Question

You are Priya / Pranav, a former school teacher. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily highlighting the need to prioritize health and fitness of children in schools today. Emphasize on the need to play sports, eat nutritious food, and involvement of families in setting positive examples. Draft the letter using your own ideas as well as the cues given below.

• Importance of forming good habits
• Promotion of constructive leisure activities
• Significance of physical sport and daily exercise
• Importance of sleep and limiting screen time

(Write in 120-150 words.)

Hint:

Use the formal letter format and cover all four cues in three or four short paragraphs within 120-150 words.

Answer 1

Step 1: Identify the format:
A letter to the editor is a formal letter. It needs the sender's address, date, the editor's address, subject, salutation, body, complimentary close and name.

Step 2: Write the model answer:
21, Lakeview Colony
Jaipur
10 September 2026

The Editor
The Daily Chronicle
Civil Lines, Jaipur

Subject: Need to prioritise the health and fitness of schoolchildren

Sir / Madam,
Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I wish to draw attention to the need to prioritise the health and fitness of children in our schools. As a former teacher, I have seen how habits formed in childhood shape a whole life.

Schools must make sport and daily exercise compulsory, since regular physical activity builds strong immunity and improves emotional well-being. Constructive leisure activities such as cycling, yoga and team games should replace hours of idle time. Nutritious food is equally important, and canteens should offer wholesome meals instead of junk food.

Sleep and screen time also need attention. Children who sleep early and limit screen use stay alert and calm. Families must set examples, because children copy what elders do. If parents and schools work together, our children will grow up healthy and happy.

Yours faithfully
Priya

Step 3: Check the marking points:
Format (1 mark): all parts of a formal letter. Content (2 marks): good habits, leisure activities, sport and exercise, sleep and screen time (any four points). Expression (2 marks): grammar, spelling, coherence.

Final Answer:
A formal letter to the editor of about 135 words that uses all four cues.