Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to assess the challenges of physical education program in high school of Mao-Komo special Woreda at Benishagul–Gumuz regions .To achieve the intended objective of this study descriptive survey stratified method was used. The primary data were collected through five scale questionnaire from students and from teachers and administrators through interview and observations. The collected primary data were analyzed in percentage, mean and standard deviations were analyzed and the qualitative data were analyzed in text explanations. Based on the analysis made on the basis of the collected data, the findings of this study were identified. The findings of this study were: on the presence of practical class, the objective of physical education not clearly designed, teachers did not get the students in physical education practice at required level, the assessment were not given on the regular basis, lack of interest to learn physical education, student do not give emphasis on physical education like other subjects, students do not engage themselves in theoretical and practical class, students are not motivated toward learning physical education, students did not do the given tasks, students consider physical education as additional subject, lack of interest to work in group, write notes and students are uncooperative with teachers when practical exercise are given by teachers were the challenges that were related to students in the physical education teaching and learning process. Finally, based on the above findings, recommendations are given at the last part of this paper.
