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The Tribal Development Department (TDD) of the state government of Maharashtra runs the “Ashramshala” scheme, which aims at improving the educational status of children from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community in Maharashtra – a state with the second-highest concentration of tribal population after Madhya Pradesh....

The programme is based on the WHO’s framework of health promoting schools. It is adapted from the SEHER program and is aimed at developing an enabling environment the school to promote health among all school community members (i.e. students, teachers, staff, and parents). The program...