UGC asks colleges to allocate one hour every day for sports & fitness
Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:15.12.2019
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed colleges and universities across the country to allocate from 45 minutes to 60 minutes every day for physical activities and sports from January 2020.
“The academic routine of the institution may be reworked in such a way that the “fitness hour” is allocated for each class, so that each class has adequate space for its activity,” the commission said in its guidelines for implementing “Fit India Campaign” in higher educational institutions.
The institutions can decide on the activities they want to undertake during the fitness hour. “It can range from athletics, outdoor/indoor sport, yoga, cycling, swimming or any other kind of physical activity that contributes towards fitness,” the guidelines said.
The commission has also asked institutions to constitute a fitness club to organise sports competitions and submit to it monthly action plan for sports activities at the institution level by first week of January.
The commission said it would intimate month-wise themes to give country-wide focus to health and fitness issues.
GAME ON: The UGC guideline is part of the ‘Fit India Campaign’
City colleges say it’s difficult to allot 1 hour daily for sports
City colleges, however, expressed difficulty in allotting one hour daily for sports activites as most of them run two shifts.
“We give lot of importance to physical and mental fitness in our college. Many activities including yoga, Zumba classes are being conducted for students. But we have only 25 hours a week and giving one hour every day for fitness would be tough; one hour every week is possible,” said Lalitha Balakrishnan, principal of MOP Vaishnav College for Women.
M G Ragunathan, principal, Guru Nanak College also said sparing one hour every day for shift one students would be tough.
“It’s a welcome move by the UGC. But the first shift is being conducted from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm and second shift is being conducted from 1.40 pm to 6.40 pm. It is possible to allocate one hour every day for second shift,” he added.
P Duraisamy, vice-chancellor, Madras University, welcomed the move and said it would promote physical health.
When asked about the possibility of allocating one hour out of five hours every day, he said, “The one hour should be over and above the instructional hours.”
Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:15.12.2019
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed colleges and universities across the country to allocate from 45 minutes to 60 minutes every day for physical activities and sports from January 2020.
“The academic routine of the institution may be reworked in such a way that the “fitness hour” is allocated for each class, so that each class has adequate space for its activity,” the commission said in its guidelines for implementing “Fit India Campaign” in higher educational institutions.
The institutions can decide on the activities they want to undertake during the fitness hour. “It can range from athletics, outdoor/indoor sport, yoga, cycling, swimming or any other kind of physical activity that contributes towards fitness,” the guidelines said.
The commission has also asked institutions to constitute a fitness club to organise sports competitions and submit to it monthly action plan for sports activities at the institution level by first week of January.
The commission said it would intimate month-wise themes to give country-wide focus to health and fitness issues.
GAME ON: The UGC guideline is part of the ‘Fit India Campaign’
City colleges say it’s difficult to allot 1 hour daily for sports
City colleges, however, expressed difficulty in allotting one hour daily for sports activites as most of them run two shifts.
“We give lot of importance to physical and mental fitness in our college. Many activities including yoga, Zumba classes are being conducted for students. But we have only 25 hours a week and giving one hour every day for fitness would be tough; one hour every week is possible,” said Lalitha Balakrishnan, principal of MOP Vaishnav College for Women.
M G Ragunathan, principal, Guru Nanak College also said sparing one hour every day for shift one students would be tough.
“It’s a welcome move by the UGC. But the first shift is being conducted from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm and second shift is being conducted from 1.40 pm to 6.40 pm. It is possible to allocate one hour every day for second shift,” he added.
P Duraisamy, vice-chancellor, Madras University, welcomed the move and said it would promote physical health.
When asked about the possibility of allocating one hour out of five hours every day, he said, “The one hour should be over and above the instructional hours.”
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