Football as an including activity in the school

My name is Anders. I am 23 years old and has been a part of the Norec project based on the partnership between HiMolde, HVL, Patandi teachers college and Open University of Tanzania.

I have joined a lot of different football matches while on exchange in Tanzania. All from arranged football matches between classes to fun football matches in the breaks between lessons. 

5th grade against 6th grade.

In Primary school we arranged a football match between the 5th and 6th graders. Each of the teams got one Norwegian at their team. I played with the 5th graders and Erland played with the 6th graders. The match was a very big event so it came a lot of supporters to watch the match. We had positions to follow (unlike the matches I played earlier), and also 11 vs 11. It was a tight match with no teams really close to scoring. In the fifth minute of the match it started raining a lot. Under a minute after the rain started the match had to be temporarily stopped because of flooding on the pitch. After half an hour with still a lot of rain the match had to be cancelled.

Article 31 in the CRC (Convention on the rights of the child) says:

1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.

2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.

I have seen that the school we worked at seems to follow this article.