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Chhilawali School: No Field, No PT Teacher, Yet a Kho-Kho Nursery with 30 National Players
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News18•04-10-2026, 08:35
Chhilawali School: No Field, No PT Teacher, Yet a Kho-Kho Nursery with 30 National Players
- •PM Shri Government Upper Primary School Chhilawali, Sikar, despite lacking a PT teacher and its own sports field, has become a renowned Kho-Kho nursery.
- •Level-1 teacher Babulal Yadav trains girls in Kho-Kho on Gram Panchayat land, even after school hours, fostering national-level talent.
- •Approximately 30 girls from the school have played at the national level, with Kanchan Samota reaching the Indian women's Kho-Kho team and Sarita Yadav captaining the Rajasthan team.
- •The Chhilawali-Mehroli team won the state-level Kho-Kho competition twice in the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games, and players consistently won medals at national championships.
- •Beyond sports, students excel academically, with six consecutive selections for the NMMS exam, attracting parents from nearby Gram Panchayats.
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About 30 girls from PM Shri Government Upper Primary School Chhilawali have played in national-level Kho-Kho competitions.
Level-1 teacher Babulal Yadav teaches the children and conducts sports practice, even spending time with them on the field after school hours.
Because the school lacks its own sports field and faced increased space shortages after dilapidated rooms were demolished, the students practice on land belonging to the Gram Panchayat.
