chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh: Under-19 World Cup winning skipper Unmukt Chand's high-profile tussle with St. Stephen's may have found a solution but there are a number of sportspersons doing the country proud who have had to drop a year due to attendance shortage or approach the court to appear for examinations. The athletes are made to suffer despite an old directive from the human resource development ministry for granting special leave of absence from their educational institutions to participate in sports meets and attend coaching camps. There is also provision for conducting special examinations if they were forced to skip regular exams because they had to participate in state, national and international competitions or to attend camps for this purpose. As per the HRD ministry's order number No.F.18-1/87-Sports IV dated March 9, 1987, it had issued a notification to education secretaries of all state...
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