A study of interest and attitude of public/government/convent school principals of Delhi state towards physical education and sports

Abstract

Modern education has recognized the responsibility of man making by undertaking the development of all aspect of personality i.e. mental, physical, emotional, intellectual and social, the end result being all-round development of the personality. Physical education also strives to achieve the same end result. Physical education is a process through which wholesome development of the child is ensured. It can be concluded that the aims of general education and physical education are identical and directed towards same direction i.e. total and harmonious development of an individual and the best place to achieve these aims are schools headed by the school principals, who set educational standards and goals and establish the policies and procedures to achieve them. They develop academic programs, monitor student s educational progress, and train and motivate teachers and other staff, manage career counseling and other student s services, administer record keeping, prepare budgets and perform many other duties. Thus, the future of physical education depends upon the attitude and interest of school principal who knows what to do with it and to what direction it will lead. The present study titled as A Study of Interest and Attitude of Public/Government/Convent School Principals of Delhi State towards Physical Education and Sports aims at investing about the interest and attitude of various school principals towards physical education and sports. For the purpose of investigation, the data was obtained covering the principals heading the schools in Delhi, further delimited to west Delhi schools both government and public/convent schools (delimitation of study). Further, the selection of the principals was based on convenient sampling to obtain relevant information through administering the questionnaire. The research scholar approached personally a total of 125 school principals, from different schools of west Delhi.