Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said the ‘Right to Fitness’ will be implemented in the State through universities.
He said efforts will be made to encourage people of all age groups towards sports with the help of players of various universities. Presiding over a meeting with Vice-Chancellors of all universities in the state and Sports Directors on Sports Policy 2015 here, the Health Minister said that consensus was reached on about 12 points in the meeting which would be included in the new sports policy so as to create sports friendly environment in the State. Vij said Faculty of Sports Science would be introduced in universities under which the youth would get opportunities to pursue high education in sports. Apart from this, discussions were held on setting up a independent Directorate of Sports in the state and it was also decided unanimously to make the duties of both Sports Director and Physical Education Director same in all universities.
The Minister said that universities would provide facility of Capsule Course for PTI teachers to provide them specialisation in any of the sports. He said 25 Olympic sports and 17 other sports would be promoted in the state on priority basis under which workshops of two sports activities each would be organized by every university. National Sports Federations and Sports Administrators would be invited for these workshops, he added. The Sports Minister said that to create sports friendly environment in the state, a decision was taken to reintroduce organising of inter-college and inter-university sports competitions. Apart from this, league system of 5-6 sports would be started at university level so that more players can join sports, he added.
Vij said refresher courses would be organised during the summer vocations in Universities wherein sportsperson could also participate. In these courses, the sports persons would be encouraged toward sports besides educating them about its importance. He said that the amount of scholarship being given to the sportsperson has been raised so as to increase the participation of children in sports.