Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Health diet in CBSE textbooks right from Class I

The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) has approved Health and Physical Education as part of the curriculum.The subject will be compulsory for Classes I to X and optional for Class XI and Class XII.The subject will be taught initially in English, but the textbooks will later be translated into Hindi and regional languages.The subject will cover a wide range of topics like hygiene and sanitation, the human body,food and nutrition, common ailments and epidemics, health services, indigenous healers, health and consumerism, health rights, and reproductive health.

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