The Maharashtra government’s School Education and Sports Department, OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, and Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust have come together to expand access to eye care for children studying in government schools across the State, a note on the development said.The partnership will support a large-scale school eye health program aimed at screening two million students in classes 5 to 10, across Zilla Parishad and government schools over a three years from August 2026 to June 2029. A memorandum of understanding was signed in Mumbai, on the initiative, the note said. The Department of School Education and Sports will facilitate teacher training and coordinate school-based vision screening activities throughout the State. Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust will be the implementation partner, providing qualified optometry teams to conduct refraction services and coordinate spectacle distribution. OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation will provide technical expertise and support the program with 100,000 free prescription spectacles for students identified with refractive errors, the note said.The collaboration builds on a partnership aimed at improving children’s access to vision care since 2019. To date, the initiative has screened more than 680,000 children across 800 schools in 18 districts and provided over 63,000 spectacles, helping thousands of students overcome vision-related barriers to learning, it said.Published on August 25, 2026