Nearly 70 per cent of city’s primary and secondary schools have already joined Whole School Health Programme in 2024-25 academic year
Hong Kong authorities will step up efforts to encourage more schools, including international ones, to join a government programme that aims to promote students’ health, with nearly 70 per cent of the city’s institutions already part of it.
The Department of Health said that 808 institutions joined the Whole School Health Programme during the 2024-25 academic year, and tailor-made health reports and recommendations for participating schools would be released on Tuesday.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, a department consultant of community medicine, said the number of schools that had taken part had surpassed the original target of 600.
She said the department would continue promoting the programme and urged more institutions, including international schools, to sign up.
