The Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. is the key implementation agency for the Ministry of Sport & Youth Affairs and its varied and comprehensive policies for the promotion, sustainable growth and development of sport in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Ministry of Sport & Youth Affairs seeks to build our nation’s human capital through the development of athletic talent and community life in Trinidad and Tobago. This new Ministry represents an ever-important intersectionality of community life and physical activity. The vision for this new ministry, will therefore be to maximise the interconnection of Physical Education and Sport with Youth Engagement to reap the fullest benefit for all citizens.
The mission of the Division of Physical Education and Sport is to enrich lives through total participation, quality training and excellence in sport.
The two pillars of the National Sport Policy – Total Participation Sport (TPS) and High Performance Sport (HPS) – are the drivers behind the mission.
Among the objectives of the Division are:
- To increase participation in sport and physical recreation at all levels
- To raise standards of athletic performance
- To increase the quality and quantity of sporting facilities
- To provide information for and about physical recreation and sport
- To promote sport as an industry
- To implement a national sport policy
- To promote drug free sport
- To advocate for quality physical education and sport in schools
- To encourage national sporting organizations to have strategic approaches to sport development and become self-sufficient