19 per cent of pupils don’t drink at school to avoid the toilets

A UK CHARITY is urging the Government to introduce hygiene regulations for children’s school toilets.

The results of a survey from ERIC show that the toilets in some schools are so bad that 19 per cent of pupils said they don’t drink all day just so they don’t have to use them.

Currently there are regulations in place to make sure toilet and water facilities for a school’s staff meet standards.

But this is not true of toilets for pupils.

ERIC – which helps children with continence problems – says in some schools things like toilet paper, soap, toilet locks and hygiene standards simply don’t exists.

ERIC Director, Jenny Perez said: “Schools should meet the needs of their pupils in this area. Smelly, dirty toilets and a lack of privacy are unacceptable. Adults don’t have to put up with these problems – so why should children?”

ERIC is determined to make sure school toilets improve with their Bog Standard campaign.

So far, they are working with the Paediatric Continence Forum, British Toilet Association, School Councils UK and the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association

To support ERIC’s Bog Standard campaign, you can sign their petition here: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/bogstandard