The General Administration of school health and school health units of the Ministry of Education in areas which have the service, shall be moved from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Health. Provision of school health services shall be carried out by the organs of the Ministry of Health (hospitals and centers) throughout the Kingdom. An administrative unit called the "Department of School Health Affairs" shall remain in the Ministry of Education. A department shall also remain in the education departments in the regions and provinces. The two departments shall be responsible for the educational aspects and coordination in the field of school health with the concerned authorities in the Ministry of Health and facilitate the implementation of school health activity in schools. 2 - Tasks of school health activity which will remain in the Ministry of Education will include the following health services: A - Health and Physical Education, examination of fitness and health promotion. B - Environmental sanitation and occupational health of workers at the school. C - Nutrition education. D - provision of first aid inside the school. E - Mental health and counseling. Second: School health services (referred to in item First) shall be provided according to a number of measures including: 1 - Health services shall be directly provided in the school by a nurse who specializes in school health and shall be linked to the organizational management of school health at the Directorate General of Health Affairs in the region or the province. The nurse shall provide these services in a maximum of five schools. 2 - A doctor shall supervise a number of nurses. He shall be linked to the organizational management of school health at the Directorate General of Health Affairs in the region or province. 3 - The Ministry of Education shall name two teachers at each school with students numbering 100 students or more and one teacher at schools with students of less than 100 students to help the nurse in the implementation of the tasks of school health. The teacher charged with the tasks of school health shall be granted at least 8 weekly courses reduction of the weekly course quota. --More
