Assessing the Role of Head Teachers in Improving Physical Education in Primary School. Case Study of Primary Schools in Ibadan
Assessing the Role of Head Teachers in Improving Physical Education in Primary School. Case Study of Primary Schools in Ibadan
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
The importance of physical education has never been more emphasized than it is right now. Physical education (PE) and sport are widely acknowledged to be significant and important in developing a dynamic and healthy lifestyle, as well as the solution to rising obesity rates worldwide. Physical education as a discipline can be traced back to Greek history to 2500BC. Although it was known as Physical Training (P.T), the goal was to develop an individual into a man of virtue who would be loyal to the state authority. According to Adelekan (2003), the National Policy on Education (1981) stated that secondary school education in Nigeria was intended to...
