THE ATTITUDE OF DIFFERENT STATES STUDENTS TOWARDS PHYSICAL EDUCATION; STUDYING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION COLLEGES OF MAHARSHTRA STATE

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to measure the attitude of students towards Physical Education belonging to different states of India, studying in Aided and Non-aided physical education colleges of Maharshtra state. A sample of 600 students of both sexes was elected randomly from eight Aided and twenty-two Non-aided Physical Education Colleges of Maharashtra State. An Attitude Scale based on 'Likert five point scale' was used for data collection. Mean and Chi-square were the main statistical measures that was used by the researcher for analysis and interpretations of data. The findings of the study led to the following conclusion that 1) students belonging to Bihar states showed highly favourable attitude towards physical education in respect to other state's students, while students belonging to M.P. showed unfavourable attitude towards physical education. 2) Students belonging to different states of India differed significantly in respect to their attitude towards physical education. 3) Aided and Non-Aided colleges students differed significantly in respect to their attitude towards physical education.