Aiming at producing future champions at the international level, the Punjab Government is fully committed to provide every facility to the budding players undergoing training in the sports wings of the State Governments’ schools besides ensuring top notch infrastructure, said the state Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Sunday.
“The Department is also making sure that all the sports wings function in an efficient manner with transparency being the main factor,” he said.
Sodhi said that a total of 167 wings have been established in the schools of all the 22 districts with provision for admitting players in the residential or day scholars. Sanction has been given to admit 2,830 students or players in these wings for the 2019-20 session, he said.
“Special attention would be paid to the aspect of providing nutritious and quality diet to the players,” he said adding that for this purpose, a committee has been constituted comprising the concerned District Sports Officer, Principal or in-charge of the concerned school or wing and coach of the game concerned apart from two senior-most players.
He also directed that the bills with regard to the diet be sent to the Head Office by the concerned District Sports Officer duly by 10th of every month.
The Minister also instructed the officials of the Sports Department to conduct checks at regular intervals at the sports wings to ensure that they are functioning properly and in a streamlined manner.
Stating that the purpose behind these wings is to train the players from a young age by adhering to the ‘catch them young’ policy, the Minister reiterated that Punjab would soon be able to regain its glory in the sporting arena.