Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan or KVS has launched a “Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat” campaign. Well over 12 lakh kids learning in Kendriya Vidyalaya or KV schools receive a physical nutrition and fitness profile card as part of this initiative. Prakash Javdekar, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD), established this initiative in 2017.

The Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat programme encourages pupils to eat a balanced diet, practice yoga, and maintain a routine. Therefore, physical fitness must be incorporated into schools to ensure students receive a high-quality education by adopting the Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat initiative in KV schools.

Children of all ages and abilities will get a thorough and inclusive report card in the Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat initiative. The program’s goal is to improve awareness among kids, teachers, and parents about the significance of excellent health and fitness and encourage 60 minutes of play each day, according to a statement from the HRD Ministry.

The Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat programme also instils Olympic and Paralympic ideals in schools. Bring childhood back to youngsters by including physical exercise and leisure games into the learning process. In addition, the programmes aim to motivate future great achievers in different games and sports of distinction, use technology for data collecting and analytics, and provide access to schools, parents, and instructors.

Providing all students with a high-quality education:

The Modi government, according to Javadekar, aims to boost the country’s education system by empowering general education. However, the government also needs to ensure that everyone gets a good education. Kerala’s Kendriya Vidyalayas are higher than Kendriya Vidyalayas in other states. In addition, the minister believes that a system that involves children as a part of family responsibilities is necessary.

As part of the curriculum, the union minister engaged with kids from Kendriya Vidyalaya. There was also a Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat exhibition, and a yoga demonstration by children.

Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat Programme Objectives

• School children’s report cards are inclusive and thorough, including all age groups and children with special needs.
• Creating a report card with different facts about the pupils, such as height, wake-up time, nutrition, sleep, sports participation, and so on
• Making instructors, students, and parents realize the benefits of excellent health and fitness encourages them to participate in 60 minutes of daily play.
• Instilling Paralympic and Olympic ideals in students
• Making outdoor recreation games and physical exercise an intrinsic element of the education process to bring childhood back to youngsters
• Motivating powerful and excellent athletes in various sports and games to strive for excellence

Focus Areas: Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat Programme:

The Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat programme seeks to help kids acquire the following skills:

• For locomotor skills, speed (Age 5-8 years) &  agility (Age 9-19 years)
• For Manipulative abilities, flexibility (age 5-8 years), and explosive leg power (Age 9-19 years)
• For Body Management, abdominal muscular endurance (Age 5-8 years), and yoga (Age 9-19 years)

The Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat Programme owns several benefits:

• Creating a harmonic balance between academic and non-academic sectors to reduce academic stress
• Parents, teachers, students, and society will be more aware of the need for physical health.
• It makes people aware of the need for good hygiene, a well-balanced diet, and a clean environment
• Demonstrating an environmentally responsible and physically active KV campus
• Inspiring differently-abled pupils to participate in the Paralympics and encouraging them to prepare for and compete in the games
• The ‘FITKVIAN App’ is introduced, displaying student progress reports.

About Kendriya Vidyalaya:

• Under the title ‘Central Schools,’ the system was established in 1963.
• Kendriya Vidyalayas are central government’s public schools. The Ministry of Human Resource Development runs it. There are 1,094 Kendriya Vidyalayas in India and three in other countries.
• The initial goal was to teach Indian Defence Forces troops stationed in distant areas.
• The Central Board of Secondary Education/CBSE got all schools connected.
• All central government personnel was given access to Army Public Schools.
• With its main headquarters, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is in charge of administration.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Characteristics:

• Share a standard curriculum.
• Bilingual teaching in English and Hindi is available.
• Co-educational.
• Sanskrit is a compulsory subject in schools VI through VIII.
• From class IX onwards, males must pay tuition fees.
• Students must contribute to the school’s future fund (Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi), with the revenues going toward the school’s growth.
• Tuition expenses are waived for students from Scheduled Castes & Communities and children of KVS personnel.
• From class VI onwards, only girls are free from tutoring and school development fund contributions.

Conclusion:

The Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat initiative raises physical activity awareness among schoolchildren, teachers, and parents. This programme makes physical activity a part of the school curriculum for children and actively engage in sports.