Odisha CM launches Olympic Values Education Programme
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International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Olympic Value Education Program (OVEP) was launched by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in association with Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust (ABFT).
With the aim of making children active, healthy and responsible citizens, the curriculum related to the Olympics was included in the school education system.
The initial target of the program is to reach 32,000 children enrolled in 90 schools in the cities of Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. After this it will be spread to about 70 lakh school children of the state.
Odisha's Department of School and Mass Education and Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust have jointly prepared this program included in the school curriculum.
Important facts
STATE | CAPITAL | STATE BIRD | STATE ANIMAL | STATE FLOWER | TOTAL LITERACY |
HARYANA | Chandigarh | Black Francolin | black deer or blackbuck | lotus | 75.55% |
ODISHA | Bhuvneswar | Neelkanth | sambar | Ashok | 72.9% |
UTTAR PRADESH | Lucknow | stork (crunch) | reindeer | Palaash | 67.72% |
KERALA | Thiruvananthapuram | great hornbill | Elephant | Kanikonna | 94.00% |
About the International Olympic Committee
Headquarters - Lausanne, Switzerland;
Director General - Christophe De Keper;
Establishment - 23 June 1894
At present, a total of 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the world are its members.
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