Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar and Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat chaired an important meeting at the Punjab Stadium on Wednesday in which several significant decisions were made for the promotion of sports culture at school level.
It was decided in the meeting to construct sports fields in 1,000 schools of Punjab and award monthly scholarships to 1,000 talented children from inter-school competitions and start talent hunt program from grassroots level. Besides this, it was decided to hold Kheltey School meeting in the first week of every month.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman, Secretary Higher Education, Director General Sports Punjab Tariq Qureshi, Director General Education and other officers concerned attended the meeting in which PMU officials gave detailed briefing.
Addressing the meeting, Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that around 2.5 million children from Punjab will participate in different stages of inter-school competitions. “Small sports courts will be constructed where grounds are not available”.
Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar announced that sports grounds will be developed at the union Council level for the first time in Punjab province. “The school grounds will also be open to the general public during evening hours. Sports Board Punjab is also going to form its own cricket team”.
In his address, Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat said that teaching interns will be appointed in 1,000 schools for the promotion of sports among students community. “Equal sports facilities will be provided to women and girls. Besides this, the indoor sports facilities will also be ensured for female athletes”.