Lok Sabha Question No. 2118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Consideration of AYUSH System of Health Education
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Imran Masood

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2118 ANSWERED ON 12.12.2025

## Consideration of AYUSH System of Health Education

2118. Shri Imran Masood:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has considered including AYUSH systems as part of health education in schools and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of schools in which it has been initially implemented in this regard; and
- (c) whether the Government has developed teaching material for this, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Department of School  Education  and  Literacy,  Ministry  of  Education  has  developed  a  Physical Education and Well-Being textbooks for preparatory and middle stages "Khel Yoga" and  "Khel  Yatra".  Yoga  is  an  unit  mentioned  in  the  textbook  for  all  stages.  The NCERT promotes yoga by organising the National Yoga Olympiad since 2016 that focuses on  holistic health  for  all  children.  The  Yoga  Olympiad  has  received encouraging response from students of the middle and secondary stages. The school children  from  all  States/UTs  and  National  Bodies  i.e.  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Samiti (NVS), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),  Council  for  the  Indian  School  Certificate  Examinations  (CISCE),  Vidya Bharati  and  Eklavya  Model  Residential  School  (EMRS)  along  with  four  Regional Institute of Education (RIES) of NCERT. However, the NCERT has been organising capacity building programmes in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for key resource persons to disseminate the modules to teacher educators and teachers to train school ambassadors on preventing and promotive measures to achieve health and well-being of all students.

The NCERT Science Textbooks for Classes VI-VIII (Curiosity series) include chapters and sections that incorporate Ayurvedic principles, such as daily and seasonal routines  (Dinacharya  and  Ritucharya),  diet,  health,  and  the  balance  between  body, mind,  and  environment.  The  initiative  aims  to  provide  students  with  a  scientific understanding of traditional Indian knowledge systems and promote health consciousness. Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India (Class 11 & 12 optional textbook),  for  senior  secondary  students  includes  a  chapter,  or  sections  within  a chapter, that introduce the history and fundamental concepts of Ayurveda, framing it within the context of India's traditional knowledge heritage.

- (b) Approximately 28,000 CBSE schools across India have been mandated to use these new  textbooks  already  for  the  academic  year  2025-2026.  State  Board  schools  in several  states  have  already  started  integrating  Indian  Knowledge  Systems  (IKS) content into their school education.
- (c) The NCERT textbooks have systematically incorporated Ayurveda components from the 6 th to 8 th standards. NCERT has also developed Training and Resource Material on Health and Wellness of School-going children under the aegis of Ayushman Bharat. This  material  is  developed  in  collaboration  with  the  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family Welfare. All the eleven modules that are: - Growing up Health, Emotional Well-being and Mental Health, Interpersonal Relationships, Values and Responsible Citizenship, Gender  Equality,  Nutrition,  Health  and  Sanitation,  Prevention  and  Management  of Substance  Misuse,  Promotion  of  Healthy  Lifestyle,  Reproductive  Health  and  HIV Prevention, Safety and Security against Violence and Injuries, Promotion of Safe Use of Internet, Gadgets and Media. The thrust of these modules are on achieving holistic physical  and  mental  wellbeing  of  adolescent  children  in  the  age-group  of  10  to  19 years.

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