Process to issue gradation certificates to begin soon

Deepankar Sharda

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18

As the results of various classes are out, the UT Sports Department is all geared up to start the process of conducting interviews for issuing gradation certificates.

The first interview will be held on July 27, then on August 4, August 10, August 17, August 24, August 31 and September 7, subject to the date of filing for the certificate — from July 20 to 22, July 27 to 29, August 3 to August 5, August 10 to 12, August 17 to August 19, August 24 to 6 and August 31 to September 2.

Earlier, the authorities were avoiding conducting such interviews owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Under this programme, achievements of local sportspersons gets graded by the department — starting from April every year— so that they can apply for admissions in local schools/colleges/ Panjab University under sports quota.

In a notification, issued earlier this year on April 6, the department had announced to postpone the interviews and since then, local players were eagerly waiting for it. Every year, over 500 sportspersons apply to get gradation certificates.

“The process will start this month only. Since the results are out, it’s our duty to grade certificates so that local sportspersons apply for the sports quota seats,” said Tejdeep Singh Saini, UT Director Sports. “To avoid large gatherings, players will be called in small batches. The players have to apply for gradation online and we are also trying to examine their certificates and issue grades in the same manner (online). The planning will be completed in a few days,” added Saini.

The policy

As per the policy, meritorious sportspersons of the city who excel in various state/national/ international-level championships of archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing/ kayaking, cricket, cycling, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho kho, rowing, shooting, softball, skating, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling are issued gradation certificates (A, B, C, D) on the basis of their achievements.