SOKOTO NETWORK

Academic learning and sports complement each other, and it has been long forgotten by parents and children alike the significance of both in the growth and development of an individual which if carried out together will increase ones potentials and eventually shapes his personality. Education is merely a way to gather knowledge and improve ‘academic’ skills, whereas from sports one can get the qualities of leadership, sharing, tolerance, and team-spirit. In today’s world, both are equally important and are indeed the two sides of the same coin. IF you were to ask a football fan to describe a top player, ‘well-educated’ is unlikely to be near the top of the list of attributes. Even the most gifted footballers can dazzle us on the pitch with their technical ability, and still be routinely lambasted for their perceived lack of brain cells afterwards. Then again, the demands associated with making it as a player, combined with a general disdain for education within the game, m...