Welcome to
Directorate of Youth Services & Sports

The Department of Youth Services & Sports came into being in the year 1973 and prior to that it was a part of the Education Department. Mr Nazir Ahmed Khan was the first Director General of the Department. The Department has over a period of time brought on Its canvass a wide spectrum of activities like organizing Domestic & National Level Competitions in various games and sports for School Children, conducting Physical Education activities like Mass Physical Display in various schools, promoting adventure sports, engaging school children in extracurricular activities like dance, drama, painting ,quiz and debates, Youth and Cultural Festivals and promoting Scouts & Guides activities across the State and outside. The Department caters to the personality development aspect of school children through Physical Education. The actvities are being supervised by Zonal officers at Zonal Level, District Officers at District Level, Joint Directors at provincial level and Director UT level. The Department also renders the services in case of any eventuality like Disasters of any kind and in pandemic like corona etc, besides encouraging the youth in various social activities in the UT. The Department also runs a College of Physical Education at Ganderbal which was established in 1976 to offer two Courses, viz, 02 years B. P. Ed (Bachelor of Physical Education) course and 02 year M.P.Ed (Master of Physical Education) course in a regular study mode. Intake capacity for B.P. Ed is 80 & for M.P.Ed 25 candidates purely selected on entrance basis & on a varied test batteries of Physical fitness. The college offered only 02 C.P.Ed courses, one in 1984 & second in 1989. The Department was reorganized in 2008 and the posts of Zonal Physical Education Officers, Lecturers and Masters were created. Recently Rehbri-khel Teachers and Grounds-men were also appointed.