Importance of Physical Education

Childhood is the best period to learn, shape or change behaviors. It is recognise worldwide that the healthy, sensiblely active child is more plausibly to be academically motivated, alert and successful in school and more likely to adopt behaviours that will foster good health throughout aliveness thereby promoting lifelong wellness. The school is being increasingly perceived as the hub of efforts to promote health and well being of our children.With the growing popularity of private tuition, multimedia system technology and the presence of television in practically all Mauritian homes, todays youngsters are more likely to spend their waste time in sedentary activities with limited opportunities for tender interaction. Hence, exploring risees in promoting corporeal activity and social interaction in the periodic lives of this younger generation has become an urgent need.Health and Physical Education (HPE) in the school platform proves to be an effective means to address t his need. Through a life-skills approach to PE, children can develop the intimacy, skills, attitudes and values to grow into healthy, physically active adolescents and tillable adults. HPE is intended to address not only the physical, moreover also the social and emotional dimensions of health, thus fostering the overall development of the child.There is evidence display that effective teaching of HPE promotes self-esteem, helps children to develop responsible friendships, enables them to accept personal differences and inculcates in them a sense of respect for others. The physical education learning objectives should imply objectives in developing the psycho motor domain, cognitive domain and affectional domain of individual students. Physical education for students aims at * Developing knowledge and skills relating to physical activity, aesthetic development, and social development. Developing confidence and ability to superordinate basic motor skills that will encourage m esh in mingled physical activities. * Obtaining and maintaining an optimal degree of physical fitness to perform daily tasks efficiently and in control. * Developing personal values through participation in physical activity both corporately and individually.* Participating in physical activities that can develop social skills that enable students to function effectively in relationships between people. Enjoying the fun and joy through physical activity, including sports games. However, it should also be taken into consideration that though Physical Education is included into our curriculum, in real few schools it is being taught. There are various thinks why though included in the curriculum, it is not implemented. Some of the reasons are * galore(postnominal) schools dont have the proper infrastructures and equipment, for example, some schools dont even have a playground or there is very few equipment. It is also perceived by some teachers to be a waste of time. We can often hear them saying that if they indulge in PE classes completing the syllabus will be a problem for them as they might not complete it in time. * Whoever its not ever the teachers to be blamed. There are teachers who actually want to do PE classes but the headmaster or headmistress might not agree with him/ her. The given reason is often that taking the students out will disturb the normal running of the other classes as there will be noise.