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EW SPOTLIGHT FEATURE
PINNACLE’22: Jaipuria’s marquee

national sports event a success! www.jaipuriaschools.ac.in

eth M.R. Jaipuria Schools have
successfully organised PINNACLE
S2022: 4th Inter-Jaipuria Sports
Championships. The sports championship
attracted participation from 2,300 students
(individual school champions) from 43
Jaipuria schools and 32 cities pan-India,
with 350 students exclusively taking part in
march-past, drills, and cultural display. The
aggregate enrolment in Jaipuria Schools
pan India is over 35,000 students.
Schools must acknowledge the
critical importance of sports and games
in students’ personality development. At
Jaipuria, we strongly believe that for India
to scale greater heights, it is important
for budding youngsters to realise their traditional and conservative sense, but to with others to discover the champions
responsibility of spearheading change in innovate at every level and ensure sports within. They also forged friendships for a
the country. Academics certainly plays a is integrated into the overall grooming of lifetime, and we believe this will augur well
major role but we can’t deny that sports students. for their mental and emotional well-being
education helps in students’ holistic growth Students at Jaipuria are lifelong too.
and development. learners, and we believe that education is Our students believe in their dreams.
The sporting world has had its share a life-long process. Not only is attending Success, and success alone is not the
of ups and downs since the Covid school about education, it’s about key testament to life. Participation is more
pandemic hit. Not only did sports around inculcating discipline, following a routine important than success. Don’t entertain
the world at the professional level have to and building a foundation for life. any thoughts of failure but learn from
assess how they would play their current At Jaipuria, we encourage students failure. Life’s biggest battles aren’t always
and upcoming seasons, but the overall to choose their careers based on their won by the faster or stronger person, but
industry had to make sweeping changes natural instincts. We advise students to to the one who thinks they can. We are
that would impact sports for years to perform their duties with total dedication thankful to the Almighty for giving us this
come. Ensuring Covid norms are followed and passionate ownership, and everything opportunity to celebrate the true spirit
while maintaining good health, hygiene else will follow. Life skills -- that so often of sports, and are extremely proud of
and high level of competition was far from are taken for granted -- come with travels, our partners, principals, teachers, staff,
easy, but we managed. We have always with social interactions with camaraderie. coaches, students, sponsors and media
been committed in our focus on a variety Our students faced soaring temperatures who have been together for taking this
of problems, not merely schooling in the -- literally and figuratively -- as they battled giant leap with Pinnacle!

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