Shiksha Saptah: A Celebration of Educational Exzellence Sports Day: Day 3-24th July 2024

Shiksha Saptah: A Celebration of Educational Exzellence Sports Day: Day 3-24th July 2024

As part of this celebration, Day 3 has been dedicated to the sports activities. NEP 2020 envisages sports as a part of the School Curriculum and sports-integrated learning as well as adopting fitness as a lifelong attitude National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes on the importance of sports in education and bringing sports in main stream aducation. Para 48 of NEP 2020 states Sports integration ion is is another cross-curricular pedagogical approach that utilizes physical activities including indigenous sports, pedagogical practices to help in developing skilis such as collaboration, self-initiative, self-direction, self- discipline, teamwork responsibility, citizenship, etc. Sports integrated learning will be undertaken in classroom transactions to help students adopt fitness as a lifelong attitude and to achieve the related fa skils along with the levels of fitness as envisaged in the Fit India Movement The need to integrate sports in education is well recognized as it serves to foster holistic development by promoting physical and psychological well-being while also enhancing cognitive abilities"DoSEL has issued Revised Guidelines regarding sports on 21st August 2023 which were communicated to all States/UTs

Objectives:

Sports Day aims to emphasize the significance of Sports and fitness right from the foundational stage of students. The day will serve as a platform to Raise awareness about the importance of Sports and fitness. Promotion of indigenous games parallel to the contemporary sports.

To inculcate a sense of team spirit and discipline in young minds To foster a feeling of National integration

To make sports an integral part of the daily routine of the students

To promote sports at national and international level. (Especially, the indigenous games of India) To develop a positive attitude of pride, sportsmanship and ethicalbehavior

in the students To make the students physically, mentally, psychologically, socially, and emotionally fit

To encourage team spirit among students by bringing individuals from variety of social and economic backgrounds together in a shared platform. inculcate social and moral values among the students through games/sports.

Importance of Indigenous Games:

Bharat's sports culture is thousands of years old, with countless games developed and played in the Nation. The games like chess, snakes and ladders, playing card racing, polo Kho-Kho, Cho-Kho Lattu, Lagon, Gim Danda, Kanche had originated sports Bharat and gifted to the world Initially these games ere started in Bharat but they were modernized by other countries. In Bharat, sports refer to the large variety of games, from tribal games that originated from the ancient time to the modern sports such as cricket, badminton, football etc. Bharat's diversity in terms of culture, religion and people ople is reflected in the wide variety of sporting disciplines in the country Number of indigenous sports being played in different States as per their culture and tradition.DoSEL, has mentioned in the revised guidelines that "Sports being subject the responsibility to promote indigenous sports in the country and conduct special training programmes for the development and promotion of traditional sports rests primarily with the respective State/Union Territory Governments.

IKS division of Ministry of Education also popularises the 75 Indigenous Games in schools across the country with the three prime objectives:

1. To nurture inter-generational relationships and bonding since these games have been played with pride by earlier generations 2. To inculcate a sense of cultural pride as they are closely linked to the history and philosophy of this land

3. To foster a feeling of national integration because many of them have been played across regions with different names for several centuries with varying names and rules 

It is therefore planned that the 3rd day of Shiksha Saptah will be devoted to indigenous games in every school of the country.

Suggested activities for the Sports Day Under Shiksha Saptah:

Organising activities of Indigenous games out of the list of 75 Indigenous games provided (Annexure-1) It would be preferable to include local indigenous games to familiarize students with local culture

1. Sports Day Event:

2. Display of Indigenous Games: Lot of indigenous games have a strong bond with the ancient era civilisation. Displaying Exhibiting the history and importance of the ancient ancient Indian games. which development, should be organised PET teacher may explain about still important for holistic indigenous games and its importance to the students, teachers and parents

3. Sport Competitions:

Competition of different out door games may be organised wherever possible 

These should be organised. participation. festive environment maximise

The safety of the students participating should be well taken care of. Community Engagement:

Local influencers, real life role models, eminent personalities in be invited for the inspiration sports may SMC and School Sport Committee should be involved in organising the games, elaborating the importance of playing the Indigenous games in students' lifeParents and other community inclu including Civil Society Organisations working in this field may be involved 5. Inclusion:Sports events must also include children with speciతెలియజేయండి

ExBetter Understanding about importance of sports outlined in NEP 2020 among students and society

Development of sporting spirit among students.

To experience of classroom learning.

To inculcate values of discipline, fitness, fairness, teamwork amongst students unity

*.  Shiksha Saptah Day 3* 

విద్యా వారోత్సవాలు మూడవరోజు

 *Sports day : క్రీడా దినోత్సవము* 

1. పాఠశాలలో అందరి పిల్లలని క్రీడా ఉత్సవంలో భాగస్వాములు చేయాలి 

2. తరగతుల వారీగా ఏ వయసు పిల్లలకి తగ్గ ఆ వయసు ఆటలు ఆడించాలి 

3. ముఖ్యంగా భారతీయ సంప్రదాయానికి చెందిన ఆటలను ఆడించడానికి ప్రాధాన్యత ఇవ్వాలి 

4. భారతీయ సంప్రదాయానికి చెందిన ఆటలు ఎన్ని రకాలుగా ఉన్నాయని పిల్లలకి అవగాహన కల్పించాలి 

5. వీలైతే ఐఎఫ్బి ప్యానెల్ లో ఆటలకి సంబంధించినటువంటి వీడియోలని చిత్రాలని చూపించవచ్చు 

6. బాగా ఎండగా ఉన్న ప్రదేశంలో గానీ అలాగే వానకి చిత్తడిగా తడి తడిగా ఉన్న ప్రదేశంలో గానీ పిల్లల చేత ఆటలాడించవద్దు 

7. తాగటానికి మంచి నీరు  గ్రౌండ్లో ఏర్పాటు చేయండి 

8. పాఠశాల గ్రౌండ్ అంతా గులకరాళ్ళ లాంటివి ఐరన్ రాడ్స్ నాడు నేడు సంబంధించిన ఇటుకలు టైల్స్ ఇవేమీ లేకుండా శుభ్రంగా ఉంచాలి 

9. వీటిని ముందుగానే ఆట ఆడే విధానం ఒకసారి పిల్లలకు వివరించి ఆడిస్తే మంచిది 

10. ఆటలతో శారీరక సౌష్టవం పాటు మానసిక ఆహ్లాదాన్ని కూడా కలుగజేస్తాయని పిల్లలందరూ ఈ సందర్భంగా గుర్తించగలగాలి.

11. పిల్లలందరూ ఆడుకుంటున్న సందర్భంగా తల్లిదండ్రులని తల్లిదండ్రుల కమిటీ సభ్యులని ఇతర సమాజ సభ్యులను కూడా భాగస్వామ్యం చేసి వీలైతే వారికి కూడా ఆటల పోటీలు చిన్న చిన్నవి పెట్టండి

12. ఫస్ట్ ఎయిడ్ కిట్ అందుబాటులో ఉంచుకోండి

13. **చివరిగా గెలిచినందుకు సంబరపడిపోకుండా ఓడిపోయినందుకు బాధపడకుండా ఎదుటివారి యొక్క గెలుపుని అభినందించే లా తమ ఓటమిని తట్టుకొని దాని నుంచి తిరిగి శక్తిని తెచ్చుకునే లా పిల్లలకి క్రీడా స్ఫూర్తిని పెంపొందించేలా క్రీడా దినోత్సవం నిర్వహించండి* 

 ఈ సమాచారాన్ని అన్ని పాఠశాలల ప్రధానోపాధ్యాయులకు ఉపాధ్యాయులకు అందరికీ తెలియజేయండి