Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has notified all schools registered with the board to ensure health of children suffering from Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (TIDM), and adhere to the directives issued by the board.
According to a DIPR report, NBSE has informed that National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has taken cognizance on the petitions received from parents of the children diagnosed with juvenile diabetes or Type 1 diabetes in the country. Since children spend one third of the day in school, NCPCR maintained that it was the duty the schools to ensure that children with TIDM are provided with proper care and required facilities.
In this regard, NBSE notified all schools to adhere the following directives –
A. A child with Type-1 diabetes, who requires a mid-morning or mid- afternoon snack should be permitted by the class teacher to consume it.
B. The child can participate in sports as advised by medical person.
C. Children with Type -1 diabetes giving their school exams and other competitive exams may be considered for the following-
- Permitted to carry sugar tablets with them.
- Medicines/fruits, snacks, drinking water, some biscuits/ peanuts/ dry fruit should be allowed into the exam hall and kept with teacher, if required these items shall be given to children during the examinations.
- The staff should permit the child to carry a glucometer and glucose testing strips along with him/her into the exam hall which may be kept with Invigilator/ Teacher.
- The child should be permitted to test blood sugar and consume the above-mentioned items as per requirements.
- Children using CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring), FGM (Flash Glucose Monitoring) and/ or insulin pumps have to be given permission to retain these devices during exams as they are attached to the body of the said child. In case a smart phone is used as a reader, it may be handed over to the Teacher/ Invigilator to monitor the blood sugar levels.