The 59th National school sports competition will be organised by School Education Department, Rajnandgaon from December 13 to 17 at Pratiyogita Nagar.
Teams from different States have arrived here. Secretary of the organising committee and district education officer Bl Kurre said that Chhattisgarh School Education Department has been chosen to conduct the national school sports competition for 2013-14 by School Games Federation of India. The preparations for the event are complete and we are ready for the competitions to begin, he said.
Students from more than 25 states have arrived in Rajnandgaon. The event will be inaugurated at 10 am on Friday at Digvijay Stadium here. Various cultural programmes and march past will be organised at the opening ceremony. Basketball competition of under 17 years for both boys and girls, Choi Kwan-do of under 19 years for both boys and girls, Tae Kwan-do of under 17 years for both boys and girls will be organised.
Teams from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh etc have reached the spot. The organising committee have completed all the preparations for the event. Kurre said transportation, lodging and other arrangements have been completed for the students at private and government schools of Rajnandgaon.