The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Ministry of Education, and UNESCO have exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to integrate clean sport values into classrooms across India. According to the Press Information Bureau, the initiative uses the ‘Sports Values in Every Classroom Toolkit’ to embed values like respect, integrity, and fairness in children through everyday activities.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Education Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi reaffirmed the need to combine sports and education during the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) India’s Clean Sport Conclave. The toolkit’s video modules will be made available in 13 Indian languages to reach students nationwide.
During the event, Dr. Mandaviya stated that NADA conducted over 7,000 tests and more than 350 education and awareness sessions reaching 27,000 participants in 2025–26. He also noted that supplement testing facilities at the National Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar and the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Hyderabad help prevent inadvertent doping cases.
What it means
- The toolkit's video modules will be made available in 13 Indian languages.
- NADA conducted over 7,000 tests and more than 350 education and awareness sessions reaching 27,000 participants during 2025–26.
Source
Press Information Bureau, Government of India, “Sports and Education Ministries sign historic MoU with UNESCO to take clean sport values to every classroom”. Read the original release.
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