Youth and Sport Minister Nazmul Hassan has called for increasing sports practice among students in all educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities of the country, said a press release.
He made this call while talking to the media after an exchange meeting with five sports federations at the secretariat today (Tuesday) afternoon.
Sport Minister for increasing sports practice
The Minister said that almost all the educational institutions of the country have sports fields and chess or athletics has the most opportunity to practice or develop at the school level.
But, nowadays the practice of sports among the students has decreased. Due to this, good players are not emerging at the national level. Educational institutions should create opportunities for students to practice more sports in addition to their studies, he added.
Terming all sports are important, the minister said, noting that the federation which will achieve good results will be given special importance, but the ministry has the plan to make priority list based on performance and potential.
He said they have also plan to sit with the Prime Minister for the development of sports.Nazmul said he would also hold meetings with various corporate bodies regarding collecting and increasing sponsors to promote sports and he has also plan to know the real situation by visiting various sports federations.
Earlier, the minister held an exchange meeting with officials of kabaddi, chess, gymnastics, handball and badminton federations. In the meeting, Bangladesh badminton federation president and chief information commissioner Dr Abdul Malek, chess federation president and former IGP Benazir Ahmed, Bangladesh gymnastics federation president Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Mamun, Bangladesh Handball Federation president AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul and Bangladesh kabaddi federation general secretary and policecommissioner of Dhaka metropolitan Habibur Rahman highlighted various aspects.
Senior officials of Ministry of Youth and Sports and National Sports Council were present on the occasion.