Dr.

Samuel Roy, Principal, Raisoni Vidyaniketan, Nagpur

Bipinbhai Prajapati, Principal, Hemali English Medium School, Navsari, Gujarat

Dr. Joy, Hills High School, Surat

Interview notes

Dr. Roy is optimistic about the prospect of the proposal to impart online training to
students in sports related profiles for non-players. According to him, the National
Education Policy which was recently introduced places a sizable emphasis on co-
curricular activities with the view of holistic development of students, to attain
multidisciplinary skills. He is open to accommodate the request to conduct a free trial
and then students can further choose whether to take the full paid version.

Mr. Prajapati is a principal of a Gujarat board school. According to him, when it comes to
imparting co-curricular education in govt and other small private schools the
framework is decided by the respective state education board, schools have minimal
say with regards to budget for school activities. He opines that the route for
incorporating this program to such schools would be through demonstrated success
from private schools. Basis his experience if such initiatives delivers visible results, it
takes around 4 years for the initiatives to be introduced in small and government
schools.

Dr. Joy says most students take Physical Education as a subject in class 11th and 12th to
score in board exams, but without any actual interest in sports as a career. He is willing
to facilitate a free trial in the next two quarters of the academic year. The 2nd half
becomes more academically intensive for the students. In the event that students opt
for the paid version, he believes that credible certification would increase the number of
students willing to sign up.