Foundation wants teachers to pay attention to pupils’ health

Nigeria Tulip International Colleges’ Foundation (NTICF) has said parents and teachers should take greater interest in the health of the pupils.

This is sequel to the results from a health-screening exercise conducted in 20 rural public primary schools by the foundation and Federal Capital Territory’s Universal Basic Education Board.

The exercises revealed rampant effects of nutritional deficiencies, malaria parasites and various forms of urine infections in schools.

Two heads of departments from the FCT UBEC, Mr. Adebayo Yusuf and Mrs. R. M. Lawal who supervised the exercise along with the NTICF’s co-coordinator, Mr. Behlul Fatih Basaran, said that there were few cases with malignant infections that required serious treatment with antibiotics.

A few serious health cases were referred to Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja for surgery and other treatments.

Hundreds od pupils were examined in various schools including LEA Primary School, Area 1 (449); LEA Primary School, Gwarinpa 2 ( 730); LEA Primary School, Mabushi (633); LEA Primary School, near Karu (414); LEA Primary School, Demagaza (198); LEA Primary School, Apo Legislative Qtrs (874); Abuja Children’s Home, Karu (676) and LEA Primary School Aleyita, along Airport Road (319).

Others were LEA Primary School, Festival Road (676); LEA Nomadic Primary School, Mpape (307); LEA Primary School, Durumi 1 (691); LEA Primary School, FHA, Lugbe (884); LEA Primary School, Galadimawa (320); LEA Primary School, Garki Village (1, 103); LEA Primary School, Utako (544); LEA Primary School, Gwagwa (1, 735); LEA Primary School, Wuse 3 (168); LEA Primary School, Idu-Gbagyi (220); LEA Primary School, Pyakasa (253), and; LEA Primary School, Karimo-Sabo 2 (453).