SHILLONG: As the East Khasi Hills (EKH) Deputy Commissioner has asked District School Education Officer, to withhold the annual examination results of those students who refused to take Measles Rubella Vaccination (MRV), the Health Department has maintained that two Districts of East Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills are under pressure due to the low immunization rate and how they would increase the immunization in the district is their discretion.
Sources in Health and Family Welfare Department said that the overall 80 percentage of children in the state had already been vaccinated under the campaign
While most of the districts have performed very well with immunization of children from 80 percent to 100 percent, the percentage of immunized children in East Khasi Hills District is only 51 percent while it is 66 percent in South West Khasi Hills
Sources said that as the immunization in two districts were not upto the mark, both the districts were asked to make micro plans on how to achieve the target besides they were asked to take some measures to record high iimmunization
“ it is the discretion of the district administration and the district MR team on how to increase the numbers and department would not like to interfere with their plan of action,” Sources said adding that the state government was expecting two districts to witness high immunization when other districts of the state have witnessed very high immunization
The decision of the district administration to withhold the annual examination results of those students who refused to take Measles Rubella Vaccination have already received flak from different NGOs in the state.
