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Collection of initiatives aiming at promoting:

  • awareness of importance of sport at school level
  • social inclusion and prevent early school leaving
  • an ethical approach to sport
  • all types of sports at school level

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Title of the initiative:
"Year of sport" from elementary school to college
Web site of the initiative:
Date of the Event:
School Year 2015-2016
Country:
France
Sport:
Athletics, Badminton, Basket, Football
Aims:
promotion of all types of sports
promotion of an ethical approach to sport
promotion of awareness of importance of sport at school level
promotion of social inclusion and prevention of early school leaving through sport
Description of the initiatives:
- The Education Minister of France, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, wants this school year 2015-2016 to be a year dedicated to sport.

- This initiative will take place all over France and will take place at different moments, different places... It concerns pupils and students from elementary school to college.

- This year will be the stage of many sport events : Euro Basket 2015, Euro Football 2016, Rugby World Cup 2015... The aim of this initiative is therefore to mobilize the educational teams to promote sport at school and to broadcast the educational and citizen values it conveys.
Partnerships have been signed with different sport federations (basketball, athletics, badmington and handball.)

- This initiative "underlines the link between school and sport and how they share mutual values : effort, perseverance, will to progress, self respect and respect of others." (source : http://www.vousnousils.fr )

- This "year of sport" begins with the "sport day at school" on September, 16th and the "campus sport day" in October.

"Youth and sport are national priorities." Laurent Petrynka, UNSS director.
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