recently you came across a news item about lack of fitness and stamina on the part of children who fall down during assembly and games period .write an article for news paper highlighting the importance of games and sports and physical fitness for students
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Importance of Games and Sports
Who is there who may not have heard the sayings ‘A healthy mind lives in a healthy body’, and ‘All study and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Sports and games are undoubtedly the building blocks of the health of children. Their importance in the over-all and holistic development of children cannot be denied.
There are many benefits of games and sports in a student’s life. Games and sports activities break the ennui of the academics. Organizing games programs and sports days in the school makes school a much more interesting place. They make education more romantic. Children love to participate in these colourful activities. Indirectly these activities bring out their latent talent to the surface.
According to the recent educational reforms in the form of CCE pattern all across India, the co-curricular and extracurricular activities have been given a lot of importance in the entire framework of education. According to these reforms, organizing games and sports in the school is as mandatory as conducting academic activities. Not only organizing these activities, but also giving grades to students for participating in games and sports activities. These grades are to be included in their report cards under the column of co-scholastic achievements.
However, the unfortunate thing is games and sports are dwindling from our life. Their invaluable place has been usurped by digital, virtual world. As a consequence, the modern generation is facing many health issues. The contemporary generation has become very weak physically, which has weakened other aspects of the overall health.