GUWAHATI, Sept 29 - Sports Authority of Assam (SAA) conducted a webinar today on �Sports and Physical Education in New Education Policy�.
Onkar Kedia, DG, SAA welcomed the guests and the webinar was inaugurated by B Kalyan Chakravarthy, Principal Secretary to the Govt of Assam. Other panellists were Hima Das, Arjuna Awardee; Prof Jayashree Acharya, Dean, National Sports University, Imphal; Prof Biswajit Basumatary, Dean, LNIPE, Guwahati and Pabitra Gogoi, sports journalist. Dharma Kanta Mili, Director of Sports offered vote of thanks. The webinar was moderated by Rajib Dey, Sports Officer, IIT, Guwahati.
The major points shared by the speakers were that Physical Education will be an integral part of the school and college curriculum from the primary level as per the new Education Policy, more PE teachers should be engaged, all the stakeholders like Doctors, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Nutritionists and PE teachers should be involved while preparing the curriculum. There should be at least one playfield available for 4-5 schools among others.
