Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday lauded the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) decision to observe Fitness Week later this month as part of the Fit India Movement.
In a step aimed to inculcate the habit of fitness among school children, the CBSE will be observing Fitness Week in the second and third weeks of November.
The objective is to bring about a behaviour change among school children from spending "Passive Screen Time" to "Active Field Time" -- moving them away from computer screens to open fields.
This first-of-its-kind endeavour will see participation of 22000 CBSE schools from all over the country, according to a release.
Lauding the initiative, Rijiju said, "I am very happy to know that CBSE has decided to celebrate Fitness Week in all its affiliated schools. The Fit India Movement, envisioned by Honourable PM, is the need of the hour and we must make every effort to inculcate fitness habits in Indians from an early age.
"The Sports Ministry is in talks with education departments of all state governments and we will soon finalise the plan to observe Fitness Week in schools across the country in the last week of November."