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In collaboration with the Tarlac Provincial Government, Department of Education will conduct its annual national scholastic sports competition from April 11 to 17.The said competition, known as Palarong Pambansa, is now on its fifty third year. More than 6,000 student athletes from elementary and secondary schools nationwide are expected to troop to Tarlac province in April for the 53rd edition of the Palarong Pambansa.
Students from public and private schools will contend in 17 sports disciplines such as archery, arnis, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, chess, football, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, sepak takraw, softball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo and tennis. The athletes will compete in various venues in the divisions of elementary boys, elementary girls, secondary boys and secondary girls. The principal Games venue is the Tarlac Recreational Park in San Jose.
This kind of competition is expected to raise the level of the sporting competition to meet international standards since Palarong Pambansa is considered a breeding ground for the country’s future champions. [via abs-cbnnews.com] |
