The National Sports Council (NSC) is the parent body of all federations and sports organizations in the country. Except for football and cricket, most of the federations are financially very weak. As a result, even if there is a desire to explore talent, there is no means.
The National Sports Council is conducting a talent search as part of its annual activities. The search program has started with a total of 168 people in ten sports at the age of under-16. The search program was officially inaugurated by the Secretary of the National Sports Council, Md. Aminul Islam, ndc, at the Handball Stadium in the capital today.
Training will be held for the next ten days in the disciplines of Chess (boys, girls), Basketball (girls), Handball (boys), Judo (boys, girls), Kabaddi (girls), Cricket (boys), Weightlifting (boys, girls), Gymnastics (boys, girls), Volleyball (girls), Cycling (boys, girls). After the training, the NSC will send the list of talented youth to the concerned federation.
The National Sports Council has conducted talent search activities in the past years as well. Many times, talent was not found, and even when it was found, the sports arena could not retain it. This time, the director of the Sports Council, Krira Mohammad Humayon Kabir, wants to eliminate that discrepancy, ‘After training, we will send the list to the federation. We will regularly monitor this issue with the federation. We will keep an eye on them so that they get the opportunity to develop their talent by participating in junior tournaments or other competitions.’
As part of the talent search activity, one player from each district has been sent to Dhaka for one sport. In Dhaka, the coaches of the National Sports Council conducted initial trials. Based on that trial, they selected the players. Only the selected players will get the opportunity for the next ten training sessions. In the past years, in some cases, the coaches selected players in each district. Those players later came to Dhaka and received a few weeks of training.
There is a budget of over one crore taka per year for talent scouting. Despite spending crores of taka, this program has not had much impact on the sports arena in the past due to the lack of proper and effective scouting policies.
