Water bell concept comes to Warangal

Warangal: The bells in schools to chime three more times than they used to. Taking a cue from Kerala, which is known for implementing best practices in schools, all the schools in Telangana will soon have 'water bells'.

In a 'one-of-its-kind' initiative, schools in Kerala and Karnataka have already introduced an exclusive water bell thrice a day to remind the students to pick up their bottles and drink water.

The aim of water bell is to make students drink enough water every day without fail to avoid health complication including thirst and dry mouth, drowsiness, decreased urine output, headache, muscle cramps, etc.

Quite often, the parents complain about their wards not drinking enough water during their stay in schools. They say that their wards were returning home with full water bottles without drinking them.

Against this backdrop, the practice of ringing a bell at school thrice a day was started first in Kerala with an objective to remind the children to drink water.

Schools in Karnataka have picked up the idea and have started to implement it. Not far behind them, Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy had issued a directive to all district education officers to implement the 'water bell' concept in schools with immediate effect.

For the first time in Warangal, the Ekasila Educational Society has introduced water bell initiative in all its institutes.

As a precursor, it organised a massive programme on the Ekasila High School campus in Pembarthy under Hasanparthy mandal on Saturday. A large number of students from across its other schools participated in the programme.

Speaking to The Hans India, Ekasila Educational Society Chairman Gouru Thirupathi Reddy said: "The initiative is to inculcate the habit of drinking enough water among the children.

The bell rings thrice a day alerting the children to pull out their water bottles and have a gulp or two. The onus is on teachers to see the children make it a habit."

"It's essential to drink enough water to allow hassle free physiological processes such as circulation, metabolism, temperature regulation, and waste removal.

Not just the children but also the adolescents often forget to take adequate water due to fast-paced life," said, Dr A Naresh, a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Sri Medilife Hospital in Hanamkonda.