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CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION2, COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREET VIHAR, DELHI - 110092NO. CBSE/ACAD/HELATH/2007All the Heads of the institutionsaffiliated to CBSE20th June,2007Circular No. 29Subject : Comprehensive School Health Programme :Dear Principals,The Central Board of Scondary Education in continuation of its Circular No. 09 dated 31.5.2006regarding Comprehensive School Health Programme and creating Health Club in school would like toreiterate and create awareness about the following issues :1. School must have by now intiated the creation the creation of Health Clubs to implement theComprehensive School Health Programme.i) Health and Wellnesss Clubs in schools need to focus on over all well being comprisingmental and social health of the child. These would act as nodal centres for creating anenabling environment in the school to ensure an ambience of wellness and fosteringreventive health care.ii) The Constitution, responsibilities and objectives of a Health Club have already beenstated in the previous circular.iii) Activities for promoting health and wellness in schools have also been stated inthe circular.2. Comprehensive School Health ManualThe Comprehensive School Health Manual addressed a basic gap in schooling that has crept in over theyears. The is largely to do with the aspect of school health which has somehow been relegated tosporadic health check ups or in some cases a few hours of health instruction in the curriculum. It isimperative that something is done urgently to take up the issue of holistic health. The School HealthPolicy and now the Manual proposes to view health holistically, utilize all educational opportunities forhealth promotion including formal and informal aproaches in curriculum and pedagogy. Providing asafe school environment, an activity oriented health education curriculum to avoid health-relatedrisk behaviour, ensuring physical fitness activities and sports, providing nutritous snacks in the schoolcanteen, ensuring access to primary health care services, providing emergency care for illness orinjury, providing counselling services and integrated family and community activities and staff healthpromotion policy are some of the expectations that a school should fulfill as was advised earlier in thecircular issued to all schools regarding setting up of Health Clubs.Comprehensive School Health Manual will be available to all schools by August 2007.3. Health Websites :The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India has commissioned awebsite on Health Living (www.healthy-india.org) to address the concerns in India on the lifestylepreventable diseases.112