The Axom Sarba Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) Mission, along with UNICEF, Assam are jointly hosting the International Learning Exchange on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools on November 12 and November 13 at Guwahati. In an interaction with the media in a city based hotel today, it was said that the International Learning Exchange (ILE) is a platform supported by UNICEF to disseminate best practices and cross–learning in the field of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. UNICEF, India Country Office has been hosting ILE since 2008. The focus of ILE 2013 is on WASH in Schools. Assam is one of the two States to be visited by WinS international Learning Exchange (WinS–ILE) team on 12–13 November 2013. The WinS–ILE has participation of 21 international and national delegates from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Germany, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka as well as from UNICEF New York Headquarters. As a part of WinS ILE, the international delegates will visit 8 identified schools of “Daily Handwashing for an Ailment–free Life (DHaAl)/Fit for School” project at Rani and Rampur blocks, Kamrup being implemented by SSA, UNICEF and CEE. The delegates will have an opportunity to learn from the WASH in School interventions on mass hand washing with soap as well as interact with teachers, School Management Committees, students, mothers’ group during the field visit. This Learning Exchange will provide an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the initiatives being carried out by SSA Assam under the WASH in Schools component of Child Friendly Schools and Systems Programme. WASH is one of the key components of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. In addition to providing academic guidelines, RTE mandates for good school infrastructure including the three most crucial components which are availability of safe drinking water, good quality functional toilets for girls and boys, and handwashing. Functional WASH infrastructure enables children to internalize related behaviours and influence their families and communities to adopt hygiene practices. This ensures that WASH is not limited to the school environment, but also influences key practices in the community at large.