The Games and Sports Division was established as a unit under the Youth Guidance and Counseling Section (YGCS) in the year 2000 to promote organized sports and physical activities as an integral part of wholesome development of children. Since then, organized sports and physical activities were vigorously pursued as it contributes to all-round harmonious development of children. The practice of sports and physical activities not only enhance physical well-being but greatly help children acquire essential social values and skills such as self-confidence, team-work, discipline, interpersonal relationship and cooperation. Moreover, taking part in sports improves children's cognitive skills which enable them to learn better. It is therefore, an endeavor of the Games and Sports Division to use sports and physical activities as a vehicle to enhance overall development in making them healthy, responsible, and productive citizens. It is also the intention of the Games and Sports Division to institutionalize and to decentralize school sports programs to Dzongkhags to make it more effective and sustainable in the long run. The philosophy of GSD is based on “ development through sports” and today the programs of GSD are all centered on this  ideal.