First session to start next month
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 21:
The first session of the National Sports Academy to be set up at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex here will commence from the first week of next month.
The Sports Academy is a gift to the people of Manipur and the players in particular for their achievement in the field of sports.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh announced that the National Sports Academy would be set up here during one of his visits to the State to produce more excellent players in future.
According to an official source from the Youth Affairs and Sports Department, the first session of the Sports Academy, having five disciplines, will start from the first week of July and the selection of the students/players who will study at the Academy from class VI onwards is currently underway.
The total number of seats for all the five disciplines namely Archery, Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo and Wrestling to be taught in the Academy is 60, out of which 30 seats are reserved for the State, the source said, adding that six boys and six girls will be admitted in each of the disciplines.
As a temporary arrangement, all the class room sessions of the Academy to be run by a Society will be held at the conference hall of the Sports Hostel and the Youth Centre by dividing it into two sections, the official said, while informing that the arrangement for the accommodation of the students have also been made.
Prescribed curriculum under the CBSE would be taught to the students and the practical sessions will be conducted by the coaches from Sports Department and the Regional Coaching Centres.
The final selection test of the students would be conducted on June 25 at Khuman Lampak.
By this date, if the number of student applying from outside Manipur is not sufficient, then special teams from the Sports Department would be despatched to recruit students from other North Eastern States, the official disclosed.
Weightlifting as discipline would be introduced only after the students reach class XI, the official added.
It may be mentioned here that the 2 IRB would be shifted from Khuman Lampak to facilitate smooth functioning of the Sports Academy.