{"id":84718,"date":"2019-11-13T01:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=84718"},"modified":"2019-11-13T01:39:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:09:26","slug":"pasighat-to-host-first-u-17-state-level-kho-kho-cship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/11\/13\/pasighat-to-host-first-u-17-state-level-kho-kho-cship\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasighat to host first U-17 state-level kho kho c&#8217;ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, Nov 12:<\/strong> East Siang HQ Pasighat is set to host the first U-17 State Level Kho Kho Championship from 3-12 December.<br \/>\nAround 800 players from various schools in all the districts of the state are expected to participate in the championship.<br \/>\nAddressing a coordination meeting here on Tuesday, Education Minister Taba Tedir said the event would &#8220;go a long way in promoting and encouraging the young generation to take up and excel in traditional games and sports.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe minister earlier visited the Pasighat stadium to witness the preparations for the upcoming event.<br \/>\nTedir, who is also the president of the Kho-Kho Association of Arunachal Pradesh, sought support from local MLA Kaling Moyong, the district administration, the police, the HoDs, and sports lovers to make the event successful.<br \/>\nHe said the state government is focusing on &#8220;holistic education by encouraging games and sports in schools,&#8221; and added that Kho Kho &#8220;promotes mental agility and physical fitness, and can be played by children and people of all ages.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe minister also lauded the proactive efforts of DC Kinny Singh, saying she has been taking keen interest in improving the district&#8217;s education sector.<br \/>\nUrging all stakeholders to strive to provide quality education to the students, Tedir said, &#8220;Most of the officers, technocrats and achievers in the UPSC and other fields are products of government schools of the state. The state government, teachers and parents have a collective role to improve the education scenario.&#8221;<br \/>\nMoyong and the DC on their part assured to provide all support for successful conduct of the event.<br \/>\nEarlier, School Education Director Gania Leij spoke about the aim of promoting traditional Indian games and sports in the state under the Centre&#8217;s Khelo India initiative.<br \/>\nAmong others, ADC Taddo Borang, DDSE J Yirang, IGJHSS Principal T Taloh, and DEMGHSS Principal A Tayeng attended the meeting. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIGHAT, Nov 12: East Siang HQ Pasighat is set to host the first U-17 State Level Kho Kho Championship from 3-12 December. Around 800 players from various schools in all the districts of the state are expected to participate in the championship. Addressing a coordination meeting here on Tuesday, Education Minister Taba Tedir said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}