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    Appraisement Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) affecting University Students’ Performance
    (University of Management & Technology, 2018) Muhammad Adeel Irshad
    Water is very important element in our lives. Water and the concept of sanitation and hygiene are serious concerns for health problems nowadays. More than 1.7 million children deceased due to poor water and sanitary conditions every year. Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) provide such facilities which ensure the improved well-being particularly protection of human body from several diseases especially in youngsters. This study is designed to find out the basic knowledge of washroom usage, home based toilets, material for cleanliness, solid waste disposal, material for hand wash and general awareness among the students of Lahore Garrison University. For this reason, the variables i.e. basic knowledge about washroom usage, home based toilets, material for cleanliness, solid waste disposal, material for hand wash and general awareness has been made and evaluated thoroughly. The total population of the university is (8313), and sample size is selected with the help of G*Power (N = 420). The target audience is students from final semesters of four faculties of Lahore Garrison University. Stratified random and Finite Population Correction (FPC) technique is used for sampling. The study is based on correlational and comparative analysis. A questionnaire is filled by the respondents which was close-ended. Internal validity is measured and it was .8. The results communicated highly positive significant relationship between basic knowledge about washroom usage and general awareness. Similarly, positive strong relationship is found between solid waste disposal and material for cleanliness and general awareness respectively. The present empirical study is concluded positive correlation among basic knowledge about washroom usage, home based toilets, material for cleanliness and solid waste disposal. This study suggest that government should plan properly and manage WASH with effective policy. It is also advised for current governance to check the WASH practices at university level in the community on monthly basis. It is highly recommended after this study to educate the academia and launch such programs which spread the significance of health especially water and sanitation hygiene (WASH).