Lok Sabha Question No. 2860 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Sports Exposure
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2860 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2016

Sports Exposure

2860. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether sports has failed to receive the importance and exposure which it deserves;
- (b) whether there is any proposal to make athletics, swimming and gymnastics compulsory games for students in schools; and
- (c) if not, the details of urgent and drastic efforts taken/proposed to be taken to imbibe the spirit of sports in the young minds?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- No, Madam.  It is not true that sports has failed to receive the importance and exposure which it  deserves  as  there  is  increased awareness amongst youth of the country about the importance of sports and benefits of sports in health, fitness and overall personality
- (a) development.
- (b) & (c): Matter pertains to Ministry of Human Resource Development who  has,  inter-alia,  intimated  that  as  per  the  National  Curriculum Framework  (NCF),  2005,  Health  and  Physical  Education,  which includes sports, is a compulsory subject from classes I to X and an optional subject at the higher secondary stage.  However, education is a subject in the Concurrent List and most of the schools are under the purview of the State / Union Territory Governments.

The details of steps taken to be taken to imbibe the spirit of sports  in  the  young  minds  as  intimated  by  Ministry  of  Human Resource Development are enclosed as Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2860 to be answered on 15.3.2016 regarding 'Sports Exposure' by Shri Rajeshbhai Chudasama;

As per the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005, Health and  Physical  Education,  which  includes  sports,  is  a  compulsory subject from classes I to X  and an optional subject at the higher secondary  stage.  National  Councils  of  Educational  Research  and Training  (NCERT)  has  developed  syllabi  on  Health  and  Physical Education, which outlines class-wise games and sports for students. Under  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  annual  grant  is  provided  to Government and Government aided schools for replacement of nonfunctional schools equipment and for other recurring costs such as consumables, play material, games and sports equipment etc. Under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), school grant for Rs. 50,000/- is provided annually Government Secondary Schools as part of recurring grant for various activities, including purchase of sports equipment  and  other  sports  related  activities,  based  on  viable proposals received from State and Union Territories. In addition, Rs. 20,000/- per school (for a maximum of 100 schools per State/UT) is also  provided  to  Government  Secondary  Schools  under  RMSA  for purchase of sports equipment.

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) makes  it obligatory for its affiliated schools to have adequate infrastructure for sports. CBSE has also advised its affiliated schools to allocate 4045 minutes of physical activities and games for students of Classes I to X everyday, and at least two periods per week (90 to 120 minutes) for students of Classes XI to XII. However, education being a subject in  the  Concurrent  List  and  most  of  the  schools  being  under  the purview of the State / Union Territory (UT) Governments, it is for the States/UTs to take necessary action in this regard.

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