Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and to make a comparison between the ocular morbidity pattern in school going children of government and private schools of urban area of Amritsar. A school-based cross-sectional study design was adopted to examine children aged 5–15 years in randomly selected government and private schools of Amritsar. The prevalence of ocular morbidity was 18.92% (16.29% government, 21.05% private). Refractive errors showed a signicantly higher prevalence (P < 0.05%) in the private (19.94%) as compared to the government schools (14.91%). This study was the rst of its kind in Amritsar, it revealed that refractive errors, Squint, spring catarrh, seborrhoeic blepharitis and stye are important causes of ocular morbidities. Refractive errors were most common ocular disorder. The majority of the causes are either treatable or preventable. Ongoing school health program should be strengthened to reduce the prevalence of visual impairment due to refractive errors
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