Background: Amblyopia is when vision in one or both eyes does not develop properly during childhood. It is sometimes called lazy eye. Amblyopia is a common problem in babies and young children.

Material and Methods: A total of 5050 school children aged between 5 and 15years were screened in a population based cross sectional study.

Result: Out of 5000 patients, 50 were lost to follow up. Eventually our sample size reduced to 5000 patients.

Conclusion: In this study, the prevalence of amblyopia was 1.1% of the school children. Ametropia and anisometropia were the most common causes of amblyopia. We did not face any significant difference in amblyopia prevalence between rural and urban school children.

Keywords: Amblyopia, cross-sectional study, school children.

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Raktima Baksi (Mandal)

RMO-CT (Tutor), Dept. of Ophthalmology, Rampurhat Government Medical College, Birbhum