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Government to open sport schools in 628
districts
Thursday February 14, 2013 08:17:18 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: As a part
of its long-term development plan to unearth talent for Olympic
sports, the sports ministry is planning to start sports schools in
all the 628 districts of the country.
Sports secretary P.K. Deb said the schools will be opened within a
period of 10 years. The schools will be set up as a public-private
partnerships, except in remote and disturbed areas, where such
projects may not be feasible.
Each schools, which may cost around Rs.31.8 crore each, will have
an athletic track, hockey and football fields, indoor halls and
fully equipped gymnasiums.
"We will have a district sports schools in all the 628 districts
of the country. Each school will accommodate some 100 boys and
girls. So we have around 628,000 youngsters, who are training in
different sports," said Deb here Wednesday.
Approximately 100 talented youngsters (50 girls and 50 boys) in
the 6-14 year age group will be identified through the ministry's
Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan Scheme (PYKKA).
The talents will be given admission in the DLSC and will be
provided with allowances for maintenance, diet and sports kit for
the years they spend in the school and continue to participate in
the special training programmes.
The government is likely to spend Rs.1,017 crore annually in
providing stipends and allowances to the 628,000 youngsters.
Each school will be staffed with at least four trained physical
education teachers, who will also act as district talent scouts
during the PYKKA and other competitions. At least one will be
trained in biomedics and will be given the responsibility of
identifying the sports discipline for each trainee.
These trainees will be provided with allowances for maintenance,
diet and sports kit for the years they spend in the school and
continue to participate in the special training programmes
designed for them.
At an appropriate age, the trainees will be sorted out and
assigned specific disciplines though a scientific process. The
individual sports curriculum will concentrate on the disciplines
identified as those for national programmes. However, the school's
facilities will also be open to other students who would like to
specialize.
If they do well and excel, they will be eligible for the next
stage and will be put in the government's centres of excellence.
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