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In addition to imparting the above health and well-being-related mented by weekly Iron folic acid
learning, the school has taken several dedicated, innovative tablets and biannual deworming
initiatives towards creating educated, skilled and healthy practices. Schools have also
children of the Nation, thus stepping towards achieving initiated the campaign to over-
SDG 3. come malnutrition amongst
school children by periodic
• Parent Teacher Meeting/ Mega PTM anthropometric assessments and
Through PTM, parents are need-based interventions, including mini snack breaks
regularly apprised about the and regular parental counselling, thus creating
student's performance, allowing action-based interventions on the importance of good
teachers to understand the nutrition for a "healthy body and mind".
students' socio-emotional needs.
The discussion is not only limited • Sports and Yoga
to academic performance but Along with good nutrition, regular exercise and physical
also relates to physical and mental well-being. The PTM fitness are essential for effective
encourages students to improve academic learning and cognitive develop-
performance, widen their skills and promote a healthy ment. Schools organise sports
lifestyle, including good nutrition and physical meets, competitions, and yoga
well-being. sessions to realize the impor-
tance of physical fitness for
• Counselling overall health and well-being.
Schools are integrating social
workers, specialised counsellors, • Community extension service
and community representatives Schools are also centres for active community-based services.
into the educational system to These include cleanliness drives
provide regular counselling (Shramdaan), plantation drives,
sessions to students. This helps community-based vaccination
monitor children's mental and emotional health for centres, blood donation camps
early detection and framing of mitigation strategies. and awareness campaigns like
sanitation and basic hygiene,
• Regular Health Check-ups organ donation, prevention of vector-borne diseases,
Growth assessment of students, The Education Department has been working
along with routine health towards achieving various Sustainable development
check-ups to stop the progres- Goals in collaboration with State and Central Govt.
sion of eyesight issues, hearing The recommendations and implementation of
difficulties, oral health issues, National Education Policy 2020, which focuses on
etc., are regularly undertaken. high-quality, inclusive education for all individuals,
Vaccination and health card monitoring are also vital would enable the creation of a Nation with responsible,
preventive measures against diseases. capable, motivated, skilled,
empathetic, balanced, productive
• Nutrition Deepika Mahalwal and healthy citizens for the
Lecturer Home
Nutritious mid-day meals for Science, GGSSS, MB country.
the growing needs of young Road, Pushp Vihar
children are served, supple-

6 xÉ<Ç =cÉxÉ fnlacj -2023 References:
1.United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs, Sustainable Development https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal3 2.National Education
Policy 2020, Ministry of Educations, Government of India 3.Department of Education, GNCT of Delhi, www.edudel.com 4.UNICEF, Goal 3:
Good Health and Well-Being Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages https://data.unicef.org/sdgs/goal-3-good-health-wellbeing/