The West Zone Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) swimming competition would be held at NH Goel World School, Nardaha from September 28 till October 1, officials informed. Governor Shekhar Dutt would inaugurate the competition.
According to official here at the NH Goel World School more than 800 students, including 225 girls, and 172 officials from 185 CBSE-affiliated schools of six States –Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Goa- are expected to participate in the mega event.Justice Deepak Verma former judge of Supreme Court shall be the guest of honour at the inaugural session while CBSE Joint Director (Sports) Pushkar Vora from New Delhi would be the special guest, informed NH Goel World School Principal Kalpana Chaudhary.
The competition has been classified into boys and girls category of age group- under 12, 14, 16 and 19 respectively. In all 121 events, including 11 rally events, have been included in the competition which would strictly follow the defined rules and regulations, they said. The school would provide boarding and lodging facilities for the participants.
Those winner and first runner up in the zonal competition would qualify for the CBSE national level competition which would witness the participation of four gulf nations, officials informed. About 40 CBSE-affiliated schools from Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh would participate in the event.
The Principal claimed that people, who think Chhattisgarh as place for naxalism, would be compelled to think twice after visiting the schools and inspecting out infrastructure for sports.