Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that sports could no longer be ignored in the school curriculum as the new education policy placed it in the same category as other subjects.
Laying the foundation stone for an international cricket stadium in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, on Saturday, Mr. Modi said, “Under the National Education Policy, 2020, importance of sports cannot be neglected, it is in the same category as other subjects.”
Starting his speech in Bhojpuri, Mr. Modi said gone were the days when only big cities used to have large stadiums. “Remote locations now have sports facilities similar to those in bigger cities of Delhi and Mumbai,” he said.
