Physical Fitness of School Children of Imphal West District of Manipur
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to compare the physical fitness of Government and Private school boys of Imphal West (Zone II) of Manipur. Four items of physical fitness test i.e. Vertical Jump, Sit-ups, 300 m run and 1.5 mile run are conducted on the age ranges between 12 to 14 years of altogether 600 Grade VI boys students viz. Government school (N= 300 ) and Private school (N= 300). By computing the data with statistical technique SPSS Software, it is found that Government school boys are older and heavier but lower in height than the Private school boys. Their age and weight average were 12.6 and 12.4 years and 41.95 and 41.00 kg, whereas in height, average was 154.19 and 155.75 cm with range of 135.00–170.00 cm and 130.00– 175.00 cm respectively. Physical fitness parameter like Vertical Jump, Sit-ups, 300m run and 1.5 mile run finding were 32.76±3.03, 22.27±4.63, 1.39±0.21 and 12.44±0.24 respectively for Government school boys and that of Private school boys are 34.78±3.69, 27.66±6.64, 1.16±0.26 and 12.16±0.29 respectively. The comparison of this scores by using statistical technique found that, the Private school boys were more fit than the Government school boys by the following scores, Vertical Jump = 34.78 ± 3.69, Sit-ups = 27.66 ± 6.64, 300 m = 1.16 ± 0.26 and 1.5 mile run = 12.16 ± 0.29 and for Government school boys, Vertical jump = 32.76 ± 3.03, Sit-ups = 22.27 ± 4.63, 300m run = 1.3 ± 0.21, and 1.5 mile run = 12.44 ± 0.24 level of physical fitness. The differences in all respect of body parameter and physical fitness parameter were statistically significant at (P < 0.05) level of significance between Government school and Private school boys of Imphal West (Zone II) of Manipur. The finding reveals that Private school boys dominate in their physical fitness from the Government school boys.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Maibam Chourjit Singh, Dr. T. Inaobi Singh, N. Robin Singh
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