7 July

A seminar on promoting school health  in  Yangon  Region  was  held yesterday in Yangon yes-terday, with an opening address by  Union  Minister  for  Health  and Sports Dr Myint Htwe.

Speaking at the event, the Union  Minister  stressed  the  importance  of  the  seminar  in  promoting  health  and  fitness  of the country’s students which has  a  population  of  about  9.7  million.

He also called on regional social affairs ministers to lead the programme joining hands with  the  officials  of  the  edu-cation  and  health  and  sports  sectors.

He also stressed the impor-tant role of the heads of schools, teachers, parents, school chil-dren  and  representatives  of  the Students Unions in imple-menting the school health pro-gramme and activities.

Union  Minister  Dr  Myint  Htwe also called for heads and teachers of schools to enforce the  rules  for  the  school  foot  stalls so that students can get safety and nutritious food.

He also called for carrying out fitness activities for students in collaboration with the respec-tive township Sports and Phys-ical  Education  Departments  with the system of monitoring, evaluation and checklist, prom-ising that the Ministry of Health and  Sports  would  support  the  activities.

Following  his  address,  Yangon  Region  Social  Affairs  Minister U Naing Ngan Lin also made opening remarks. At the seminar, Daw Sandar, Director of Yangon Region Public Health Department detailed the plans for  promoting  school  health  in  accordance with the nine tasks of the programme and seven di-rectives of the State Counsellor.

The attendees of the semi-nar took part in the discussion.

Before the seminar, Union Minister  Dr  Myint  Htwe  at-tended  a  ceremony  to  accept  the 1000 bottles of hand wishing liquid donated by Okka Thiri Co Ltd  to  the  Ministry  of    Health  at  the  building  of  the  Ministry  of Health and Sports in Bagan Township. —MNA (Translat-ed by Kyaw Zin Lin)