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FIFA ‘Soccer For Colleges’ programme spreads throughout Odisha, Goa, Maharashtra and DNH & DD

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NEW DELHI: The Soccer for Colleges (F4S) programme which kicked off on the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Cuttack, Odisha, on December 3 final 12 months has now reached varied districts, together with Angul, Dhenkanal, and Deogarh in Odisha, North Goa and South Goa in Goa, and likewise the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

The F4S initiative, launched underneath the bigger mission FIFA Soccer for Colleges, is designed to considerably improve the accessibility of soccer for college kids throughout the college setting, fostering a love for the sport and selling a more healthy way of life.

It’s a transformative journey embarked upon by the Division of College Schooling & Literacy, in collaboration with the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) and the Federation Worldwide de Soccer Affiliation (FIFA).

Underneath the ready management of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, serving because the Nodal organisation for the F4S programme, this initiative goals to contribute to the training, improvement, and empowerment of roughly 700 million kids globally. The programme seeks to make soccer extra accessible to each girls and boys by integrating soccer actions into the training system in collaboration with related authorities and stakeholders. Greater than 1.5 lakh faculties in India will profit from this programme, in keeping with data obtainable on AIFF web site.

Collaboration, integration, nodal organisation and gender inclusivity are some key highlights of the FIFA F4S programme. The programme, with its multi-dimensional method, aspires to not solely introduce the enjoyment of taking part in soccer to college students but additionally instil values of teamwork, self-discipline, and health, contributing to their holistic improvement.

As part of the programme, capacity-building/Practice-the-Coach programmes have been earlier held in Bengaluru, Pune and Sambalpur in October 2023, the place round 300 bodily training academics/trainees from States/UTs, KVS, NVS and AIFF throughout India participated with an purpose to be taught from the perfect and additional use their coaching and expertise as Grasp Trainers at State stage.

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