Presentation of GTO Complex distinction badges took place during "Russia – a Sports Power" Forum. Part 2
In the first day of the forum "Russia – a Sports Power", the Executive Directorate for Sports Projects presented GTO Complex distinction badges. The presentation was opened by Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation, Vitaly Mutko.
- The complex is becoming a basis for standards. It's kind of a testing complex developed to assess the level of fitness by 11 age groups. Today we entitled our regions to add 2-3 tests based on their traditions, national specificities, and popularity of different sports in constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The complex was introduced on September 1 this year. 12 regions of the country were selected for a pilot but this does not stem the tide for other regions.
'In the implementation of this project,' said Minister, 'it is important to adhere to informal approach so that young people are really excited about passing the tests. We must do everything to convince our population that sports have positive impact on quality of life.'
Over its whole 83 years history distinction badges changed many times and looked differently from 1931 to 1988. But one thing never changed – every citizen of our country aged 6 and older was striving to get one of those badges.