For the Active You!
The agreement that schools are the incubators for sport development and talent identification naturally engendered the rollout of a school sport leagues where children could be provided access to participate in an organized sport competitions. The support from the school management, educators and the school governing bodies (SGB) contribute to the success participation of school learners. The primary aim of the school sport programme is to ensure that each South African learner is afforded an opportunity to participate in at least one sporting code. The Programme therefore seeks to address all the barriers to entry that currently inhibit broadbased participation in school sport, through the provision of the requisite support material, personnel and competition opportunities. One such competition opportunity is the South African National Schools Sport Championships. The National Schools Championships Programme aims to increase the pool of talented athletes that feed the national teams, thereby increasing the chances of international success. It also increases the opportunity for learners at all schools to participate in organized sporting events which will broaden the base for talent selection. National Federations must deploy talent scouts at all levels of competition so that more learners with talent can be identified for further development. The inaugural South African School Sport National Championship Programme took place in the City of Tshwane, Gauteng from 10 – 15 December 2012. Subsequent National School Championships have taken place in 2013, 2014 and still to continue to take place in the next coming years. The current format of the National School Sport Championship Programme has been in place for one season. Overtime, it has become necessary to review this format. All participation started from schools; inter-school competition, circuit competitions elimination, district up to provincial competition, which determined the teams that participated in the South African National School Sport Championship. 5 Report on the Implementation Evaluation of the NSSCP
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