The infrastructure requirements/standards may vary slightly depending on the culture, weather, geographical location, and domestic norms and standards. However, some of the basic amenities that every educational facility should have consist of :
- Safe building suitable for all weather
- Fan/air-conditioning/heating facilities as suitable to the weather condition
- Separate activity room for children under care
- A kitchen/dining area
- Separate room for resting
- Sanitation facilities including sex segregated toilets
- Electricity
- Safe drinking water
- Storage space
- Indoor and outdoor play area
- Boundary wall or fencing for safety
- Fire exit
- Pollution-free environment
Based on the norms/standards set in the domestic laws or policies examine the percentage of schools and educational institutions lacking adequate infrastructure facilities. You may want to collect data at local, regional or national level.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 13.2, General Comment No. 13 (para. 6.a and 50), General Comment No. 15 (paras. 12.c.i and 16.b); Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 28.1, General comment No. 7 (paras. 23 and 38), General Comment No. 26 (paras. 55 and 56) ; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Article 10, General Comment No. 36 (para. 31); Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities, Article 24, General Comment No. 4 (para. 31); (Revised) European Social Charter, Article 17.2; Protocol of San Salvador, Article 13.3; African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Article 11.3.
Note that laws / legislative provisions will be more protective than policies. For more information see our webpage ‘What information to look at’ and chapter 6 of the RTE / UNESCO Right to Education handbook.