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Advisor Khan announces Residential Sports Academies for Jammu, Kashmir divisions

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/17/2021 12:25:38 PM

Y B News J amm u, Ap r 16 To p ro mot e sp or ts e du - c a ti o n a n d c u l tur e amo n g th e y out h of Jam mu an d Kas h mir, Ad vis or t o L i e u tenant Gover no r, Farooq Kh an to day announc e d that Resid ential Sports Ac a de mies in bo th J amm u and K ashm ir di vis ions will be set up a n d issu ed n ece ssa ry directio ns for the same. Ad vis or Khan passed thes e d i rect i ons w hi le chai ring a meeti ng with off ic e rs and off ic ials of JK S po rt s C oun c i l and D e part me n t of Yo uth, Servi ces a n d Sp or ts (Y SS ) h ere . The me e ti n g w as attended b y Pr in cip al S ecret ar y, Y S S, A l ok Kumar; S e cre ta ry spor ts Coun cil, Nuzhat Gu l a nd other con cerned offi cers of t he depa rtm ent . Ad vis or Fa roo q K h an sa i d that m a in f o c u s o f thes e a cade mies would be t o e ncourage spor ts and ac ti ve l ifes ty le among y o uth beside s inc reas i n g J K ' s p ar ticip ation a t national and in ter na - tiona l l eve l spo rt s events. T h e A dv is o r said t h a t the se ac adem ie s w o u ld b e open t o k ids fr o m 7th s tanda rd onw a rds. It was d e ci ded in t h e m eeting that Re siden tial Sp o rts A c a demy, Kas h - m ir w i ll mainly f o cus on F o ot bal l wh ile as Re si - d ent i a l Sports A cademy , Jammu wi ll fo cus o n H oc k ey sp o rt . I t wa s f u rthe r ment i one d in t h e m eet ing, t h a t a majo r s por t s t a le n t hu n t w o u ld b e o rganized to i de n tify e ligibl e cand ida tes f ro m e ver y n ook an d c or n er of t he r egio n. Advisor Khan also asked t h e dep a rtment t o ensur e t ha t yout h of rur a l a r - eas and ot her underpriv - i le ge d c hi ldre n are a l so given due o pportu nity to partic i pat e in the s por ts talen t hu n t. Ear lier , the Advis o r took r ev ie w o f t he ex i st - i n g sp or ts infras tru c - tur e ava ilab le t o pe opl e i n the Un ion T err i to ry . H e a ls o rev i e wed pr o gr es s on cur ren t sp o rts infras tr u c tur e projects