Survey of sports Personnel in Colleges of Madhya Pradesh

Physical education personnel are the architect of the future sportsman and backbone of physical education programme in educational institutions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to survey the sports personnel in colleges of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The data was collected through a carefully compiled Questionnaire, supplemented visits and interviews. The data was received from 34 out of 76 Private (Govt. Aided) and 93 out of 387 Government Colleges, but 26 Private and 80 Government colleges have replied correctly and these were considered as sample for the present study. The responses obtained from them were converted into simple percentage (%) for the purpose of analyses and interpretation of data. The major findings revealed that the state government should appoint a full time sports officer who apart from fulfilling the minimum eligibility qualifications should also be a sports person of repute.