendations

for SACOSAN 5

Statements by Country and State/Province teams (two minutes

each)

Chair: Ms. Anita Kaul,

Joint Secretary, MHRD

17:00 - 18:00 Closing ceremony and departure