KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Plans by the Esports Kuala Lumpur Association (ESKL) and the Federal Territory Sports Council to introduce e-sports as a co-curricular activity in secondary schools here, will have to be postponed to 2021.
This came after discussions between ESKL, the Federal Territory Sports Council and District Education Department to determine the e-sports syllabus, were stalled and efforts to promote the sports were curtailed due to Covid-19.
ESKL president Hisham Darus said online promotion is not the best method to introduce e-sports comprehensively to students, parents and teachers.
“Perhaps once the conditional movement control order (CMCO) is over or during the first quarter of 2021 we will continue with our discussions and work with the schools before they hold their sports day.
"It would not be sufficient for us to just conduct a school-level awareness and promotion programme online, because apart from the students, their parents, teachers and the school PTA would be interested to know about e-sports and its benefits," he told Bernama.
According to the original plan, ESKL and the Federal Territory Sports Council target was to introduce e-sports in Kuala Lumpur schools at the start of this year's school session.
The move would be implemented through the formation of e-sports clubs to give exposure to parents and students on the potential of video-based sports.
Hisham said discussions on the e-sports syllabus took into account various aspects to ensure that it is a platform that could provide students with holistic development opportunities.
He added that football video games - FIFA20 and PES as well as racing - Formula 1, are the two main genres that will be promoted in schools.
— Bernama
