While launching the programme, Sibal emphasised the importance of sport in youngsters life.

'Sports plays a crucial role in the complete development of a child,' he said.

The Central Board of Secondary Education and Youth Sport Trust are the technical partners of the project and have developed a classroom resource material - 'PEC India: Manual for Primary School Teachers' - for the implementation of the programme.

The British Council will run a pilot project in select schools in Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai in the next six months. Two rural pilot projects are also in pipeline in Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.