Joint Action Plan School Health and Nutrition 2071/72 – 2076/77 (2014/15 - 2019/20) .

This Joint Action Plan (JAP) 2071/72 – 2076/77 School Health and Nutrition is a cross-sectoral policy document at the national level covering 5 years period of 2014/15-2019/2020. The Goal of JAP is to contribute on development of physical, mental, emotional and educational status of school children.
The goal is supported by four strategic objectives (SO) of the School Health and Nutrition Strategy: SO1) Improve the use of SHN services; SO2) Improve healthy school environment; SO3) Improve health and nutrition behaviours and habits; SO4) Improve and strengthen community support system, and policy environment. Specific Objectives are proposed: To develop capacity of the schools for annual physical health screening on nutrition, vision, dental and hearing; To increase the number of School children receiving deworming and iron tablets; To develop capacity of schools for providing first aid services with appropriate first aid kits; To promote nutritious mid-day meal in school; To increase the number of schools with functioning latrines and hand washing facilities; To increase capacity of SHN focal teacher on School Health and Nutrition services; To promote healthy behaviours on School Health and Nutrition among children; To incorporate SHN program in School Improvement Plan (SIP)/annual work plan of schools.