MySuru: Personnel of the Ministry of Health visited educational institutions to launch vaccination drives for students in the age group 15 to 18, according to the national plan.
However, the biggest headache faced by secondary school and the Principal of PU convinced students to get vaccination.
The Ministry of Health has made a complicated plan to include students, including creating awareness of vaccine doubts, by managing meetings of parents.
According to parents, principals, and principals from MySuru, although the health department officials visit the Institute, responses from students are not encouraging, and many parents do not agree to allow their children to be vaccinated.
“Vaccine doubts found between the public in the early days of the drive, are now reported among students too.
When we hold meetings with students, they say they will decide whether to be inoculated against Covid-19, after taking permission From their parents, “said a PU headmaster from the city.
“Many students are not sure about the importance of getting vaccinations, and there are also many fears in this matter,” he said.
Parents have decided to wait for some time, before receiving the phone.
“At school my son, the teacher asked permission for him to be vaccinated, but I had not made a decision.
I would rather wait for a few days, to find out whether vaccination actually helped or not,” said Subramaya K H, parents of class X students from the city.
Santosh Kumar, mysuru district representative from management related to elementary and secondary schools (KAMS), said that counseling was the key to convincing children to be investigated against Covid-19.
“In many houses, parents and grandparents have not been vaccinated.
This is a challenge.
We ask students to convince their parents to get vaccinations,” he said.
“The actual scenario will be revealed, only when the Ministry of Health staff manages the vaccine,” he said.
President Federation PU State Kinnur Shivegowda told that the teacher worked convincing students to get vaccination.
D Shashikumar, Secretary General of Management of Primary and Secondary Schools is related, saying that negativity should not spread about vaccination.
“The Ministry of Health has a plan for vaccination.
We hold counseling for children to be invested.
Vaccination is all interests,” he said.
According to the Ministry of Health Commissioner D Randeep, the department launched several initiatives to create awareness among their students and parents, about the importance of getting vaccination.
“Schools and colleges will meet parents-teachers before the vaccination program begins.
Awareness will also be made through other modes, at the local level, to emphasize the vaccination of these vulnerable groups.
The vaccination protocol set by the Indian government will be followed.
Efforts will be made To explain the benefits of vaccination at this time of pandemic.
Every concern or worries of parents will be overcome by the Indian Academy of PaediaTrics (IAP), which will be invited to remove doubts.
Audio messages and radio talks by well-known pedestist pediatrists are planned, to convince students and people They are about the importance of being vaccinated, “he said.