PRINCIPAL’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIAL EFFICIENCY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Mrs. Deepti Shukla and Dr. Joseph Singh

ABSTRACT

School principal’s provide environment in the college that helps in creating an educational climate that provides opportunities for interaction with others student and also in making the student socially fit. The purpose of the study was to find the principal’s attitude towards social efficiency in Physical Education programme in colleges of University of Kanpur.  The subjects were 10 principals working in different colleges of University of Kanpur, for collection of data the self-made questionnaire was used. The administered questionnaire comprised of social efficiency in Physical Education program under which 22 statements formed to the Likert’s Scale of Strongly Agree, Agree, Undecided, Disagree and Strongly Disagree were included. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The data was analysed by using the Descriptive Technique in term of the Frequency Percentage for Likert’s Scale responses and to examine the divergence in the attitude the Chi Square Test (X2) was applied on the Likert’s Scale responses. The result shows that the Subjects (Principals) felt that the physical education classes prepare students for social efficiency environment; physical activities improve the social work experience in a child, physical education events make a student social milieu, physical activity employ community influences for vital stimulation of the pupils, adjusting with others student develop through participation in games, Physical Education influences the social behaviour of the pupils, a physical education class create an environment to help other student when needed

Keyword: Principal’s Attitude, Education, Physical Education and Social efficiency.