DG lauds ‘two sports periods a week’ policy

LAHORE, Feb 22 (APP):Director General (DG) Sports Board Punjab (SBP),
Nadeem Sarwar has lauded Education Department’s revolutionary
policy of ‘two sports periods a week’ and participation of every
student in sports activities in schools.
Nadeem Sarwar here on Friday said “The landmark initiative
of sports periods in schools to incline students towards sports
activities was taken by Punjab Sports Department. The SBP
has also commenced working to get maximum benefits out
of this handy policy”.He said Punjab Sports Minister, Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti had
also put emphasis on every student to take part in at least one
game at school or college a couple of months ago. “Young
students will definitely attract towards sports activities due
to this revolutionary measure.”
Nadeem Sarwar said fresh sports talent will emerge from
schools as a result of ‘two sports periods a week’ policy.
“The schools and colleges were best place where young students
can learn basics of different games. It’s our top priority
to bring male and female students towards sports from the young
age,” he explained.
DG Sports said that Punjab’s educational institutions had
regular sports periods in the past and this practice had produced
several world sports stars. “Unfortunately, the trend of sports
periods in educational institutions was not operational for
the past several years but now we were going to restore this
healthy practice,” he maintained.
He informed that sports grounds and gymnasiums laced with modern
facilities were present in almost every tehsil and district and
potential students must sharpen their sports skills there after
their school hours.