Special health card issued to 12 lakh students of govt schools in Jammu and Kashmir

Under an initiative of the Union Human Resource Development Ministry, a special health card will be issued to the students of government schools by the government.

The health card will have the information of the students on the basis of their age. It will have their medical history including weight, their diseases, if any, and treatment of those diseases.

The health card has been issued to 12 lakh students of various government schools in Jammu and Kashmir.

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal ''Nishank'' and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan met on Monday to discuss about the health of the students.

"Teachers are the best guides of children and now they will also work as ambassadors of health for them. They will organise an hour-long session every week for 24



weeks, where important information will be shared with the students through cultural activities. This will be implemented in secondary, higher secondary and intermediate schools. In other districts, this will be implemented from next year, Nishank said.

"Health cards will be distributed among the students of all government schools. It will have complete health records of students. This includes immunization records, biennial examinations, health issues since birth, diseases and issues related to their development along with a list of current disorders among children and their initial diagnostics."

The HRD Minister expressed the hope that this will help the students to perform well on the academic front as well as keep them healthy so that they will develop skills to deal with the situations they will face in their life.