development children are not given any free time and they keep on running from one tuition to another frankly i feel no tuition classes are required till 10th standard school teaching combined with self study is sufficient activities like painting music and dance which arent given much importance are the best stress busters and ive observed that students are interested in them but parents need to encourage them in these activitiesreduce distractions nikhil mundle trustee mundle educational trust felt that to enable students to be fit its important to reduce the distractions to a bare minimum he said children have an inherent urge to go out and play and i think that is enough to keep them fit they enjoy the process however its a huge task for the schools and the parents to keep them away from addictive distractions like play stations mobile phones and televisions which stop them from going out and playing restrictions should be imposed on children so as to enable them to play in the real sensebreak the myths akhilesh chaturvedi principal of delhi public school put focus on inculcating the interest for fitness in a child at a young age he said as the child grows up and reaches middle school he is certain about where his interest lies and can then decide for himself the onus lies on the physical trainers teachers take extra classes in games period that should be avoided neeru kapai intervened saying students always frown when a games period is taken away they have the interest in sports and the teachers shouldnt discourage it sports are as important as academics and this negativity attached to it needs to go away each child has an area of interest and that must be acknowledged it is a myth that if you give more time to sports academics get affected to this anuj badjate put a strong point saying but who will break this mythgirls can make a difference as the discussion moved towards involvement of girls in physical activities harsha jharia the vice principal of lad college had a point to make she said girls are doing well at the national and international level in sports like kabaddi karate and cricket i see the curiosity in them its all about the opportunity given and they grab it with both handschannelise efforts rachna singh principal st ursula girls school said that girls need little extra motivation to do even better she went on to add we have a mix of tribal and urban students at our allgirls school and the tribal students at our school are more enthusiastic towards sports than the urban ones however they lack proper nutrition as most of the girls have very low haemoglobin levels we try to combat this deficiency by providing them with food which is high in nutrition during the mid day meals to ensure fitness it is not only necessary to get them to play but its also important that students have proper nutrition