India, March 23 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) education department has decided to issue a letter to all private schools, urging them to fully cooperate with the civic health department in the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination programme.

As per the officials, some schools on Ahmednagar Road were hesitant to participate in the JE vaccination campaign. The schools were directing the students to take the vaccine doses in private facilities but were not ready to participate in the vaccination campaign.

The JE vaccine is mandatory, and no parental consent is required, said officials.

The vaccination drive is part of the second phase of a pilot project launched by the state health department on March 1 in Pune, Raigad, and Pa...