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Background

NHPC has established 14 Educational Institutions (Kendriya Vidyalayas/ DAV Public School).
The Children of all the 14 locations have formed a Social Well being & Health Club in their respective Schools.
The Club started functioning from a What’s App Group created for initiating the activities of the Club with has all the 14 School Principals and Cub In-charges in the group.
The Club In-Charges post the snapshots of the activities of their Clubs on the What’s App Group.

Importance of Well Being at Schools

Schools have an essential role to play in supporting students to make healthy lifestyle choices and understand the effects of their choices on their health and well-being. Childhood and adolescence is a critical period in the development of long-term attitudes towards personal well-being and lifestyle choices. The social and emotional skills, knowledge and behaviour that young people learn in the classroom help them build resilience and set the pattern for how they will manage their physical and mental health throughout their lives.
Schools are able to provide students with reliable information and deepen their understanding of the choices they make. They also provide students with the intellectual skills required to reflect critically on these choices and on the influences that society brings to bear on them, including through peer pressure, advertising, social media and family and cultural values.
There is a direct link between well-being and academic achievement and vice versa, i.e. well-being is a crucial prerequisite for achievement and achievement is essential for well-being. Strong, supportive relationships provide students with the emotional resources to step out of their intellectual ‘comfort zone’ and explore new ideas and ways of thinking, which is fundamental to educational achievement.

Key Activities

Student well-being at school begins with helping students feel that they are understood and valued as an individual in their own right, and that school life has a meaning and purpose for them. This can be achieved in a variety of small ways, the cumulative effect of which can have a very powerful influence on students’ sense of well-being. These include:

Developing a welcoming environment where everyone at school can feel supported and safe through access to meaningful activities, e.g. clubs, societies, interest groups and associations dealing with issues of concern to young people, including health;
Using teaching methods that contribute to a positive classroom climate and well-being, e.g. cooperative learning, student-centred methods, self-organised time, outdoor activities;
Finding curriculum opportunities to talk about well-being issues with students, e.g. healthy eating, exercise, substance abuse, positive relationships etc.
Encouraging healthier eating by providing healthy options in the school canteen, e.g. avoiding high amounts of sugar, saturated fats and salt;
Working with parents to enhance students’ achievement and sense of purpose in school, e.g. on healthy food, safe internet use and home-school communication.

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Dr. Chandrakant LahriyaEpidemiologist, Vaccinologist, Public health & policy expert and writer