# First sports school for girls opens in Himachal’s Shimla district 2026-08-15T17:30:16+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Himachal's first 'School of Sports' for girls opened in Jubbal, Shimla district, on Friday. Education minister Rohit Thakur inaugurated the Thakur Ramlal Girls' School of Sports and laid the foundation for a new building costing Rs 2.78 crore. The school offers eight sports disciplines, including volleyball, and has 32 new posts sanctioned. The government has provided Rs 20 lakh worth of equipment and will release Rs 72 lakh more. Six students from the hostel have been selected for the Indian girls' volleyball team at the 2026 World School Volleyball Championship in China. Thakur said the Congress government has also raised prize money for Olympic and Paralympic gold medalists. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Himachal Pradesh, Rohit Thakur, Shimla, Thakur Ramlal Girls' School of Sports Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/first-sports-school-for-girls-opens-in-himachals-shimla-district/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/first-sports-school-for-girls-opens-in-himachals-shimla-district/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/