Let us revisit the International Charter of Physical Education and Sports proclaimed at the 20th session of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), meeting in Paris on 21st November, 1978.

1. HEALTH-FITNESS EDUCATION
ESSENTIAL FOR IMPARTING
BALANCED EDUCATION
- The most important Challenge to Indian Universities.
DR. DEVINDER K. KANSAL
Head, Deptt. of Physical Education & Sports Sciences
(University of Delhi)
&
Principal, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education &
Sports Sciences, Delhi
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2. “No matter what amount of work one
has, one must find time for exercise
daily as one does for one’s meals.
Education is to draw-out the best out
of body, mind and soul”.
Mahatma Gandhi
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3. Let us revisit the International
Charter of Physical Education and
Sports proclaimed at the 20th session
of the United Nations Education,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), meeting in Paris on 21st
November, 1978.
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4. This charter was proclaimed after unanimous
acceptance of the same. Keeping in view this
charter, everyone should be free to develop and
preserve his or her physical, intellectual, and
moral powers, and it says that access to physical
education and sport should consequently be
assured and guaranteed for all human beings. In
fact, it is only the introduction of health, physical
fitness and wellness education which may help
educationists to perform their duty of imparting
balanced education to all the students.
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5. Concerted efforts are needed to
update general education so as to
start imparting balanced education in
Indian Universities without any further
delay in introducing essential
component of health-fitness education
for all students.
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6. I wish to quote here, “When you
gain control over your body you will
gain control on your mind, you will
gain control over your heart and
soul” B. Phillips (1999).
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7. For example, Punjabi University became
and will ever remain first in India to
introduce sports science in the country at
master’s level. Which was followed by the
University of Delhi after 16 years where the
second department of Physical Education
and Sports Sciences was created in the year
of 2005 by the efforts of the teachers of
IGIPESS, two of whom happened to belong
to the sports sciences department of
Punjabi University, Patiala.
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8. It was again Punjabi University which
published first research papers in any
foreign research journals in physical
education and sports science, namely British
Journal of Sports Medicine (1979 & 1981),
Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports (Italy)
(1975 & 1978), Hungarian Journal of Physical
Fitness (1982), Journal of Anthropology &
Morphology (Germany, 1975), Proceeding of
Olympic Science Congress published by
Human Kinetics (USA) in 1986.
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9. Punjabi University is the only University
whose teacher has ever been appointed
Chairman of Olympic Scientific Congress
1984 from India during Los-Angeles Olympics.
Punjabi University is the only Indian
University to have fetched the Indo-US
Fulbright Scholarship on Olympic Athletes’
(1988-89) research in Sports Science field.
Punjabi University will remain first in the
history of Sports Science in India to have
produced first few sports scientists with doctorate
degree in Sports Science.
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10. 1. Recommendations Central Advisory
Board on Education, Govt. of India, New
Delhi.
2. Recommendations of NCERT for B.Ed.
students (NCERT, 2000).
3. Recommendations of Delors Commission
Report, 1996.
4. 1978 UNESCO Charter of Physical
Education & Sports.
5. National Education Policy – 1986.
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11. 6. Programme of Action on National Sports
Policy of India, 1992.
7. Global Vision : International Council for
Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport
and Dance (ICHPER. S.D., 1997).
8. The observations of Parliamentary Standing
Committee on HRD (1998) regarding the
need for integrating sports with formal
education.
9. UNESCO – ICHPERSD Mission for School
Physical Education, 2001.
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12. In turn, erosion of the physical well-
being and health resulting in
inadequate levels of physical fitness,
results in erosion of a nation’s health,
and thus, our world’s health”.
“There is a world of difference
between knowing what to do and
actually doing it”
Bill Phillips (1999)
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13. Q. What is the specific change we are
looking for bringing in the area of
implementing health-fitness right to be
provided to all students?
It is not easy to write down the specific
goal to be achieved or the specific answer
to the above seemingly simple question,
without taking it seriously at our inner
voice of the soul.
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14. REFERENCE
Bucher, C.A. and M.K. Krotee (2002). Management of
Physical Education & Sports. McGraw Hills, New York,
USA.
Delors, J. (1996). Report of the UNESCO’s Inter-nation
Commission on Education in the 21st Century. In
Proceedings of Asian Regional Conference on Learning
: The Treasure within Implication for Asia. Jan. 25-
28, 1999, National Institute of Education Planning
and Administration, New Delhi.
Gandhi, M.K. (1904). In India of My Dreams. Navjivan
Publications House, (2001) Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
Human Resource Development Ministry (1986).
National Policy on Education.
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15. REFERENCE (Contd)
Kansal, D.K. , L.S. Sidhu and S.K. Verma (1981).
Improvisation of a simple device in measuring the an
aerobic power of Indian male and female athletes.
Brit. J.Sports Med., 15:136-160.
Kansal, D.K., L.S. Sidhu, S.K. Verma and M.S. Sohal
(1982). Plasma protein level and its relation
with performance in ale athletes. Hung. Rev. Sports
Med., 23:39-45.
Kansal, D.K., N. Aggarwal and A.K. Gupta (1986).
Kinanthropometry (Ed. J.A.P. Day).
Kansal, D.K. (2012). A Practical Approach to
Measurement & Evaluation in Physical Education &
Sports. Sports & Spiritual Science Publications, New
Delhi.
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16. REFERENCE (Contd)
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (2007).
Comprehensive Sports Policy, Govt. of India, New
Delhi.
NCERT (2000). Curriculum Framework.
Olympic Scientific Congress Proceedings Vol.I (1984).
Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Phillips, B. (1999). Body for Life. Harper Collins
Publishers, Inc., New York, USA.
Sidhu, L.S., D.K. Kansal and B.S. Kanda (1975).
Anthropometric & roentogeno-grametric assessment
of physique and body composition of athletes
specializing in throwing events. J. Sports Medicine &
Physical Fitness, 15:192-198 (Italy).
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17. REFERENCE (Contd)
Sidhu, L.S. & D.K. Kansal (1977). A new approach to the
study of inter correlations among bone, muscle and fat
components of upper arm. J. Morph. Anthrop. 68:257-264
(Germany).
UNESCO (1978). International Charter of Physical Education
an Sports. Cited from C.A. Bucher and M.K. Karotee
(2002). Management of Physical Education and Sport,
McGraw Hill, USA.
Verma, S.K., S.R. Mohindroo and D.K. Kansal, (1978).
Effect of four weeks of hard physical training on certain
physiological and morphological para meters of basket ball
players. Journal of Sports Med. Phys. Fitness, 18:379-384
(Italy).
Verma, S.K., L.S. Sidhu and D.K. Kansal (1979). Aerobic
work capacity in young sedentary men and active
athletes in India. Brit. J. Sports Med., 13:98-102 (U.K.).
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