Vijay Goel, Sports minister today said that if sports is to be given its due importance, it should be made a compulsory subject in schools. He added that marks should be given to the students as per level of involvement in sports.
Mr. Goel was addressing to the 64th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). He said including sports would help in curtailing the growing incidences of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases among children.
Effective steps should be taken to ensure that the full potential of sports is realized. He also emphasized that all the schools should have a proper sports set up and playing field. And those institutes which don’t have their own play fields should tie up with their neighboring institutes.
Every school must have a physical education teacher. Schools should have sports quota and relaxation should be given to those in sports for attendance and appearing in the examination, added the minister.