School cleanliness affects learning

A recent national study of college students in the USA has revealed a correlation between the cleanliness of a school’s facilities and students’ academic achievement.

Entitled ‘Cleanliness and Learning in Higher Education’, the independent study was conducted through the Centre for Facilities Research (CFaR) at APPA - the association promoting leadership in educational facilities - and co-sponsored by ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association.

“These findings provide a vital tool for facility service providers to reinforce the benefits of cleaning,” said ISSA executive director John Garfinkel. “There’s also a great deal of public-relations power in that message if an institution can use its cleaning programme to inform students and their families what it is doing to protect the well-being of its population.