Challenges Of Basket Ball Participation In East Wollega Zone Preparatory Schools Oromia Regional State

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess challenges of basket ball participation in East Wollega zone preparatory schools Oromia regional state. to achieve the intended objective of this study descriptive research method was used with qualitative and quantitative approaches. In the qualitative approach qualitative data were collected from eight physical education teachers and eight principals of eight preparatory schools through interview questions. In the quantitative approach questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from three hundred sixty (360) sample students of eight preparatory schools. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively in text explanations and quantitatively through descriptive statistical analysis using percentages, frequencies , mean and standard deviations . On the basis of the analysis made of this study the findings of this study were identified. Therefore, the findings of this study were: the challenges that have challenged the participation of students in the learning process of basket ball lesson in physical education program of the selected preparatory schools of East Wollga zone were lack of enough instructional materials, absence of enough time that allotted for the basket ball lessons, Absence of enough basket ball court for practical lessons in the preparatory school, absence of enough basket ball, lack of motivation for students, lack of suitable class room environment is not well established and reinforced constantly by both teachers and students, presences of different interests towards basketball lessons in the students and class size especially in theoretical lessons, the attitude of teachers towards the participation of students in the basket ball lesson in physical education program was not observed as required and as compared to other activities of physical education lesson the participation of students in learning basket ball lesson was less than the participation in football and volley ball. Finally, on the basis of the above findings recommendations are given at the last part of this study under chapter five.