Fit India Freedom Run: CBSE asks schools to encourage students, parents to participate

CBSE has asked all affiliated schools to encourage students, teachers or staff to participate in the Fit India Freedom Run.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed all the affiliated schools to encourage all its stakeholders to come forward and participate in the Fit India Freedom Run to be held from August 15 to October 2, 2020. In an official statement, the Board said, “All schools affiliated to CBSE are...requested to share the information about the event with all students, teachers, and staff, so that maximum number of students, teachers, staff and their families can run or walk for Fit India Freedom Run from August 15 to October 2 on any day(s)."

Under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Fit India Movement, CBSE has been conducting several activities for the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of the students, teachers, and parents.

With the motto “Running: the human body’s most raw form of Freedom”, the event aims to encourage fitness and help all students, teachers, and parents to get rid of obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety, diseases, etc with running.  

CBSE further said that the participants will be given a choice to choose a route as per their wish and their preferred time. The participants can participate as per their own pace, CBSE said. The board has also asked participants to post their pictures on social media platforms with #Run4India.

“School will upload the data of a total number of participation and cumulative distance covered by the participants on the Fit India Portal, www.fitindia.gov.in,” CBSE said.

For any query and feedback, schools can visit https://fitindia.gov.in/fit-india-freedom-run/, CBSE said.

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