Pakistan- KP govt approves first ever sports policy

(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced the first ever sports policy in the province according to which one sports day will be mandatory in a week in the primary schools of the province.

According to a notification issued by the provincial government, inclusion of playground will be mandatory while passing PC-1 of any new school building. The new policy also envisages sports certificates for middle students, sports sections in colleges and universities and establishment of Department of Sports Sciences.

Under the policy, public and private sector educational institutions would serve as nurseries for the promotion of sports and sporting facilities would be created at schools level.

To promote a sporting culture in the province, the policy calls for the annual development programme of the sports sector which will focus on establishing playing facilities and strengthen the existing facilities. It calls for the establishment of at least one Category-A sports complex in each district and provision of all missing facilities to the existing sports complexes.

The provincial government has announced the sports policy eight years after passage of the 18th constitutional amendment. A notification in this regard was issued on Monday after approval from the office of the chief secretary.

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