Children are the building blocks of a successful economy thus their growth and development are key concerns. India has been trying for education for all the children of school-going age, but large numbers of them are still out of school. Poor quality of learning and disinterest of children in education are identified as major reasons for their dropping out from school and also poor learning abilities. Our school system is still very text-book oriented which creates a hurdle in children’s learning. On one hand while it has been established that many aspects of education cannot be learnt only through reading, on the other, globally sport-based programmes have proved to improve the learning performance of children and adolescence.
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Besides being important to physical, social and emotional development, learning through games and sports also teaches children to fight with adversities. While engaging with children, the process used should be such that encourage and motivates them to participate and educators need to be respect and value voices of children. (b) Need for working more with adolescent girls (especially in rural areas and urban slums) on menstrual hygiene and their sexual reproductive health. Given the multi-dimensional benefits of sports and learning through sports, we as have to ensure that concept of learning through sports is promoted and sports reach out to every child. Investing in sports, that too reaching out to children in difficult situation is an investment made for permanent positive change, for future generation that is healthy, strong, participative, conscious and respectful of human values and …show more content…
Communication and social mobilisation
Physical activity is fundamental to the holistic development of young people, nurturing their physical, social and emotional health. It is through participation in sports and physical education that young people learn about the importance of key values such as honesty, teamwork, fair play, respect for themselves and others and adherence to rules.
Sport and 'play' open up an opportunity for young people to learn how to deal with competition and how to cope with both winning and losing. It can be used as a vehicle to deliver educational messages to participants and spectators in some cases as well as to promote and develop other aspects of education such as school attendance and leadership.
Play-based programmes can tackle the underlying risk factors for crime involvement, early school leaving, and various other social problems that contribute towards delinquency by providing ‘at risk’ youth with access to social and job-skills training, education programmes and/or leadership programmes.
It is in such a backdrop to take education beyond classrooms and promote learning through sports, a Lucknow based organisation Society for Development Activities (S4DA), has come up with the vision of ensuring holistic education and life skills development through sports and play, particularly to children from economically poor families through its innovative programme - Project
By its very …show more content…
Besides being important to physical, social and emotional development, learning through games and sports also teaches children to fight with adversities. While engaging with children, the process used should be such that encourage and motivates them to participate and educators need to be respect and value voices of children. (b) Need for working more with adolescent girls (especially in rural areas and urban slums) on menstrual hygiene and their sexual reproductive health. Given the multi-dimensional benefits of sports and learning through sports, we as have to ensure that concept of learning through sports is promoted and sports reach out to every child. Investing in sports, that too reaching out to children in difficult situation is an investment made for permanent positive change, for future generation that is healthy, strong, participative, conscious and respectful of human values and …show more content…
Communication and social mobilisation
Physical activity is fundamental to the holistic development of young people, nurturing their physical, social and emotional health. It is through participation in sports and physical education that young people learn about the importance of key values such as honesty, teamwork, fair play, respect for themselves and others and adherence to rules.
Sport and 'play' open up an opportunity for young people to learn how to deal with competition and how to cope with both winning and losing. It can be used as a vehicle to deliver educational messages to participants and spectators in some cases as well as to promote and develop other aspects of education such as school attendance and leadership.
Play-based programmes can tackle the underlying risk factors for crime involvement, early school leaving, and various other social problems that contribute towards delinquency by providing ‘at risk’ youth with access to social and job-skills training, education programmes and/or leadership programmes.
It is in such a backdrop to take education beyond classrooms and promote learning through sports, a Lucknow based organisation Society for Development Activities (S4DA), has come up with the vision of ensuring holistic education and life skills development through sports and play, particularly to children from economically poor families through its innovative programme - Project