Education system has to be changed to encourage sp

Former Indian hockey captain and coach, V Bhaskaran today advocated a change in the education system, particularly school timings, so that children could be involved more in sports. “It was wrong thinking that by involving in sports activities one’s academic standards would take a beating and the child would lose interest in education,” Bhaskaran said while speaking at a seminar on “creating champions in life-Holistic education through Sports,” here. Naming eminent sportspersons, who have excelled both in education and sports fields, like Ramanathan Krishnan, his son Ramesh Krishnan, Vishwanathan Anand and S Venkataraghavan, he said that the Chairman of Cricket selection committee, K Srikkanth an engineer, was successful in cricket. PTI