THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
(SHRI JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) & (b) : The Ministry receives suggestions and opinions from time
to time from various sources such as experts, eminent persons and
sportspersons on various issues relating to development of sports
in the country including inclusion of sports in educational curriculum
to nurture rural talent. Suggestions relate to introduction of sports
as a subject of study in schools as part of text books, children going
out and playing on the playfields daily, inclusion of regional sports
in curriculum, appointment of physical education teachers keeping in
view the recommended teacher-student ratio etc.
(c) The National Curriculum Framework-2005 (NCF-2005) prepared by the
National Educational Research and Training (NCERT) recommends Health
and Physical Education to be compulsory from primary to secondary stage
and as an optional subject at higher secondary stage.
The NCF 2005 emphasizes comprehensive health and physical
education curriculum. NCF – 2005 has been circulated to all State/Union
Territories. It is for States/Union Territories to develop their own
curriculum and syllabus based on NCF.
Physical Education is compulsory from primary to secondary stage
(from classes I – X) and is prescribed as an optional subject at the
senior secondary stage (classes XI – XII) in the schools affiliated to
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
(d) & (e) There is no proposal to amend the existing National Sports
Policy 2001 consequent to the rural talent winning more medals in Olympic
Games, as the existing National Sports Policy and the existing Schemes
of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Sports Authority of
India already take care of mass participation in sports and promotion
of excellence in sports.
