Books & Educational materials
The following books have been developed in English and Hindi for Class VI, VII and VIII students. The books are:
- “On the way to being Healthy”. Workbook #1
- “On the way to being Healthy”. Teacher’s Manual for Book #1
- “On the way to being Healthy”. Workbook #2
- “On the way to being Healthy”. Teacher’s Manual for Book #2
Education policy
2016
2017-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
The Comprehensive School Health Program was implemented in 13 schools of Delhi and Chandigarh area. There were 7 schools in Delhi NCR and 6 in Chandigarh area with a total of 2500 Class VI students. Tarang again received a CSR Grant from Lal PathLabs Foundation. All classes were offline.
Tarang signed MOU with CWC (Crack the Wellness Code) Foundation on Feb 2, 2023. The purpose of the MOU is to facilitate Health Education among children of Rajasthan with the long-term goal of changing education policy so that Health Education is mandatory at each grade level and all schools in Rajasthan. CWC funds the program.2023-2024
Tarang partnered with 9 schools in Delhi NCR and Chandigarh area to implement CSHP. It is being funded through a CSR grant from Lal Pathlabs Foundation. There are about 3300 students in these schools. CWC executed CSHP in 5 private schools in Jaipur with a total of 370 students.
Tarang signed MOU with Dept of Education, Haryana on Jan 24, 2024.The purpose of the MOU is to implement the CSHP for Class VI & VII students in 12 government schools in 2024-25. There are three schools in Gurugram, two in Faridabad and 7 in Panchkula. The DOE Haryana would ensure that two periods per week are allocated for each student in these schools and committed to organizing at least six one-hour sessions for parents of these students during the academic year. Tarang would provide the infrastructure and teach students health for at least two periods per week at no cost to the schools.
2024-2025
We implemented the health education curriculum across 12 government schools in Haryana, where all instructional delivery was undertaken by trained Tarang employees, and across 12 private schools in the Delhi NCR and Chandigarh regions, where classroom instruction was primarily led by the respective school teachers. We also delivered the programme in private schools in Jaipur in collaboration with the NGO Crack the Wellness Code (CWC).
Consistent implementation of the curriculum resulted in a marked improvement in students’ health behaviours. Among students in government schools, mean health behaviour scores increased significantly from 66 to 84, demonstrating a substantial positive shift in health-related knowledge, attitudes, and everyday health practices.2025-2026
During the academic year 2025-26, we implemented the Comprehensive School Health Program across 8 schools in the Delhi NCR region and 9 schools in the Chandigarh region, of which 12 are government schools. A total of over 6,000 students participated in the programme, including 3,869 students from government schools.
In addition, we collaborated with the NGO Crack the Wellness Code (CWC) to deliver health education programmes in schools in Jaipur. The NLK Group of Schools also initiated our health education programme as a pilot intervention in one of their schools in Kanpur.
Our long-term goals are
- To improve the implementation of the CSHP so that there is a significant improvement in health behavior of school children. children.
This requires
- Improvement in the curriculum
- Better trained and motivated teachers
- Greater involvement of parents of the students
- Greater involvement of the school administration.
- To help change policy of NCERT, the education boards (CBSE, ICSE etc.) and state education boards so that health education is mandatory at every grade level and in every school.