Chennai: With dengue cases reported across the state, the directorate of school education has issued guidelines with detailed steps that need to be taken to prevent the viral fever on school campuses.
In circular to chief educational officers on Monday, V.C.Rameswaramurugan, director of school education has urged school headmasters to create awareness about dengue and other viral fevers in prayer meetings.
“The headmasters should make sure that rainwater is not stagnated in the school campuses and there are no plastic wastes and old tyres which could be a breeding ground for mosquitoes,” he said in the circular.
“Students should be informed that aedes aegypti, the mosquito which spreads dengue fever is breeding on stagnated fresh water and it bites only during the day,” the circular added.
The circular also instructed headmasters to close the overhead water tanks, septic tanks and wells inside the schools besides spraying mosquito repellants if the schools had any open sewage.
“The students should be advised to go to nearby hospitals for further screening if there are any symptoms of viral fever,” Mr Rameswaramurugan said.
