The State government is yet to take any decision on repeated pleas by organisations of Type 1 diabetics to provide training to teachers in State schools on caring for students with the chronic condition.
At present, summer vacation training for teachers includes a module prepared by the Kerala Social Security Mission as part of Mittayi, a State government project to provide medicines and care to children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D), but this is not adequate, say parents of children with the condition.
