Eye on Olympics: Kejriwal govt’s Delhi Sports School to open from July
TNC Service/New Delhi
Aiming to increase India’s medal tally in Olympics, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led government is opening Delhi Sports School for students in 10 disciplines.
Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Wednesday took stock of construction of the campus and directed the officials to complete the work as soon as possible.
“Through Delhi Sports School, our aim is to nurture young talent and prepare them for international events by providing them with world-class facilities.
It is CM Kejriwal’s vision to make Delhi a Sports Capital, and the Delhi Sports University will play an important role in fulfilling this vision,” Atishi said.
The Minister said ‘education and sports have always been considered separately and sports were considered as just an option.
This is the reason why, despite having such a large population, we lag behind in the medal tally at the Olympics.
The Kejriwal government is working to change this perception and trying to create an environment where the athletes’ sport is their education.
And every citizen of the country can proudly say that sports are also a form of education,” she added.
It is to be noted that the school will start from this session for classes 6-9, for which students are being selected through talent scouting from across the country.
The Delhi Sports University will also collaborated with international institutions under which coaches from Universities abroad will provide training to children.
This school will provide training facilities for 10 Olympic sports.
This co-educational school for classes 6-12, will be fully residential and will provide separate accommodation facilities for boys and girls.
It will provide professional training facilities for 10 identified Olympic sports- archery, athletics, badminton, shooting, weightlifting, wrestling, boxing, swimming, table tennis and lawn tennis.
