Ajit Pal Singh has been appointed as the district mentor for Ludhiana under the ‘Khedo Punjab, Tandrust Punjab’ project.

Singh, the Physical education teacher will look after the talent hunt and organisation of annual athletic meets in all schools after they reopen.

Other than monitoring the sports activities in the district once the school reopens, he will also hold seminars and training sessions for the physical education teachers to plan various sports activities for students.

Under ‘Khedo Punjab, Tandrust Punjab’ project, the state education department deputes district mentors (DMs) (sports) to raise the standard of sports in schools across all districts.

Very few sports activities were conducted for students in the past five months owing to the shutdown of schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.