mangaluru sportspersons in college campuses are thrilled as regular training that had come to a halt due to the pandemic has now resumed only a few sports competitions were held during the last 18 months on educational campuses gerald santhosh dsouza director physical education mangalore university mu said that for the time being mu will only focus on important annual intercollegiate events the season will start on november 27 with a swimming competition we have selected sports events based on priority and importance as planned most of the events will be held by february next year he said on interuniversity events santhosh said that currently they have received a green signal to conduct athletics crosscountry and southzone hockey tournaments due to time constraints the annual sports calendar will not be followed we are obligated to complete events that are generally spread across eight to nine months in a span of three to four months in the last academic year we were able to conduct only a few taluklevel competitions on a small scale said santhosh a day ago the state government permitted pu colleges to conduct sports events on campuses ddpu c d jayanna said that a sports calendar for the academic year will be released at the earliest a meeting with all physical education teachers in the district will be held he said on sports being neglected due to the pandemic dr mohan alva chairman alvas education foundation moodbidri said the departments from ddpi to mangalore university are clueless about sports and athletic events while the government is preparing for the third wave here at alvas we are preparing our sportspersons for state and national level meets it is high time that the government wakes up and gives importance to sports which is the need of the hour schools wait for order schools have not received an order permitting physical training pt classes or sports competitions laxmesh rai incharge director physical education dakshina kannada said children can participate in amateur sports events conducted by private organisations in the district we are yet to get permission to start pt classes in schools he said however some schools do allow students to play on the ground it is not possible to make children sit in class throughout the day without allowing them to play for some time said the head of a private school