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The Centre will be promoting sports in government schools and they will be provided with grants for buying sports equipment. It is an integral part of Samagra Shiksha, a scheme to make school education an integrated whole right from preschool to class 12.
Each year every primary school will receive sports equipment worth Rs 5,000, Upper Primary schools Rs10,000, and senior secondary schools would get equipment worth Rs 25,000.This will be distributed to all the 11.5 lakh government schools and one hour per day is to be devoted to sports daily. Sports education will become an integral part of the curriculum.
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