CBSE Board to Incorporate Sports into Syllabus: Kiren Rijiju

Guwahati, October 30, 2019:

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (independent charge) Kiren Rijiju has announced that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been preparing a system to ensure that sports becomes a significant part of education in India.

Kiren Rijiju mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already announced the setting up a Board to disseminate Sports Education in the nation, along with making it a part of the education through the CBSE syllabus.

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Sports will become a part of education under the new education policy of the Indian Government and this has been done as it is treated as an extra-curricular activity, he added.

Rijiju also mentioned that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports are in touch with Human Resources Development Ministry in this regard.

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Claiming that India will become a 'sporting powerhouse' in the future, Rijiju added that Modi government is treating sports as its "greatest priority ever".

The minister, who is also a sports enthusiast, said that one cannot create a champion overnight, so to go to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, preparation is needed, he said.

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