Sports & Education Promotion Trust (SEPT) was established to
promote sports development in
India
with focus on football. Started in 2004 and based in
Calicut, the trust has set up football training centres called
“football nurseries” spread across seven districts in Kerala.
Majority of these centres are located in rural areas, one is in a tribal region.
Given the huge potential in the tribal areas of Kerala which largely goes
untapped due to financial constraints and lack of adequate sports infrastructure
for the people of such area to pursue the game, the thrust of the initiative is
on spotting and nurturing talent in rural parts of the country. Currently, SEPT
has soccer nurseries in twenty two centres. These include rural region, urban region, a tribal region and coastal
region.
Vision
To become a premier breeding ground for football in India by imparting training
of international standards and providing necessary amenities to talented
children from impoverished, rural and tribal areas of the country and thereby
provide opportunities for these children in the mainstream sporting arena .
Mission
To identify football talent among children from impoverished rural and tribal
backgrounds through an intensive residential Programme, and to nurture the
talents to reach international standards, and in the process create awareness
about football in the mainstream sporting arena of
India.