Shirdi, March 1 -- Maharashtra Relief & Rehabilitation Minister Makarand Jadhav-Patil on Saturday exhorted students to give priority to sports along with education in order to keep the body and mind fit.

Addressing annual convocation and sports prize distribution of Padmashree Dr Vitthalrao Vikhe-Patil Institute of Technology and Engineering (Polytechnic) at Pravaranagar, he said that students who play sports regularly not only help to keep their body and mind fit but also they learn to handle both victory and defeat.

"Good things require courage, with courage comes success. So, the youth should face the struggle with courage," he said.

Jadhav-Patil also said that earlier, quality education was mainly limited to big cities but now it is ...