Health checkups are essential for students, particularly in rural areas. To ensure that every student undergoes these health checkups under the National Child Health Program (NCHP), the School Education and Public Health Departments will now coordinate to create a year-round schedule for the same.

To make this mandatory, in a meeting held earlier this week, the School Education Minister Dadaji Bhuse directed the officials that schools must be informed in advance, and checkups should be conducted in the presence of parents. He also suggested developing an app to ensure that no student is deprived or misses these health checkups.