Developing better strategies for school eye health screening in India

Comparing selected and all-class teachers Two studies which compared the training and use of a few selected teachers (STs) and use of ‘all class teachers’ (ACTs) or ‘more class teachers’ (MCTs) found that school screening with more teachers (i.e. fewer children screened per teacher) identified more ocular conditions requiring intervention, including refractive error. In both instances, improved accuracy was achieved without increasing the proportion of referred children.6,7