Sport and School

This guideline focuses on the importance of promoting sport at school level and provides indications to policy makers for this purpose. Policy-makers involved in education policy at different levels both national and local, have to deal with different aspects regarding the education system on the whole and its links with the formation of the citizen and the European context. The guideline also proposes how to enhance the integration between schools activities (both curricular and extra-curricular) and sport activities in order to overcome the invisible barrier that often presents school and sport as incompatible. The guideline suggests necessary steps and solutions based on the best practices in the field at European level, to promote sport and physical activity as a beneficial tool for enhancing the school education offer.