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Eyes are one of the most precious sense organs. They contribute greatly to one's learning capacities right from the childhood.

Keeping this in mind, Suncity School, sector-54 organized an interactive and informative session with an ophthalmologist, Mrs. Shagun Sood on Thursday, 5th May 2022.

During this session, children learnt that ophthalmologists handle all the medical aspects of eye care, including treatment, surgery and the prescription of contact lenses and glasses.

The objective for conducting this session was to spread awareness that taking care of our eyes is important and also to educate children about the effective steps that can be taken in this direction. She encouraged children to adopt healthy lifestyle choices to ensure that they have good vision always.

Dr. Shagun also spoke about the problems that screens are known to cause in children - blurriness, visual fatigue and dry eyes. This is because children do not blink as often when they are staring at a screen. According to her, a survey found that, 80 percent of children aged 10 to 17 reported having burning, itchy or tired eyes after using mobile devices and computers for long hours. She briefed the children about the acceptable level of screen time which is not harmful, importance of correct lighting while studying and various exercises that they can do to ensure they have healthy vision. The teachers reiterated the same in the class and briefed the children about ‘SDG 3 – Good Health and Well -Being’.

A short quiz and a song concluded the session, the children enjoyed participating in this interactive session.