Prayagraj: UP Board students interested in sports will get a chance to boost their talent as the state government gets ready to enhance such facilities in schools under the Smart City project.
The facilities will be provided in seven UP Board schools in Prayagraj and would include tennis, badminton, basketball and volleyball courts and, a cricket net practice area. Besides, a play area for students of primary classes would also be set up.
“An amount of Rs 4.88 crore will be spent on the project and tenders too have been issued under the Smart City project. In the next five to six months, students would be able to avail these facilities in their schools. The facilities would enable children studying in government schools to play volleyball, tennis, badminton, cricket and kabaddi on their school grounds. Our officials surveyed school campuses before selecting seven of them,” said Smart City project manager SK Sinha.
“We then met the principals of the selected school and their management. Education officers also attended these meetings,” he added.
The initiative comes in the wake of the fact that several UP Board students interested in sports fall behind their counterparts studying in ICSE and CBSE schools despite having the talent.
The seven schools selected from Prayagraj are Government Inter College (boys), Colonelganj Inter College, Modern Primary School in Elenganj, CAV Inter College (MG Road), KP Girls Inter College, Hindu Mahila Inter College and Mary Wanamaker Girls Inter College.
According to Sinha, two badminton courts, a volleyball court, a basketball court, two lawn tennis courts, eight cricket net practice areas and kids’ play area would be set up in GIC (boys).
In Colonelganj Inter College, two badminton courts, one court each for volleyball, basketball and kabaddi would be constructed.
The a basketball and kabaddi court would be added to the premises of Modern Primary School, Elenganj. CAV Inter College would be provided with two badminton courts, a basketball court and a cricket net practice area.
The students of KP Girls Inter College would soon be able to practise in two badminton courts, a basketball court and play area for primary students. Mary Wanamaker Girls Inter College would get two badminton courts, a basketball court, a volleyball court and kids play area. In Hindu Women’s Inter College, a badminton court, a basketball court and kids play area would be constructed.