Do notborrow PT intervals on your classes, Udhayanidhi Stalin appeals to lecturers

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, who additionally holds the Sports portfolio, made an fascinating attraction to lecturers on Tuesday (July 22, 2025). He urged them to not take over bodily coaching (PT) intervals to show tutorial topics, however as a substitute to lend their very own class time to advertise bodily exercise.

“My request to lecturers on behalf of the scholars is just one: I urge you to not borrow the PT interval to show your classes. I’m making this request within the presence of the Minister for School Education,” Mr. Udhayanidhi stated, garnering a spherical of applause from college students. “If wanted, you possibly can lend your courses for PT.”

He felicitated college students from State-run and government-aided academic establishments, who secured medals and awards in worldwide, nationwide, and State-level sports activities occasions, at a operate organised by the School Education Department at Jawaharlal Nehru indoor auditorium in Chennai.

Underlining the importance of bodily coaching, the Minister stated: “It is each scholar’s proper to get their PT interval. They ought to play throughout these intervals. You ought to use them for sports activities apply. Looking at these college students who’ve secured medals right here, we are able to perceive that you’re permitting them to play throughout their PT intervals.”

Emphasising the necessity for college students to pursue sports activities, he stated it was equally vital to be relentless and never hand over. Citing the instance of British athlete Derek Redmond, Mr. Udhayanidhi recalled how the athlete’s father helped him attain the finishline regardless that he didn’t win following a hamstring muscle cramp.

“Victories aren’t the one issues that stay in historical past. Sometimes, not giving up would additionally go down in historical past, and Derek Edmond is a superb instance of that,” Mr. Udhayanidhi stated.

Ministers Ma. Subramanian, PK. Sekarbabu, and Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi; legislator I. Paranthamen; and senior officers had been current.