Mizoram mulls over professional courses in sports

Aizawl, Feb 25: Mizoram Government is planning to introduce professional courses on different sports in its Sports Academy under Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan (SSA), as part of a sports promotion programme.

Speaking on the valedictory function on the first Sports Academy evaluation here yesterday, state Education Minister Dr Lalthangliana appreciated the achievements of the one-year-old SSA Sports Academy and informed that the education department is planning to make it a professional study centre.

''Besides, being good for health, sports has become a profession, so we are planning to make professional sportspersons here and the sport associations and the police department have been training pipe bands in the academy during past a year,'' he added.

As many as 764 sports persons from different parts of the state took part in the three-day event.

UNI