INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a
balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending
sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way
of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of
good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical
principles.
Fundamental Principle 6 (p. 7)
The good of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a
peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport
practiced without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic
spirit, requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship,
solidarity and fair Play.
Unquote.
As almost all students wanted to pass Examinations with high
marks, which has been inculcated from early ages, then the Ethics in
achieving the results are questionable.
The society becomes more focused on unethical competition and
humility and values go down in life and become less important.
How did we affect changes:
Firstly, even in University system, students in each faculty do not
get an opportunity to interact with each other and in the case of Inter
University Sport Meets, the atmosphere is that the Unfriendly Rivalry
is very high and they do not interact with each other as brothers and
sisters. The Ugly scenes at these meetings are quite common.
At Bandarawela, we got from each University Two Boys and Two
Girls with a Supervisor and they were mixed with other universities in
the dormitory thus forcing them to know each other and build a
friendship by sharing resources.
Three full days of sessions and thereafter a memorable day of
outing coupled with a Dinner and a Cultural show are the key events
remembered by these students at the NOA. The Industry Experts were
brought to add quality to the presentations with their life experience in
Leadership, Working together to produce team results and the
importance of fair Play in life in achieving good results.
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