Who gave the following recommendation? 'Health and physical education should continue to be compulsory subjects from the primary to the secondary stages.'

Who gave the following recommendation? 'Health and physical education should continue to be compulsory subjects from the primary to the secondary stages.' Correct Answer NCF 2005

The National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF 2005) is the fourth National Curriculum Framework published in 2005 by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India. Its predecessors were published in 1975, 1988, 2000.

Key PointsThis NCF 2005, draws attention to four other curricular areas: work, the arts and heritage crafts, health and physical education, and peace. 

• It also recommended that health and physical education should continue to be compulsory subjects from the primary to the secondary stages.
• It is widely acknowledged that health is influenced by biological,  social,  economic,  cultural, and political forces.
• Access to basic needs like food, safe drinking water supply, housing, sanitation, and health services influences the health status of a population, and these are reflected through mortality and nutritional indicators. 
• Health is a critical input for the overall development of the child, and it influences enrolment, retention, and school completion rates significantly. 
• This curriculum area adopts a holistic definition of health within which physical education and yoga contribute to the physical, social, emotional, and mental development of a child.

Thus, it is clear that the NCF 2005, gave the recommendation 'Health and physical education should continue to be compulsory subjects from the primary to the secondary stages.'