A meeting of the Caricom council on human development this month agreed to engage stakeholders on Physical Education (PE) and sport in schools and to use physical activity to include persons with disabilities, prolong the good health of elderly persons and boost the economy.
In a Communiqué, Cari-com said the Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) convened here for sport ministers, directors and regional sporting organisations and other stakeholders noted the link between PE and health and agreed that it could help combat childhood obesity, and reduce the rate of chronic non-communicable diseases. The meeting agreed to commission a study on the status of Physical Education and Sport in schools in the region.
The COHSOD also mandated the Caricom Secretariat to take immediate steps to finalize and disseminate the Caricom Curriculum Framework for Physical Education in all member states and further requested the