ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS STATUS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KATSINA STATE
ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS STATUS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KATSINA STATE
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2014-12
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ABUBAKAR, MOHAMMED IDRIS
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The purpose of this study was to assess the physical fitness status of public and private junior
secondary school students in Katsina State. An Ex-post facto research design was used for
this study. Two hundred and forty (240) junior secondary school students were selected
through random sampling by dip, pick, record and return method. The test items included
push up, sit up, sit and reach, skin fold measurement and twelve minutes run/walk tests.
These were used to determine muscular strength, muscular endurance, trunk flexibility, body
fat percent, and cardio-respiratory endurance. The data collected were analyzed using
statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels The
data of the study were subjected to descriptive statistic of Mean and Standard deviation then a
further analysis using independent t-test was used to analyzed differences in treatment
between public and private junior secondary school students and their physical fitness status.
The result of the study indicated that students from the two types of secondary schools
(public and private) did not differ significantly in their muscular endurance with the
observed t-value of 1.058 and observed significant level of 0.291. It also revealed that
students of public secondary schools were significantly higher in their muscular strength
than students from private secondary schools involved in the study with observed t-value of
4.488 compared with 1.96 which stands for the critical value. Similarly it indicated that
public secondary school students were significantly higher in their flexibility measured with
sit and reach than students from private secondary schools the observed t-value (2.884) for
the aggregate comparison between the private and public schools, obtained in the test is
higher than the critical value of 1.96.The findings also revealed that students from public
secondary schools have higher body fat percent than students from the private secondary
schools. The result revealed that the two groups are significantly different in their body fat
percent. But among those of the public school no significance difference was observed. The
aggregate means were however significantly different between the private and public schools. This is indicated by observed t-value of 2.292 compared to the critical value
equivalent of 1.96. The difference is in favor of males against female students. Equally the
result revealed that the two groups (private and public secondary school students) were
significantly different in their cardio-respiratory endurance. The observed t-value 2.525 and
critical value of 1.96. Thus it is recommended that government should reintroduce sport
competitions in all secondary schools and participation made compulsory as this will improve
the physical fitness status of the students and similar study should be carried out in senior
secondary schools and other educational levels within the state and the country at large.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN EXERCISE AND
SPORT SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA
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ASSESSMENT,, PHYSICAL FITNESS STATUS,, PUBLIC,, PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, KATSINA STATE,