NEP school nutrition and health – UGC NET Question

NEP 2020 links learning with health and nutrition, recommending continued and possibly expanded school meal programmes (for example, adding breakfast) and regular health check-ups through convergence with health and nutrition schemes.

Option A:
Ending nutrition programmes would particularly harm disadvantaged students and goes directly against NEP’s equity and health goals.

Option B:
This option is correct because it captures NEP’s emphasis on robust school-based nutrition and health services as part of an enabling learning environment.

Option C:
Commercial energy drinks do not address balanced nutrition or long-term health and are never proposed by the policy.

Option D:
Placing all responsibility on families ignores the role of schools in supporting vulnerable children and coordinating with health departments.