Lok Sabha Question No. 1685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Curriculum on Health Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Shankar Lalwani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1685 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020

## Curriculum on Health Education

## †1685. DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL: SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be  pleased  to  state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  allowed  to  include  health    education    in    the    school curriculum  to   increase awareness  regarding  good  health;
- (b)    if  so,  the  locations  where  School  Health Ambassador  Programme  is  being  launched in  the  first phase along with the time by which health education is likely  to  be  included in  school  curriculum  in Madhya  Pradesh  and  Gujarat  State;  and
- (c) the  details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (c): Health and Physical Education is a part of the school curriculum from Class I-XII. Health related age appropriate and context specific content have been integrated in the textbooks and supplementary reading materials of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).

The  School  Health  Programm    (SHP)  under  Ayushman  Bharat  is  a  joint  collaborative Programme  of  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resources  Development  and  Ministry  of  Health  and Family  Welfare.  The  programme  targets  both  education  and  Health  implementers  and  is envisaged to facilitate an integrated approach to health programming and more effective learning at  the  school  level.  SHP  aims  to  foster  growth, development  and educational achievements of school-going children by promoting their health and well-being. It also aims to strengthen the concept of preventive, promotive and positive health.

The resource package of SHP including 'Curriculum on Health and Wellness of School Going  Children'  was  launched  on  12.02.2020.    Orientation  Programme  for  the  National Resource  Group  (NRG)  and  State  Nodal  Officers,  including  those  from  Gujarat  and  Madhya Pradesh State has been conducted on the said date.  In the first phase, the programme covers 200 districts selected from aspirational and Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) districts in the Government and Government aided upper primary, secondary, senior secondary schools. List of these districts is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1685 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020 ASKED BY DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL AND SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI REGARDING 'CURRICULUM ON HEALTH EDUCATION'.

## List of districts covered under School Health Programme

| Name of State     |   Total No. of Districts for SHP | Name of Districts for SHP   |
|-------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                1 | Kurnool                     |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                2 | Vizaynagaram                |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                3 | Visakhapatnam               |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                4 | Y.S.R.(Cuddapah)            |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                5 | Lohit                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                6 | Lower Subansiri             |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                7 | Changlang                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                8 | Kurung Kumey                |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                9 | Namsai                      |
| Assam             |                               10 | Darrang                     |
| Assam             |                               11 | Dhubri                      |
| Assam             |                               12 | Barpeta                     |
| Assam             |                               13 | Goalpara                    |
| Assam             |                               14 | Baksa                       |
| Assam             |                               15 | Udalgiri                    |
| Assam             |                               16 | Hailakandi                  |
| Bihar             |                               17 | Katihar                     |
| Bihar             |                               18 | Begusarai                   |
| Bihar             |                               19 | Sheikhpura                  |
| Bihar             |                               20 | Araria                      |
| Bihar             |                               21 | Sitamarhi                   |
| Bihar             |                               22 | Khagaria                    |
| Bihar             |                               23 | Purnia                      |
| Bihar             |                               24 | Aurangabad                  |
| Bihar             |                               25 | Banka                       |
| Bihar             |                               26 | Gaya                        |
| Bihar             |                               27 | Jamui                       |
| Bihar             |                               28 | Muzaffarpur                 |
| Bihar             |                               29 | Nawada                      |
| Chhattisgarh      |                               30 | Korba                       |
| Chhattisgarh      |                               31 | Mahasamund                  |
| Chhattisgarh      |                               32 | Bastar                      |
| Chhattisgarh      |                               33 | Bijapur                     |
| Chhattisgarh      |                               34 | Dantewada                   |

| Name of State    |   Total No. of Districts for SHP | Name of Districts for SHP   |
|------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh     |                               35 | Kanker                      |
| Chhattisgarh     |                               36 | Kondagaon                   |
| Chhattisgarh     |                               37 | Narayanpur                  |
| Chhattisgarh     |                               38 | Rajnandgaon                 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                               39 | Sukma                       |
| Delhi            |                               40 | North East                  |
| Delhi            |                               41 | North West                  |
| Gujarat          |                               42 | Tapi                        |
| Gujarat          |                               43 | Valsad                      |
| Gujarat          |                               44 | Panchmahal                  |
| Gujarat          |                               45 | Sabarkantha                 |
| Gujarat          |                               46 | Aravalli                    |
| Gujarat          |                               47 | Narmada                     |
| Gujarat          |                               48 | Dahod                       |
| Haryana          |                               49 | Palwal                      |
| Haryana          |                               50 | Panipat                     |
| Haryana          |                               51 | Yamunanagar                 |
| Haryana          |                               52 | Jind                        |
| Haryana          |                               53 | Karnal                      |
| Haryana          |                               54 | Panchkula                   |
| Haryana          |                               55 | Mewat                       |
| Himachal Pradesh |                               56 | Kinnaur                     |
| Himachal Pradesh |                               57 | Lahaul &Spiti               |
| Himachal Pradesh |                               58 | Mandi                       |
| Himachal Pradesh |                               59 | Chamba                      |
| Jammu&           |                               60 | Doda                        |
| Kashmir          |                               61 | Kishtwar                    |
| Kashmir          |                               62 | Kupwara                     |
| Kashmir          |                               63 | Baramula                    |
| Ladakh           |                               64 | Leh                         |

| Name of State   |   Total No. of Districts for SHP | Name of Districts for SHP   |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Jharkhand       |                               65 | Sahebganj                   |
|                 |                               66 | Pakur                       |
|                 |                               67 | Godda                       |
|                 |                               68 | Latehar                     |
|                 |                               69 | Lohardaga                   |
|                 |                               70 | Palamu                      |
|                 |                               71 | East Singhbhum              |
|                 |                               72 | Ramgarh                     |
|                 |                               73 | Ranchi                      |
|                 |                               74 | Simdega                     |
|                 |                               75 | West Singhbhum              |
|                 |                               76 | Bokaro                      |
|                 |                               77 | Chatra                      |
|                 |                               78 | Dumka                       |
|                 |                               79 | Garhwa                      |
|                 |                               80 | Giridih                     |
|                 |                               81 | Gumla                       |
|                 |                               82 | Hazaribagh                  |
|                 |                               83 | Khunti                      |
|                 |                               84 | Bijapur                     |
| Karnataka       |                               85 | Gadag                       |
|                 |                               86 | Bagalkot                    |
|                 |                               87 | Bellary                     |
|                 |                               88 | Yadgir                      |
|                 |                               89 | Raichur                     |
|                 |                               90 | Koppal                      |
| Kerala          |                               91 | Pathanamthitta              |
|                 |                               92 | Alappuzha                   |
|                 |                               93 | Palakkad                    |
|                 |                               94 | Iduki                       |
|                 |                               95 | Malappuram                  |
|                 |                               96 | Wayanad                     |
| Madhya          |                               97 | Mandla                      |
| Pradesh         |                               98 | Dindori                     |
|                 |                               99 | Shahdol                     |
|                 |                              100 | Damoh                       |
|                 |                              101 | Singrauli                   |
|                 |                              102 | Barwani                     |
|                 |                              103 | Vidisha                     |
|                 |                              104 | Khandwa                     |
|                 |                              105 | Chhatarpur                  |
|                 |                              106 | Rajgarh                     |
|                 |                              107 | Guna                        |

| Name of State   | Total No. of Districts for SHP   | Name of Districts for SHP   |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Maharashtra     | 108                              | Beed                        |
| Maharashtra     | 109                              | Nanded                      |
| Maharashtra     | 110                              | Dhule                       |
| Maharashtra     | 111                              | Jalgaon                     |
| Maharashtra     | 112                              | Aurangabad                  |
| Maharashtra     | 113                              | Nandurbar                   |
| Maharashtra     | 114                              | Washim                      |
| Maharashtra     | 115                              | Osmanabad                   |
| Maharashtra     | 116                              | Gadchiroli                  |
| Manipur         | 117                              | Imphal East                 |
| Manipur         | 118                              | Imphal West                 |
| Manipur         | 119                              | Chandel                     |
| Meghalaya       | 120                              | West Garo Hills             |
| Meghalaya       | 121                              | South West Garo Hills       |
| Meghalaya       | 122                              | West Khasi Hills            |
| Meghalaya       | 123                              | South West Khasi Hills      |
| Meghalaya       | 124                              | Ribhoi                      |
| Mizoram         | 125                              | Saiha (HPD)                 |
| Mizoram         | 126                              | Champhai                    |
| Mizoram         | 127                              | Mamit                       |
| Nagaland        | 128                              | Dimapur                     |
| Nagaland        | 129                              | Kohima                      |
| Nagaland        | 130                              | Kiphire                     |
| Odisha          | 131                              | Nuapada                     |
| Odisha          | 132                              | Gajapati                    |
| Odisha          | 133                              | Balangir                    |
| Odisha          | 134                              | Malkangiri                  |
| Odisha          | 135                              | Koraput                     |
| Odisha          | 136                              | Rayagada                    |
| Odisha          | 137                              | Kalahandi                   |
| Odisha          | 138                              | Nabarangpur                 |
| Odisha          | 139 140                          | Kandhamal Dhenkanal         |
| Punjab          | 141                              | Gurdaspur                   |
| Punjab          | 142                              | Mansa                       |
| Punjab          | 143                              | Muktsar Sahib               |
| Punjab          | 144                              | Pathankot                   |
| Punjab          | 145                              | Firozpur                    |
| Punjab          | 146                              | Moga                        |

| Name of State   |   Total No. of Districts for SHP | Name of Districts for SHP   |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Rajasthan       |                              147 | Rajsamand                   |
|                 |                              148 | Udaipur                     |
|                 |                              149 | Bundi                       |
|                 |                              150 | Baran                       |
|                 |                              151 | Jaisalmer                   |
|                 |                              152 | Dholpur                     |
|                 |                              153 | Karauli                     |
|                 |                              154 | Sirohi                      |
| Sikkim          |                              155 | East Sikkim                 |
|                 |                              156 | West Sikkim                 |
| Tamil           |                              157 | Madurai                     |
| Nadu            |                              158 | Trichy                      |
|                 |                              159 | Vellore                     |
|                 |                              160 | Ramanathapuram              |
|                 |                              161 | Virudhunagar                |
| Telangana       |                              162 | Mahabubnagar                |
|                 |                              163 | Adilabad                    |
|                 |                              164 | Nagarkurnool                |
|                 |                              165 | Bhoopalpalli                |
|                 |                              166 | Asifabad                    |
|                 |                              167 | Khammam                     |
| Tripura         |                              168 | Dhalai                      |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              169 | Rampur                      |
|                 |                              170 | Sant Kabir Nagar            |
|                 |                              171 | Shahjahanpur                |
|                 |                              172 | Allahabad                   |
|                 |                              173 | Badaun                      |
|                 |                              174 | Sitapur                     |
|                 |                              175 | Pilibhit                    |
|                 |                              176 | Barabanki                   |
|                 |                              177 | Bareilly                    |
|                 |                              178 | Gonda                       |

| Name of State   |   Total No. of Districts for SHP | Name of Districts for SHP   |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              179 | Etah                        |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              180 | Kheri                       |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              181 | Mahrajganj                  |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              182 | Faizabad                    |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              183 | Chitrakoot                  |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              184 | Balrampur                   |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              185 | Bharaich                    |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              186 | Sonbhadra                   |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              187 | Chandauli                   |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              188 | Siddharthnagar              |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              189 | Fatehpur                    |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              190 | Shrawasti                   |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                              191 | Farrukhabad                 |
| Uttrakhand      |                              192 | Tehri                       |
| Uttrakhand      |                              193 | Dehradun                    |
| Uttrakhand      |                              194 | Nainital                    |
| Uttrakhand      |                              195 | Haridwar                    |
| Uttrakhand      |                              196 | Udham Singh Nagar           |
| West Bengal     |                              197 | Coochbehar                  |
| West Bengal     |                              198 | Rampurhat                   |
| West Bengal     |                              199 | South 24 Parganas           |
| West Bengal     |                              200 | Dakshin Dinajpur            |

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