ISSUES IN PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND COVID 19 PANDEMIC TOWARDS THE HEALTH BEHAVIOURS AND ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES AMONG STUDENTS OF F.C.E. [T], UMUNZE, ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined the issues in physical and health education and Covid-19 pandemic towards health behaviours and athletic performances among students of Federal College of Education (Tech), Umunze in Anambra State. Physical Education is one of the discipline in all levels of education in Nigeria that exposes students to acquire knowledge and skills to promote health and all round fitness. There is need to develop appropriate lifestyle indices for health promotion and skill acquisition so that the students should be free from diseases, inabilities and discomfort. To achieve this purpose, three research questions were formulated to guide the study, literatures were reviewed as well. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of four hundred and twenty-one (421) NCE students. The sample size was two hundred and ten (210) NCE students using simple random sampling technique. Instrument for data collection was a structured and validated questionnaire that consisted of twelve (12) question items put into three clusters with response options of Strongly Agree = 4, Agree = 3, Disagree = 2 and Strongly Disagree = 1. Mean was used in data analysis. The result of the study showed that students while away their time cracking jokes, watching movies etcetera, the students do not sneeze under the flex of elbow is a way of preventing Covi-19 pandemic among others. It was therefore recommended that, government should provide appropriate recreational centers at pandemic situations, students should adopt healthy lifestyle indices to promote healthy behaviours and athletic performances among others.