Government keen to introduce health studies at school level.

Government is planning to introduce health as a subject at school level for which consultations with the HRD ministry are underway. Government want to introduce this tTo help create awareness about non-communicable diseases and check their spread.

This was informed by director general of health services Jagdish Prasad here on Monday.

He said the initiative has been suggested by the health department to make aware children about diabetics at school level.

Prasad said consultations are underway with the ministry of human resource development (HRD) as well as the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare for preparing framework of the course, "which will be a compulsory subject".