NewzVille Desk
UNESCO, in partnership with CBSE and NCERT, conducted the eleventh capacity-building workshop under the School Health and Wellness Programme (SHWP) in New Delhi this week. The workshop forms a key part of the national strategy to expand the cadre of Master Trainers who will implement the programme across 30,000 CBSE-affiliated schools, with the goal of reaching 15 million adolescent learners nationwide.
In June and July this year, over 290 school principals, leaders, and educators from 22 states and 5 union territories, including Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, participated in the workshop.
Under NCERT’s leadership and with support from UNESCO, a 24-hour curriculum, training modules, and facilitator guides were developed to support implementation.
In addition, UNESCO and NCERT have co-developed animation videos, and a comic book based on the 11 themes of the School Health and Wellness Programme including emotional well-being and mental health, gender equality, reproductive health, and responsible internet use. These resources, available in English, Hindi, and nine Indian languages.
