Lok Sabha Question No. 988 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: School Health & Wellness Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 988 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8.12.2023

## SCHOOLHEALTH& WELLNESS PROGRAMME

## 988. SHRI MADDILAGURUMOORTHY:

## Will the Minister of HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government is aware that under the School Health & Wellness Programme, only a few schools have been efficient in setting aside time for programmes on health and nutrition for children;
- b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise; and
- c) the manner in which the Government plans to cover up the shortcomings and ensure effective implementation of the programme?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) to (c) Under Ayushman Bharat, the School Health and Wellness Programme (AB-SHWP) provide activity based, health related education to school-going children in order to empower them and make them realize their full potential. It also aims to position Ayushman Arogya Mandir as a point of contact for adolescents. The service delivery framework under the Ayushman Bharat School Health & Wellness Programme are at various levels including school level which involve two teachers preferably one male and one female in every school designated as Health and Wellness Ambassadors (HWAs). These Ambassadors support students for accessing adolescent friendly health services at Ayushman Arogya Mandir or Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs) and follow up care.

Under Ayushman Bharat, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in coordination with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) has developed a comprehensive package for the Trainings of School Teachers designated as Health and Wellness Ambassadors (HWAs) titled ' Training Materials: School Health and Wellness Programme ' .

As per AB-SHWP State report FY 2022-23; 328 Districts in 34 State/UT have trained 3,23,575 Health & Wellness Ambassadors (HWAs) and oriented 1,67,234 school Principals across India on Ayushman Bharat-School Health & Wellness Programme. State/UT wise details of coverage of School Health & Wellness Programme is enclosed at Annexure-I.

To ensure greater coverage of Services following are done;

-  Training of State Resource Persons (SRPs) and Training of District Resource Persons (DRPs) and block level trainings of Health & Wellness Ambassadors (HWAs) are conducted on routine basis.
-  To ensure interdepartmental convergence for effective implementation of AB-SHWP, convergence meetings are conducted at National, State and Districts level.
-  MoHFW has developed prototype communication materials and shared with States/UTs to carryout awareness generation activities.
-  Considering school as an important platform, school based health promotion activities have been planned in collaboration with Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource and Development as part of the Health and Wellness component of the Ayushman Bharat Programme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

| Coverage of School Health &Wellness Programme as of FY 2022-23   | Coverage of School Health &Wellness Programme as of FY 2022-23   | Coverage of School Health &Wellness Programme as of FY 2022-23   | Coverage of School Health &Wellness Programme as of FY 2022-23   | Coverage of School Health &Wellness Programme as of FY 2022-23   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                            | Name of State/UT                                                 | No. of districts implementing SHWP                               | Total no. of teachers (HWAs) trained                             | No. of Principals oriented                                       |
| 1                                                                | A&NIslands                                                       | 2                                                                | 100                                                              | 104                                                              |
| 2                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                   | 13                                                               | 21864                                                            | 10932                                                            |
| 3                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                                | 6                                                                | 543                                                              | 253                                                              |
| 4                                                                | Assam                                                            | 7                                                                | 5155                                                             | 2076                                                             |
| 5                                                                | Bihar                                                            | 14                                                               | 24385                                                            | 9,301                                                            |
| 6                                                                | Chandigarh                                                       | 1                                                                | 232                                                              | 103                                                              |
| 7                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                     | 9                                                                | 3636                                                             | 2488                                                             |
| 8                                                                | DD-DNH                                                           | 2                                                                | 490                                                              | 86                                                               |
| 9                                                                | Delhi                                                            | 3                                                                | 849                                                              | 91                                                               |
| 10                                                               | Goa                                                              | 2                                                                | 812                                                              | 100                                                              |
| 11                                                               | Gujarat                                                          | 10                                                               | 15169                                                            | 11083                                                            |
| 12                                                               | Haryana                                                          | 22                                                               | 10767                                                            | 5267                                                             |
| 13                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                 | 8                                                                | 6015                                                             | 3617                                                             |
| 14                                                               | Jammu &Kashmir                                                   | 4                                                                | 5984                                                             | 1781                                                             |
| 15                                                               | Jharkhand                                                        | 19                                                               | 20881                                                            | 10441                                                            |
| 16                                                               | Karnataka                                                        | 2                                                                | 3552                                                             | 1781                                                             |
| 17                                                               | Kerala                                                           | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                |
| 18                                                               | Ladakh                                                           | 2                                                                | 929                                                              | 253                                                              |
| 19                                                               | Lakshadweep                                                      | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                |
| 20                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                   | 52                                                               | 25936                                                            | 13193                                                            |
| 21                                                               | Maharashtra                                                      | 16                                                               | 31675                                                            | 18752                                                            |
| 22                                                               | Manipur                                                          | 3                                                                | 193                                                              | 146                                                              |
| 23                                                               | Meghalaya                                                        | 5                                                                | 3224                                                             | 1283                                                             |
| 24                                                               | Mizoram                                                          | 5                                                                | 1175                                                             | 550                                                              |
| 25                                                               | Nagaland                                                         | 3                                                                | 287                                                              | 159                                                              |
| 26                                                               | Odisha                                                           | 30                                                               | 43551                                                            | 28897                                                            |
| 27                                                               | Puducherry                                                       | 4                                                                | 332                                                              | 110                                                              |
| 28                                                               | Punjab                                                           | 2                                                                | 881                                                              | 488                                                              |
| 29                                                               | Rajasthan                                                        | 7                                                                | 9481                                                             | 4617                                                             |
| 30                                                               | Sikkim                                                           | 4                                                                | 760                                                              | 380                                                              |
| 31                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                       | 16                                                               | 38833                                                            | 17898                                                            |
| 32                                                               | Telangana                                                        | 6                                                                | 2376                                                             | 1188                                                             |
| 33                                                               | Tripura                                                          | 1                                                                | 402                                                              | 201                                                              |
| 34                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                    | 19                                                               | 25067                                                            | 14332                                                            |
| 35                                                               | Uttarakhand                                                      | 5                                                                | 4311                                                             | 2321                                                             |
| 36                                                               | West Bengal                                                      | 24                                                               | 13728                                                            | 2962                                                             |
| TOTAL                                                            | TOTAL                                                            | 328                                                              | 323575                                                           | 167234                                                           |