Ludhiana, August 1
The Punjab School Education Board is committed to promote sports among school students and for this purpose sports wings have been formed at different schools in the state. The board has been spending considerable amount in providing facilities to the players.

These observations were made by Kulraj Kaur Randhawa, deputy director, Sports, Punjab School Education Board, while interacting with mediapersons during her visit to meet trainees of Mata Sahib Kaur Hockey Academy at Jarkhar village, near here, today.

Randhawa expressed concern over fielding of overage players in majority of the events. She cautioned the organisers against fielding such players which cause great harm to the genuine and deserving players. She announced that the school board would form committees with district education officers, DPEs and PTEs as its members to check this menace.

Randhawa said a hockey league for sports wings of the education board would be organised at Jarkhar later this month.

She was felicitated by the organisers of the hockey academy on this occasion.

Kuldeep Singh, state organising secretary of the board, along with Rupinder Singh Ravi, assistant education officer, Ludhiana, Gurwinder Singh Kila Raipur, Lakhbir Singh Grewal, Amarjit Singh and Zora Singh Duail of the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club were present there.