Health education in schools

Health education is about building students’ knowledge and educating them about health. This includes awareness about mental, physical, social, intellectual as well as environmental health. Health education, no doubt is important for all age groups but awareness about health at school level is much more important. Studies have revealed that students who got education about their health issues, tend to get higher grades than students who did not get this education.

Absenteeism ratio appears to be declining due to health education, but how? When in schools, children are taught about health through activities, they blithely take part in those activities and learn from them. For example, if there is a chance of emergence of viral or infectious disease, then schools can conduct seminars in which they provide maximum awareness about that disease. This also includes explanation and demonstration of ways to save oneself from that disease.

This not only includes physical health but education about mental and intellectual health is also important. For a student, an active and healthy mind is very important if he is to perform well in studies. Sometimes we misunderstand the mental health issues of students and consider them their incapilibilty. There is a need of providing education and knowledge about these issues. This awareness would ultimately lead to better health of students and they will actively participate in studies.