Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has acknowledged that 611 government schools in the state are functioning without their own buildings, while thousands of others lack basic facilities such as toilets and drinking water.
The disclosure came in the Assembly on Friday in response to a question from Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully. According to the government’s UDISE data for 2025-26 under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, 10 of the 611 building-less schools are girls’ schools.
The issue has gained attention amid inspections by a Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) team, led by co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka, at government schools facing infrastructure problems. Ranka and other team members were allegedly attacked on Friday while travelling to inspect a school at Bagru near Jaipur.
The Bagru school had reportedly been declared unsafe and shut last year after its structure deteriorated. Students were shifted to a temporary arrangement nearby, which allegedly also houses buffaloes.
Jaipur district has the highest number of schools operating without buildings in the state capital region, with 38 such institutions. Statewide, Jhalawar district accounts for the largest concentration of schools without buildings, including 23 in Aklera block, 16 in Khanpur and 11 in Jhalrapatan.
Bap block in Phalodi has 11 such schools, while Chotisarvan block in Banswara has 10. Among girls’ schools without buildings, Jaipur and Alwar have two each, while Barmer, Churu, Dungarpur, Karauli, Kota and Rajsamand have one each.
The government also said that 2,047 of Rajasthan’s 64,484 government schools with their own buildings do not have toilet facilities. Another 1,049 schools lack access to drinking water.
Banswara has the highest number of schools without toilets at 188, followed by Dungarpur with 124 and Udaipur with 98. Bikaner has 84 such schools, Jhalawar 81 and Jaisalmer 79.
Dausa has the highest number of schools without drinking-water facilities at 96, followed by Udaipur with 70, Alwar with 65, Karauli with 60 and Banswara with 58.
Earlier this month, Ranka visited a school in Alwar after students protested over the collapse of part of the roof of an unused classroom.
The state government said it has earmarked Rs 550 crore for repair and renovation of schools and Rs 450 crore for constructing buildings for institutions without premises or operating from dilapidated structures.
It also said that Rs 2,500 crore would be made available annually, totalling Rs 12,500 crore over five years, for construction, maintenance and repair works in primary and higher-secondary schools. The funds are expected to be sourced through the District Mineral Foundation Trust, Samagra Shiksha, state funds, VB G-RAM-G, MP and MLA local-area development funds, SDRF and CSR contributions.
However, Jully accused the government of failing to prepare a concrete plan to address the crisis. Citing an audit conducted last year, he claimed that 3,768 government schools had been declared fully dilapidated and unsafe, while 83,783 classrooms were also in an unsafe condition.
He alleged that the closure or relocation of such schools had affected student enrolment and said the Rajasthan High Court had also raised concerns over the poor state of school infrastructure.