Schools should change its way of teaching PE
Gopichand stresses on the need to enhance role of drill teachers
I DID not stop after climbing Mt Everest. In 2015, I climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and in 2017 Mt Elbrus in Russia. I will climb all the highest peaks in all continents. MALAVATH PURNA, Mountaineer
NEVER SAY that you cannot do something because you are a girl. Women should be treated equally. Our father treated us like a wrestler, irrespective of gender. BABITA PHOGAT, Wrestler
Sportspersons attending the Telangana Jagruthi International Youth Leadership Conference on Sunday stressed on the need to impart physical education and enhancing the role of drill teachers in schools.
At a panel discussion on ‘Resilience for youth development: Success and beyond’, Indian badminton national coach Pullela Gopichand said there is an immediate need to change the way physical education takes place in school and said drill teachers should move beyond just monitoring classes.
Speaking about intrusion of online gaming, Gopichand, said, “The disadvantages of online gaming outweigh the advantages. The more we move away from movement (of limbs), the more lifestyle problems we’ll encounter. In online games, rewards pop up every two seconds. Such rewards keep encouraging one to play more.”
Wrestler Babita Phogat and mountaineer Malavath Purna were also part of the panel discussion. Iterating the need for physical literacy Malavath said, “Physical literacy is very important, as it gave me a life.” The youngest girl to climb Mount Everest aspires to join the civil services and climb the highest peaks in all continents.
Phogat said that she had trained at least a 100 times harder than what was shown in that one song sequence in movie on her life, Dangal.
Phogat and Malavath were felicitated with the Telangana Jagruthi Young achievers award.