| Standard Profile
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| Name
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Joint Monitoring Program (JMP): WASH in Schools
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| Sector
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Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
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| Creator
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WHO and UNICEF
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| What the standard measures
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At schools, availability and access to:
- Drinking water from an improved source
- Improved santition facilities, which are single-sex and usable at the school
- Functional Handwashing facilities which have water and soap at points of care, within 5 metres of toilets
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| Priority indicators
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- Proportion of schools with a basic drinking water service
- Proportion of schools with a basic sanitation service
- Proportion of schools with a basic hygiene service
Indicator details are elaborated in this JMP Core questions and indicators for monitoring WASH in Schools in the Sustainable Development Goals document.
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| Links to SDGs
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4.a, 4.a.1,
6, 6.1, 6.2
SDG indicator definitions are explained in this document.
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| Key users of the standard
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- National entities responsible for WASH in Schools
- Schools
- Global education organizations
- WASH, Health and Education development sector organizations (non governmental organizations, civil society organizations, faith based organizations, private sector)
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| How users analyze data
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WASH in Schools service levels are calculated based on responses, and then schools are classified on the JMP WASH in Schools Service Ladder for further analysis:
| Safely Managed
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Sanitation
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Hygiene
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Advanced service
Additional criteria may include quality, quantity, continuity, and accessibility to all users
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Advanced service
Additional criteria may include student per toilet ratios, menstrual hygiene facilities, cleanliness, accessibility to all users, and excreta management systems
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Advanced service
Additional criteria may include hygiene education, group handwashing, menstrual hygiene materials, and accessibility to all users
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Basic service
Drinking water from an improved source and water is available at the school at the time of the survey
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Basic service
Improved sanitation facilities at the school that are single-sex and usable (available, functional and private) at the time of the survey
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Basic service
Handwashing facilities with water and soap available at the school at the time of the survey
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Limited service
Drinking water from an improved source but water is unavailable at the school at the time of the survey
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Limited service
Improved sanitation facilities at the school that are either not single-sex or not usable at the time of the survey
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Limited service
Handwashing facilities with water but no soap available at the school at the time of the survey
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No Service
Drinking water from an unimproved source or no water source at the school
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No Service
Unimproved sanitation facilities or no sanitation facilities at the school
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No Service
No handwashing facilities available or no water available at the school
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Note
Improved sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs and packaged or delivered water. Unimproved sources include unprotected wells, unprotected springs and surface water.
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Note
Improved facilities include flush/pour flush toilets, ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets and pit latrines with a slab or platform. Unimproved facilities include pit latrines without a slab or platform, hanging latrines and bucket latrines.
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Note
Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile, and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, pow- der detergent and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents.
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| Source: UNICEF and World Health Organisation (2016). Core questions and indicators for monitoring WASH in Schools in the Sustainable Development Goals. Geneva: UNICEF and World Health Organization.
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Service levels and priority indicators are monitored at national, regional, and global levels.
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| How users act on data
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Data is used to:
- Influence policy, program interventions, and national development plans
- Monitor Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) progress / other global commitments
- Compare school WASH services nationally, regionally and globally
- Influence public perception on national and global school WASH service statuses
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| How users create reports aligned with the standard
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Reporting is coordinated at the country level by national statistical offices and
key sector institutions (i.e. ministries of water, sanitation and hygiene, regulators of sanitation and hygiene
services). JMP uses national data to produce internationally comparable estimates of coverage and progress on WASH in schools. The tabulation guide shown below is explained in detail within the in the Core questions and indicators for monitoring WASH in Schools in the Sustainable Development Goals document:
| Proportion of pre-primary, primary and secondary schools with basic water, sanitation and hygiene
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| SURVEY NAME, YEAR (note if data were observed or reported)
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| Proportion of schools
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National
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Urban
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Rural
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Pre-primary
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Primary
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Secondary
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| Water
With an improved drinking water source
With drinking water available from an improved source
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| Sanitation
With improved toilets
With improved toilets which are usable
With improved toilets which are single-sex
With improved toilets which are usable and single-sex
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| Hygiene
With handwashing facilities which have water available
With handwashing facilities which have water and soap available*
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| Source: UNICEF and World Health Organisation (2016). Core questions and indicators for monitoring WASH in Schools in the Sustainable Development Goals. Geneva: UNICEF and World Health Organization.
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| Where users submit reports
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Harmonized national, regional and global baseline estimates and progress reports from 2015 and 2019 are included in the JMP Progress on Drinking Water Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools 2020 update.
Reports are submitted to national statistics offices and ministries of education. These offices are usually also responsible for SDG monitoring and reporting.
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| Languages in which standard is available
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English
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| Standardized survey template(s)
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Coming soon
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| Digitized in Akvo Flow
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Coming soon
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| Excel versions of Standardized surveys
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Coming soon
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| Standardized data visualization dashboards
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Coming soon
- JMP Core Questions for Monitoring WASH in Schools
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| Standardized Survey Profile Form (SSP)
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Coming soon
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| Date standard was last updated
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2020
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| Current version of standard (# or name)
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Not versioned
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| Source
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https://washdata.org/monitoring/schools
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