PM Rahman: Sports in schools to curb social ills

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman announced that incorporating sports into the curriculum will combat social problems such as drug addiction and excessive mobile phone use among students. Speaking on the eve of the “Primary School Gold Cup Football Tournament (Boys and Girls) 2026,” Rahman stressed that investing in children's education and health is the most vital investment a nation can make.

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investment in children’s education and health is the most important investment in nation-building.

He asserted that sports, culture, and creative activities are as essential as academic education for developing a confident, skilled, and humane generation. Rahman described the football tournament as a positive initiative for student development. The government is actively working to modernize the education sector, aiming to integrate sports like football, cricket, chess, karate, and swimming into the curriculum from class 4 through higher secondary levels, as outlined in the “Sobar Agey Bangladesh” election manifesto.

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sports, culture and creative activities are essential alongside academic education for building a confident, skilled and humane generation.

Under these policy guidelines, all 65,569 government primary schools are participating in the tournament, engaging approximately one crore students. The Prime Minister wished the tournament success, expressing hope that the participants will become future sporting talents who will represent Bangladesh on the international stage.

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the government is working to modernise the education sector under the “Sobar Agey Bangladesh” election manifesto, including efforts to integrate sports such as football, cricket, chess, karate and swimming into the curriculum from class 4 to higher secondary level.