Physical Education

The Department of Physical Education focusses on building the ‘whole person potential’ of the students by developing their physical fitness and honing their sporting skills. To help students excel in sports, they are offered training in Basketball, Volleyball, Throwball, Handball, Football, Ball Badminton, Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, Chess and Athletics. Support and facilities on campus equip players to participate in Zonal, Inter – Zonal, University, District, State and National level tournaments.

To promote health and an active lifestyle, physical fitness activities like Aerobics, Yoga, Silambam, Taichi, Karate, Zumba, Traditional Dances and Basic Functional Training are designed and offered to students. These cater to their individual needs and interests.

All students have to compulsorily participate in physical fitness activities offered by the department during the first year as a part of their course requirement.  An attendance of 40 hours is mandatory and a student will not be eligible for her Degree if the credit for the physical fitness activity is not earned.  Students who join NCC are exempted from physical fitness activities.  However if a student withdraws  from NCC in the first year due to some reason, she has to take up physical fitness activities and complete the required 40 hours.

Provision will be made to meet attendance and other academic requirements when the student represents the College, the University, the State or the Country for any sport.  An official letter duly signed by the organising agency, Director of Physical Education and Head of the Major Department has to be submitted in the Principal’s Office along with a letter from the parents within a week.

To discover and develop the latent talent of students, the Department organises a Freshers’ Meet at the beginning of each academic year. This helps induct interested and talented players into the college team. Well trained coaches are assigned to hone the skills of players. To encourage and motivate players, the college provides 50% – 80% scholarship to students who excel at State, National and University level competitions. This scholarship is also extended to those who are economically weak and have achieved success at the Zonal or Inter Zonal matches. 

To nurture sportsmanship at all levels of competition, Intramural and Extramural matches (WCC trophy tournament) are conducted annually.

The Annual Sports Day is a grand event where players are honoured and those who have won laurels for the college at various levels are felicitated. It is also an opportunity for students to showcase their skills and talents and especially the ones learnt by first year students during fitness training.

At the end of the third year the best outgoing player is selected based on her achievements and she receives the Winfred Rogerson Award in Shift I and the Renuka Somasekhar Mukherji Award in Shift II.

The Department of Physical Education, through the regular physical fitness activities and the sports training, acts as a catalyst in enabling students to pursue sports and fitness as a career, while also equipping them to lead a healthy life style and learn a fitness skill that will remain with them throughout their lives.

To make this possible Women’s Christian College provides necessary facilities for various sports and games as well as the fitness development.  The college has a large, well-maintained playfield for outdoor games like volleyball, throwball, handball, basketball, cricket, ball badminton, football and athletics.

The Eva Arrowsmith Indoor Sports Training Centre has the facility to train students in tennis, badminton, volleyball, basketball, handball and other fitness activities.

The Buck Sports Building houses a well-equipped gym for staff and students. There are also spacious halls for table tennis, chess and carrom and an airy hall for yoga practice.

Facilities on campus equip players to participate in various tournaments, which in turn keep the college banner flying high.

FACULTY

DR. AGNES VIJAYA RANI S

Director of Physical Education

Email Id: agnesvijayarani@wcc.edu.in

DR. NAVEENA PRIYA D

Director of Physical Education

Email Id: naveenapriya@wcc.edu.in