About
SIU - UNESCO CHAIR
The goals of UNESCO chair on school health education include creation of platform for research innovation and sharing of knowledge; uniting efforts of different governmental and non-governmental organization, universities, and institutions; funding and mobilizing resources; building capacities; and conducting and funding researches in the field of school health. SIU formed many partnerships on both national and regional levels.
Context and justification:
The school population in Sudan consists of about 7.9 million children of the age group 6-18 according to Sudan educational statistics 2014-2015. The goal of the school health program is to ensure that these children are healthy, capable of promoting their own health, the health of the family and the community and are able to optimally benefit from the educational opportunities provided. This includes opportunities provided to obtain correct information and develop life skills to prevent reproductive health problems, nutritional problems, substance abuse, stress, violence and communicable as well as non-communicable diseases which are the common problems among these children. Since the Health of the school child is a shared responsibility of the Ministries of Health and Education, a close collaboration is maintained between the sectors. Read More
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
- Focusing efforts and mobilizing resources in the field of school health through workshops and conferences.
- Encouraging and funding research in the field of school health.
- Building capacities of school health teachers.
- Assessing the effect of diet on intellectual development of children.
- To emphasize the need for school based nutritional education.
- Promoting lifelong healthy eating habits through comprehensive school health
