Some people feel that Schools do not
teach children how to stay healthy anymore? To what extent do you agree or
disagree.
Education
and health of children have always been top priority. Since the advent of 20th
century, appropriate focus has been laid on training children in academics and
educating them about leading healthy lives. But as per some, the focus seems to
be shifting as schools do not prioritize health education anymore, though there
are some who feel otherwise.
The focus
of educational institutions has gradually shifted to prioritizing academic
excellence and finesse. To see this through, the faculties put whole hearted
efforts into training students for better academic accomplishments. With the multitude
of efforts being put into encouraging and preparing pupils for higher academic output,
educational establishments are left with little time to teach young learners
about leading healthy lives, for instance, several schools have shelved extracurricular
activities from syllabus, and replaced them with academic discipline.
Moreover,
although many schools still profess about ensuring comprehensive personality
development of young learners, and such institutions heavily publicize various
activities aimed at fostering healthy habits among children, much publicized talk
about health education is merely a lip service, as the schools seem to be
pursuing commercial goals, and they are least bothered about the overall development
of the kids.
However,
some people really feel that schools are still continuing with the mission of
fostering healthy habits among the children, and even though the schools do not
include any formal health programs in regular syllabus, the educational
establishments regularly organize such workshops and activities that invite
participation from established health practitioners and students. This in turn,
inspires young learners to follow precedents of professionals, and learn about
leading healthy lives.
To conclude,
I personally feel schools seem to have lost the way in pursuit of better academic
pursuits, and have ignored the need of teaching pupils about healthy lives.
