<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) under the Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry; and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) today signed an MoU to strengthen value-based sports education amongst school children and teachers. The key activities that will be undertaken through this MoU include developing e-content in an accessible format on sports values and ethics. The UNESCO Value-Based Sports Education toolkit will also be promoted in every classroom under the MoU.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the occasion, Secretary, Department of Sports, Sujata Chaturvedi said that promoting positive sports values from an early age is key to ensuring that young athletes practice clean sports at a later age. She said, this MoU will amplify NADA's outreach efforts multi-fold, in collaboration with NCERT. She stressed that the MoU will also help in creating awareness at the grassroots.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports said that as a signatory to the UNESCO International Convention Against Doping in Sports, India holds the responsibility to augment clean sports efforts and promote value-based sports education in the country.</span></p>