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The
Games and Sports Division was established in the year 2000 to
promote and strengthen games and sports in schools to foster
mass participation for healthy lifestyle and also provide
students with an opportunity to explore their talents. The
Division has now shifted its main focus toward mass
participation to build a foundation for sports and physical
activities in schools without undermining competition and
performance. Hence the philosophy of GSD is now based on
“education through sports” and today the programs of GSD are
centered on this ideal. The main objectives of the Division
are:
· To promote games and sports a
part of the schooling system to help young people perform better
academically and also to improve the quality of their life
through promotion of healthy lifestyle.
· To impart values through sports by
bringing children together to inculcate in them team spirit,
discipline and dignity in participation.
· Promote and encourage mass
participation of students to keep them meaningfully occupied in
sporting
and physical activities.
· To explore and promote inherent
talent in youth to pursue excellence in sports.
· To provide equal access and
opportunity for sports to all children irrespective of gender
and including children with special needs.
The activities of the Division are
implemented through the following programs:
Cluster based, Divisional and
Seasonal School Sports:
This program is designed to ensure
mass participation and provide opportunity to each and every
individual through an organization of sporting activities based
on the age and size of the students (divisions), proximity of
schools to each other (clusters) and carrying out the sporting
activities as per a fixed sports calendar (seasonal). To this
effect the Division prepares a guideline for sports
administrators on the annual school sport program and circulates
this soon after the commencement of the school season.
Sports
Leadership Courses for teacher trainees and in service teachers:
In order for schools to carry out
effective implementation of sporting activities in schools, it
is imperative to have a full time sports teacher. In the absence
of full time sport personnel, the Division conducts regular
training courses on games and sports for in service as well as
final year trainee teachers at the two colleges of school
education. These trained teachers act as the focal teachers and
implement the sporting activities in their respective schools.
Winter
youth sports and coaching programs:
Winter is the time when students are
on vacation and the division conducts regular coaching camps in
different sporting disciplines as well as tournaments for the
benefit of students and other young people. These programs are
carried out in collaboration with the Sport Federations in urban
areas with sizeable youth population and help in keeping the
youth away from anti social activities
Traditional Archery:
This event is organized annually
between the Higher Secondary Schools to promote and popularize
our national game.
Regional School Sports Meet:
This program is
conducted to promote the spirit of competitiveness in sports
among the schools in the different regions. Participating
students from schools in the regional meet are first selected at
the district level and these selected students compete with each
other at the regional sports meet. This event is necessary to
recognize students with talents for further enhancement
of
their potential through the sport
federations and also encourage students as a rewarding system
for their participation.
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