Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi had launched the Fit India Movement on 29thAugust, 2019 with a view to make Physical Fitness a way of life. Fit India Movement aims at behavioural changes – from sedentary lifestyle to physically active way of day-to-day living. Fit India would be a success only when it becomes a people’s movement. At Vishwa Vidyapeeth, we have to play the role of a catalyst.
‘How to Live’ ought to be the first pillar of formal education. This involves teaching and practicing the art of taking care of one’s body and health daily. Schools have to be the first formal institution after home where physical fitness is taught and practiced.
To take this mission forward, CBSE has decided that each year SECOND and THIRD WEEK in November, a total of 06 working days, will be celebrated as “Fitness Week” in all its affiliated schools. This movement, therefore, endeavours to alter this behaviour from ‘Passive Screen time’ to ‘Active Field time’ and the aim of the objective is to develop Sports Quotient among all the students to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Such movement will also instil in students the understanding for regular physical activity and higher levels of fitness enhancing their self-esteem and confidence.
Activities To Be Undertaken During The Fitness Week Celebration: (Sample)
Day 1.
- Morning Assembly – Yoga for all
- Activities on Fitness and Nutrition for Students and Staff
Day 2.
- Morning Assembly – Free hands exercise for all
- Mental Fitness Activities (Ex. Debates, Symposium, Lectures by Sports
Psychologists)
Day 3.
- Beginning of “Fitness Assessment” of Students through KHELO INDIA App.
- Poster making Competition for all Students on theme “Fit Body – Fit Mind – Fit Environment”
Day 4.
- Physical Activities for all Students including Dance, Aerobics, Yoga, Martial Arts, Rope-Skipping, Gardening etc.
- Essay/Poem Writing Competition for all Students on theme “Fit India School”
Day 5.
Fitness/Sports Quiz for all Student
Day 6.
Competition for Students, Staff and Parents in Traditional/Indigenous/Regional Games –To celebrate the Unity in Diversity of our Nation and to maintain and strengthen the fabric of traditionally existing emotional bonds between the people of our Country; Engagement Matrix between States and UTs have been done. Against each pair of State/UTs, the suggestive traditional games list too has been given. Schools may engage its students in minimum one game of its choice from the partner state. Children, Parent and Teacher participants may also participate in exploring the history and interesting facts of the indigenous games from partner States
