Odisha Govt Issues SOP for Organizing Annual Sports Activities at School Level on Eve of Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the preparation of plan for organizing Annual Sports Activities at the School Level on the eve of FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023.

In a letter, OSEPA State Project Director Anupam Saha has asked the District Education Officer-Cum-DPCs, SS to prepare plans immediately for organizing annual sports activities at school/Block/District level ahead of the World Cup.

“To popularize Hockey and to commemorate the FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World cup-2023, Annual Sports Activities to be taken up at school/Block/ District level in all the Districts with the theme of ‘Hockey World Cup: promoting Hockey sports among school children’,” the letter read.

The Standard Operating Procedure on organisation of Annual Sports Activities at School/Block/District level is to be followed towards timely completion of sports events and promotion of Hockey World cup among school children and general public.

All districts have been advised to promote hockey among children during annual sports activities, with hockey-centric districts like Sundargarh and Khurda asked to organise hockey matches among students, the letter stated.

The FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held at Bhubaneswar & Rourkela from 13th to 29th January 2023.