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Educational facilities are the physical and built environments, utilities, and material infrastructure that support the delivery of teaching and learning in educational settings [1][2][3][4]. The term includes school buildings, classrooms, laboratories, libraries, sanitation and hygiene facilities, electricity, water supply, ICT-related spaces, accessibility features, and safety-related infrastructure required for educational operation [1][2]. Educational facilities are defined not only by physical presence but also by adequacy, functionality, maintenance, and usability for learners and staff [2][3][4]. In education planning and policy, educational facilities refer to the infrastructure conditions that enable instructional processes, student participation, and institutional continuity, and are commonly measured through standards-based indicators of availability and quality rather than through curriculum or pedagogy outcomes themselves [1][2][3][4].

educational facilities school infrastructure learning environment school resources

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  1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). SDG 4 Metadata: Indicator 4.a.1 (School Infrastructure and Basic Services). UNESCO UIS, Montreal. https://uis.unesco.org/en/topic/sdg-4-education-indicators.
  2. OECD. PISA 2018 Results (Volume II); Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD): Paris, France, 2019. [CrossRef]
  3. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Condition of America’s Public School Facilities: 2012–13 (NCES 2014-022), 2014. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014022.pdf.
  4. Barrett, P.; Treves, A.; Shmis, T.; Ambasz, D.; Ustinova, M. The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learning: A Synthesis of the Evidence; World Bank Group: Washington, DC, 2019. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30920.
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