Development of children and quality of their learning depends on a number of factors, including their own health status. Health promoting behaviour inculcated by the school not only contributes in physical development and health care of students, its spin-off improves awareness about health issues among the parents and local community as well.
Strong relationship between health of students and their learning had inspired planners and educators to hundred years ago in developed countries to launch health related interventions in schools. Gradually, developing countries are also realizing importance of school health programme for quality education and over health of the society, and are introducing its various components in their education systems.
School Health Programmes are primarily based on two pertinent premises. Firstly, the relationship of quality of learning with the health conditions of students, and secondly, responsibility of the state.
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Shri Prasanna Kumar
Position: MentorTo reduce the drop-out rate amongst school children through comprehensive health care services. To provide curative, referral and follow-up services to the students of Primary and Middle school classes through medical check-ups.