Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan is the national sports institute of Bangladesh. It is residential and is located at Savar, about 28 km north-west of the capital, Dhaka. The Government-funded autonomous institution was established in 1986 with the objective of developing sports in Bangladesh. The Director General is the chief executive of the institute. Students are accommodated in four hostels for boys and one for girls. They receive food, medical treatment and sports materials. Tuition fees are determined on the basis of family income.ManagementBKSP is run by a Board of Governors, which is headed by the Minister of Youth and Sports. Brigadier General Md Shamsur Rahman is the Director General of BKSP.Training programmeBKSP admits students in different areas of sports such as athletics, basketball, cricket, football, gymnastics, hockey, swimming, shooting and tennis. Basic training programme is of maximum eight years for athletics, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, shooting, tennis. Students under thirteen years of age are admitted to class VII. But in the categories of boxing, gymnastics and swimming students below ten years of age are admitted to class IV. However, the age limit can be relaxed in case of exceptionally promising candidates.Affiliation and other servicesAlongside sports training, BKSP provides general education to all of its students up to degree level under the syllabi of public schools and colleges. It is affiliated with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education and the National University. An important aspect of BKSP is its Sports Science Department which offers courses on sports medicine, exercise physiology, sports psychology, nutrition, sports bio-mechanics, general theory and method of training. Its main objectives include identifying the sports talents in students and giving them support; to provide prospective coaches, referees and umpires to impart coaching to all national teams participating in international competitions. Another main aim is to create more opportunity for the current and future sportsperson for the research and analysis of sports performance as well as sports teaching. In future the sports science students are trying to establish an organization of sports scientists in Bangladesh to involve more people in the sports arena.