[01] Frank Ato Tabil, Department of Social Sciences, Seventh Day Adventist College of Education, Asokore-Koforidua, Ghana. [02] Emmanuel Nomah, Department of Social Sciences, Dambai Presbyterian College of Education, Dambai, Ghana. [03] Ethel Gyimah, Department of Social Sciences, Kibi Presbyterian College of Education, Kibi, Ghana. [04] Christiana Kudawe, Department of Social Sciences, Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana.

Proper hygiene and sanitation should be inculcated in Basic School learners for healthy learning environment. This study adopted a mixed method approach. The study was carried out in seven selected basic schools in Koforidua municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select two hundred respondents for the study. Questionnaires, interviews and observations were used to gather the data. The study revealed that there were poor sanitary conditions and indiscriminate disposal of solid waste in the schools because bins were not adequate and poorly hygienic. The study also concluded that, the activities of food vendors and other traders in the schools were not clearly monitored frequently. The study also revealed that, all the selected schools did not have adequate proper toilets and urinal facilities and this created unhygienic surroundings inside and outside these facilities resulting in odour nuisance. The odour and houseflies produced from the toilets and the urinal do not auger well for the selected schools, none of the schools had proper hand washing facilities prescribed by the Ghana Education Service (GES). It is recommended that, sanitation, hygienic and health education should be carried out in schools to sensitize pupils understanding on the dangers of poor sanitation. It is further recommended that, proper hand washing facilities, such as veronica buckets, soap and tissues should be provided to promote proper hand washing in schools.

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