sports to be made part of cbse system says minister chennai oct 29 minister of youth affairs and sports independentincharge kiren rijiju on tuesday said the cbse was preparing a system to ensure sports becomes a substantial part of education to determine the achievement of a student prime minister narendra modi has already announced setting up a board for sports education now under the new education policy sports will become a part of education and the cbse is preparing a system to ensure sports becomes a substantial part of education rijiju said he said this after inaugurating the dr n p v ramaswamy udayar hockey centre at sri ramachandra medical college and university here rijiju said the move to induct sports in the new education system was because it has been treated as an extracurricular activity earlier sports was treated as extracurricular activities sports was not part of education system and it was treated as an extra he said under the new initiative the minister said the central board of secondary education was preparing a system and sports would not be treated as an extra or just an option sports is the central part of education system now there is a major shift we are taking forward prime minister is very clear in thathe said later talking to reporters he said his ministry was in touch with human resources development ministry in this regard i have already attended the cabinet meeting and i have already spoken there now it is under preparation to include sports in educations system policy has been accepted how to implement when to start this will depend on the preparation modi government is treating sports as greatest priority ever and that is how india will become a sporting powerhouse in future he said on the 2020 olympics in tokyo he said it was just 10 months away and one cannot create a champion overnight it takes years for a player to become a champion so we will go to the tokyo 2020 olympics with full preparation but with existing talents we have decided to give the best possible support system including creating an india house pavilion in tokyo he said the india house he said would offer complete support to indian athletes like food transport and provision of accommodation everything will be managed by india house and we must ensure full preparatory support to our team he said he said the next big target for india was that it should be in the top 10 medal list in the world since in rio de janeiro olympics india managed to secure only two medals he said the olympics in paris would be held in 2024 and in 2028 in los angeles i met all heads of sports federations and the target in 2024 we have to cross doubledigit medal tally and by 2028 olympics india must be in the top 10 medal list of the world there is no second thought we must be clear in