principles

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

SCHOOL HEALTH AND NUTRITION

_{PRINCIPLES
OF HEALTH EDUCATION}

_{School health education should:

_{- view health as more than the absence of disease}

_{- utilise all educational opportunities for health: formal and informal, traditional
and alternative; inside and outside the school.}

_{- harmonise all of the health messages}

_{- empower students to act for healthy living and to promote conditions supportive of
health}

_{- establish a basis for lifelong learning and promotion of health}

_{- foster interaction between schools, the community, parents and local services}

_{- ensure a healthy school environment}}