Nashik Zilla Parishad's education dept pulls back circular on toilet selfie, drawing competition

The Nashik Zilla Parishad's education department has withdrawn a circular asking students to click a selfie with a clean toilet and draw the toilet of their dreams to mark World Toilet Day on Saturday after opposition from school authorities, teachers and educationists.

The circular, issued on November 14 under the sign of BD Kanauj, Education Officer (Primary) of Nashik Zilla Parishad, said various competitions would be held for children of Classes IV to X, including selfie with clean toilet, drawing dream toilet, street plays on cleanliness and sanitation etc, he said, PTI reported.

Opposing the move, Vijay Jagtap, general secretary of the Samata Shikhsak Parishad, Nashik, said, Who will click a selfie when many schools don’t have toilets at all, and those that exist are dirty? There must be one toilet for 120 students but this ratio is not being maintained. However, the authorities come up with such selfie and drawing competition stunts. The new order issued by the ZP education department on November 17 has dropped the selfie and drawing competitions, an official said.