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ARE STUDENTS ALBE TO ALLOCATE SUFFICIENT TIME OF SPORTS - VOICE YOUR VIEWS
Distant dream

In corporate colleges, taking up sports is a distant dream. The burden of studies hardly leaves any free time. Even the parents encourage the colleges. A change must be brought and sporting culture needs to be re-vitalised. Indulging in some ...


Lack of knowledge

In most of the cases due to the academic pressures, the inherent sporting talent is being crushed. Apart from studies, the schools and colleges should to encourage the students to keep the sportsmanship alive.

K. Hariharan ...


Equally important

Indulging in some sports is equally important for overall development. But the school schedules are so tightly packed that the students hardly get any time to spare for sports.

If they take up any sporting activity, they lag behind in ...


Make your choice

The allotment of time for sports also depends on the interest of the students. Professional courses like engineering or medicine hardly give a spare time, as the schedules are very demanding.

Students who intend to take up sports as a ...


At least one hour of games

Sports keep us both mentally and physically fit. Today, students have no time for sports. The craze to be the best in the academic arena is eating into the free space. But they should understand that a healthy mind exists in a healthy body. So ...


Have no choice

Do students have a choice in this matter? In a competitive society like ours, anything other than education takes a back seat, until and unless a student excels in sports. Sports for pleasure is unheard of. Every spare moment is used to cram ...


Encourage sports

The tight academic schedule leaves no time for sporting activities. Parents also do not encourage students for sports, as they think it is a waste of time. Taking part in some sports helps to relax the body and mind. So students should be ...


Disturbing trend

Today, it is either sports or studies. The academic pressure is eating into the free time. Parents are also partly responsible for this trend. Sports help students for holistic development. Schools and colleges should also take up sporting ...


Take up sports

Students are enervated due to the long hours of journey to college. As a result students are resorting to watching television and using Internet for their relaxation. So, the idea of playing games is slowly withering away from their ...


Allot some time

The concept of ‘games and sports’ has vanished ever since the corporate colleges have started operations. These corporate colleges, which initially started as coaching centres, have subsequently acquired the status of colleges. In ...
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