Academic performance of sports and games achievers in high schools

One of the foremost objectives of the school is to formulate a scheme of hobbies, occupations and projects that will appeal to and draw out the power of children of varying temperaments and attitudes. This purpose is faithfully served by a well planned programme of co-curricular activities. According to secondary Education Commission (1952–53), co-curricular activity is an integral part of the activities of a school as its curricular work and their proper organisation needs just as much care and fore-thought. Every curricular activity has its origin in co-curricular activities and vice versa. It is because of the factor that both of them serve the same ends. They are designed to achieve the broad objectivities of education. The co-ordination of all the experiences of the pupil-intellectual, social, moral, emotional and physical has become the object of persistent efforts of the school that aims to be a real living little world for the pupils. The place and importance of sports and games has been recognised by all. But more theoretical acceptance and issuing the circulars perhaps can never succeed in achieving the objectives because there are some practical difficulties. The teachers, headmasters and parents should have a favourable attitude towards sports a d game s. They should realize that sports and games actually promote progress in studies. Hence the study entitled “Academic performance of sports and games achievers in high schools” The sample for the study consists of 240 sports and games achievers form 12 high schools in Ernakulam district. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the schools. The investigator selected twenty sports and games achievers from each of the selected high schools. Twenty items was constructed by the investigator on performance in sports and games, their attitude, encouragement from family and school for their participation. Academic performances of sports and games students were obtained. The study revealed that girls perform better than boys. Hence it is the responsibility of teachers and parents to bring a balance between academics and sports and games in each and every learner.