Khelo India School Games

Khelo India School Games
Abbreviation NG
First event 2018
Occur every Annual
Last event 2018
Purpose Grassroot talent hunt
Headquarters New Delhi
Website www.kheloindia.gov.in

Khelo India School Games (KISG), meaning Play India School Games, held annually beginning from 31 January 2018, are the national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India for the under-17 years school kids. Every year best 1000 kids will be given an annual scholarship of INR500,000 for 8 years to prepare them for the international sporting events.[1][2][3]

Small state of Haryana (102 medals including 38 golds, 26 silvers and 38 bronzes) was the top team in 2018, followed by Maharashtra (111 medals including 36 golds) and Delhi (94 medals including 25 golds).[4][5]

History

On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, declared open the inaugural Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony based on Guru–shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena.[1][2]

Annual games

Sports

The inaugural 2018 games had students competing for 209 gold medals across 16 sports. Badminton, basketball, boxing (26 gold medals), gymnastics (20 gold medals), judo (16 gold medals), kabaddi, volleyball and wrestling (30 gold medals) were held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Complex. Athletics (36 gold medals), football, kho kho and weightlifting (16 gold medals) were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Archery was held at the India Gate war memorial, Swimming at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex (35 gold medals), hockey at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium and shooting at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range were other venues.[2]

Selection criteria

Only selected school kids below the age of 17 years are eligible to compete. In the individual sports, top 8 sportsperson from the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, 4 nominations from federation, one from Central Board of Secondary Education, one from the host State and 2 wild card entries for the individual events will be selected. In team sports, the top 4 from the National School Games, 2 nominations by the federation, 1 from the host State and one from the organising committee will be selected. For archery, badminton and shooting, the top 16 from the National School Games, 8 nominations by the federation, 1 from CBSE, 1 from host State, 1 from organising committee, and 6 from wild cards will be selected.[2]

Talent hunt and scholarship

To identify the talent at grassroot level, each sports has a dedicated talent hunt committee, who will identify top 2 sportsperson for each sports and they will be given an annual scholarship of INR598,000 for 8 years.[6]

Medal tally

(T - Total medals won, G - Golds won, S - Silver won, B - Bronze won)

Khelo India School Games
Edition Year Host(s) Start Date End Date Sports Gold 1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team
T G S B T G S B T G S B
I 2018 Delhi 31 Jan 8 Feb 16 209 Haryana[4][5] Maharashtra[4][5] Delhi[4][5]
102382638 111363243 94252940
II 2019
III 2020
IV 2021

See also

References

  1. 1 2 PM Modi launches Khelo India School Games, Times of India, 31 Jan 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Khelo India School Games in December, The Hindu, 6 Nov 2017.
  3. ↑ Sport minister Rathore hails Khelo India School Games, Business Standard, 8 Feb 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Haryana crowned champions of Khelo India School Games with 38 gold medals, Hindustan Times, 8 Feb 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Khelo India School Games: Haryana overtake Maharashtra to emerge champions, Times of India, 8 Feb 2018.
  6. ↑ Is Khelo India School Games a success? Shocking revelations here, Financial Express, 7 Feb 2018.
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