Jammu, October 24 (KNS): Provincial President National Conference Jammu Devender Singh Rana on Saturday made a strong plea for making sports integral to academic curricular, emphasising its crucial importance in career advancement and overall personality development.
“Time has come when we should revisit out academic policy and make sports an essential part of academic activity at the basic level of schooling”, Rana said while declaring open 11th Inter School Table Tennis State Championship, J&K, 2015 at M.A Stadium here this morning.
In this context, he referred to growing enthusiasm and zeal among youngsters towards sports and said this holds promise for larger participation, both in urban and rural areas. “For achieving optimum participation, the sports infrastructure will have to be upgraded, expanded and developed on modern lines”, he said, hoping this to be a societal initiative with active governmental support.
Rana noted with satisfaction the zest among young TT enthusiasts and reminded them of the mark made by noted players at national and international level. “Amid us is a renowned player from the State, Ajay Sharma, who could prove to be an inspiration for budding players”, he added.
The Provincial President said sports unfold vistas of opportunities in the current competitive era and has emerged as a prized career option for youngster.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelWith huge lot of talent available in Jammu and Kashmir, there is no reason why the young people can’t make a big impact in various sports and eventually take up these as their careers, he observed.
Rana wished the players all the success and advised them to put their best in achieving excellence. He congratulated the organisers for motivating lot many young people towards the game, which he said was evident from the participants and a significant audience. He envisioned a day when the players from this part of the country lay an indelible mark in the sports arena and make themselves, their institutions and the state proud.
The Provincial President exhorted the organisers to make this sport popular in rural areas as well so that best available talent is identified and sharpened for representing the state in various events at the national level.
Ajay Sharma, Organiser of the Championship and General Secretary of the J&K TT Association, exuded confidence that the contestants will make it a big during the event, which will serve as an inspiration and motivation for others to emulate.
Those present on the occasion Rajan Sharma, Satish Gupta, Narinder Singh, Sheetal Gandotra, Satvir Singh, IP Singh, Manmeet Kour, Sandeep, Vishal, Vasu, Varinder Sharma, Ratnesh Puri, Meenu Aditya and others. (KNS)