Australia supports rural schools

The Australian Government announced a grant of Rs. 334 million to support a new partnership between the Ministry of Education and UNICEF to provide Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in more than 250 remote schools.

Schools that do not have access to water, latrines, wash basins and hygiene education will benefit through this project. "More than 65,000 children will benefit from this funding.

It will help improve learning outcomes, and increase attendance and retention rates of children in those schools," Kathy Klugman, Australian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka said.

Currently, more than 3,000 schools have limited or no access to toilets, water and other basic sanitation facilities.