“Retrospection of post-Graduate syllabus of physical education in the universities in Telangana”

Curriculum of any course plays an important role in the achievement of the aim and objectives of the course in general and of education in particular. The syllabus should be framed carefully so that current trends can be included to enable the beneficiary students to cope with the demand of the timely updated profession. Unfortunately the syllabuses in Physical Education not only Telangana but also in the whole country is heterogeneous. Efforts were made at both National and State level to have a common syllabus of Physical Education in all the Indian Universities offering M.P. Ed. degree, but in vein. Universities in a particular state also have different syllabuses, which is not a good sign of professional competency and progress. It was therefore the purpose of the study to study the syllabus of Physical Education at Post-Graduate level in the universities of Telangana. For this the syllabus of all the eight universities where M.P. Ed. Course is conducted were collected and analysed considering some leading institutions/universities syllabuses. The Syllabus of NET Bureau and LNIPE were also considered. An Opinionnaire was served to 40 experts including some students who have qualified the UGC NET examinations. From the analysis of the collected data it was concluded that the syllabus of Osmania University is suitable for UGC-NET examinations and each student is benefited equally irrespective of his/her group and it will be easier to clear UGC-NET examination for the M.P. Ed. Students passing from Osmania University; Considering the changes in the UGC-NET syllabus there is a need of revising the syllabus of Osmania University periodically; Offering only one specialization out of Four Groups prevents the students to cover the NET syllabus of UGC. Practical classes should be made compulsory as it is the vital organ of the system. Current topics like Fundamentals of Computer Application, IT, Managerial Skills and Soft Skills should be included in its syllabus since it is the need of the hour. In addition subjects like Kinesiology, Kinanthropometric, Sports Physiotherapy, Sport Sociology etc. should be included in the M.P. Ed. Syllabus of Osmania University; some outdated topics in the syllabus of Osmania University which should be eliminated; and specialization in any two games including athletics must be there in every M.P. Ed. course and must be a paper of examination. Students offering Sports Medicine should be take practice lessons in Advance coaching and they should be examined. Regular practical classes should be conducted in the Sports laboratory on the topics related to Sports Medicine and Sports Psychology.