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Schools to have playground facilities

By Our Staff Reporter

Pondicherry May 1. The Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, has said that all government schools in the Union Territory of Pondicherry would have playgrounds in a phased manner.

Distributing prizes to students proficient at the three-day school level sports and games championships conducted by the Department of Education at Uppalam near here on Wednesday, he said the government was spending Rs. 6 crores every year for promotion of sports activities in schools. Students participating in events in other States would get a travelling allowance of Rs. 80 against Rs. 40 paid so far.

Ten institutions would be equipped with modern equipment for gymnasium.

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