Rethinking School Health : A Key Component of Education for All

Education is one of the most important drivers of the development of individuals and societies. It not only has powerful implications for the creation of human capacity, but also helps people realize their full potential and expand their connections with the world. Economic analyses repeatedly demonstrate that education gives a high economic return within the life - span of an individual and is a key factor underlying the economic growth of nations. Viewed from these perspectives, the decision at the turn of the millennium of governments and development partners to pursue the goal of Education for All (EFA) was not only an important contribution to one sector, but the launch of an endeavor with major implications for the future of humanity. The early perception of the goal of EFA was that all children should have access to education-every child should be able to exercise the right to go to school. This limited goal soon broadened to address the quality of the education that a child received at school and the factors that ensured the child was able to stay in school long enough to learn enough. These additional objectives have expanded the goal of EFA, so that it now aims to ensure that every child has the opportunity to complete an education of good quality, although definitions of quality and completeness remain under discussion. The question now is not whether school health and school feeding programs are necessary to EFA, but how they can be implemented at meaningful scale in the poorest countries, which need them the most.

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Main Author:	Bundy, Donald
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011-02-24
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ADEQUATE CLASSROOMS, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS, AGE GROUPS, AIDS EPIDEMIC, ANEMIA, ARI, BARRIERS TO EDUCATION, BASIC LEARNING, BASIC LEARNING NEEDS, CHEMOTHERAPY, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOMS, CLINICS, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, COGNITIVE FUNCTION, COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH, CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS, CRIME, DEMAND FOR EDUCATION, DENTISTRY, DIABETES, DIARRHEA, DIET, DISABILITIES, DROPOUT RATES, EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS, EATING HABITS, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, EDUCATION GOALS, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ENROLLMENT, EPIDEMICS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY LIFE, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, FEE ABOLITION, FOLIC ACID, FRIENDLY SCHOOL, FRIENDLY SCHOOLS, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER IMBALANCES, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER SENSITIVE, GIRLS, GIRLS IN EDUCATION, GLOBAL EDUCATION, GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH MESSAGES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROVIDERS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH-PROMOTING SCHOOLS, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HYGIENE, IMBALANCES IN EDUCATION, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INFECTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERVENTION, IRON, IRON SUPPLEMENTS, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, LEARNING INSTITUTION, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LIFE SKILLS, LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION, LIFE-SKILLS, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MCH, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL SCHOOL, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NURSES, NUTRITION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITION PROGRAM, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, OBESITY, ORAL HEALTH, ORPHANS, OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION, PARITY, PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION, PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS, PEDIATRICS, PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, POOR CHILDREN, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY LEARNING, QUALITY SCHOOLS, REPEATERS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RISK FACTORS, RISK GROUPS, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SANITATION, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL CURRICULA, SCHOOL DROPOUT, SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL FEE, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL HEALTH, SCHOOL HEALTH ACTIVITIES, SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS, SCHOOL HEALTH PROMOTION, SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES, SCHOOL HYGIENE, SCHOOL MEAL, SCHOOL MEALS, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL PROGRAM, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOL-AGE CHILD, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOLCHILDREN, SCHOOLING, SCREENING, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL HEALTH, SEXUALITY, SEXUALITY EDUCATION, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SUPPORT, STATE SCHOOLS, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUNTING, TEACHER, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEXTBOOKS, TOBACCO, TOBACCO USE, UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNWANTED PREGNANCY, VIOLENCE, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, WORKERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
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