PM: Sports to be made compulsory in schools
By ROSLINA MOHAMAD
BANDAR JENGKA: Sports activities will be made compulsory in schools and students will be required to select a game of their choice starting next year.This means that students must pick at least one game and one uniformed body for the extra classroom activities.Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it would have a separate syllabus and would no longer be part of the co-curriculum syllabus as was the practice currently.“The co-curriculum syllabus will be revamped to make sports an activity with its own programme and allocation and not be included together with arts and uniformed bodies.“Schools will have more sports teachers while allocations will be increased to improve the infrastructure. “It is part of the ministry’s efforts to bring glory back to sports,’’ he told reporters after officially closing Pahang Umno convention here Sunday.He added that an ad hoc committee to make the review had been set up and among the things its members would look into was to give credits to those who were active in sports.By giving additional marks to them, it would help to encourage them to be good in sports as well as academics, he said.Sports had long been neglected in schools and it was high time that the activity be given prominence, he added‘’Sports is good for your mind and health. Otherwise, parents will be sending their children for tuition classes so their children will get straight As.‘’This is the problem now. Parents stress too much on academics,’’ Muhyiddin said.It would also be able to help inculcate leadership skills, he added.He also noted that sports activities would normally commence a few months after schools started and until middle of the year.For the rest of the year, there would be no activities carried out, he added.Muhyiddin also said schools would have more time to arrange its sports and academic calendar when the implementation commenced next year. There are 10,000 schools with 5.6mil students nationwide. Kata Pengetua: Jika masih disebut kokurikulum, ianya tidak akan mendapat tempat sepenting
BANDAR JENGKA: Sports activities will be made compulsory in schools and students will be required to select a game of their choice starting next year.This means that students must pick at least one game and one uniformed body for the extra classroom activities.Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it would have a separate syllabus and would no longer be part of the co-curriculum syllabus as was the practice currently.“The co-curriculum syllabus will be revamped to make sports an activity with its own programme and allocation and not be included together with arts and uniformed bodies.“Schools will have more sports teachers while allocations will be increased to improve the infrastructure. “It is part of the ministry’s efforts to bring glory back to sports,’’ he told reporters after officially closing Pahang Umno convention here Sunday.He added that an ad hoc committee to make the review had been set up and among the things its members would look into was to give credits to those who were active in sports.By giving additional marks to them, it would help to encourage them to be good in sports as well as academics, he said.Sports had long been neglected in schools and it was high time that the activity be given prominence, he added‘’Sports is good for your mind and health. Otherwise, parents will be sending their children for tuition classes so their children will get straight As.‘’This is the problem now. Parents stress too much on academics,’’ Muhyiddin said.It would also be able to help inculcate leadership skills, he added.He also noted that sports activities would normally commence a few months after schools started and until middle of the year.For the rest of the year, there would be no activities carried out, he added.Muhyiddin also said schools would have more time to arrange its sports and academic calendar when the implementation commenced next year. There are 10,000 schools with 5.6mil students nationwide. Kata Pengetua: Jika masih disebut kokurikulum, ianya tidak akan mendapat tempat sepenting
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