Global Standard statements for Health Promoting Schools
Government policies and resources: There is whole-of-government commitment to and investment in making every school a health promoting school.
School policies and resources: There is commitment to and investment in a whole-school approach to being a health promoting school
School governance and leadership: there is a whole-school model of school governance and leadership to support being a health promoting school.
School and community partnerships: there is engagement and collaboration within the school community including with students and between the school and local communities for health promoting schools.
School curriculum support health and wellbeing: the school curriculum supports physical, social-emotional, and psychological aspects of student health and wellbeing.
School social-emotional environment: the school has a safe and supportive social-emotional environment.
School physical environment: the school has a healthy, safe, secure, and inclusive physical environment.
School health services: all students have access to comprehensive school-based or school-linked health services that address their physical, emotional, psychosocial, and educational healthcare needs.
Key objectives:
- Provide an outline about the initiative
- Present an overview on the two documents: “Global standards and indicators”, and the “Implementation guidance” and their complementarity
- Present the progress done so far by Botswana as an early adopter country