Trends of involvement in sports activities in the formal education system in Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Madaha, Deogratius Augustine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-18T10:56:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-18T10:56:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation | |
| dc.description.abstract | Sport is a highly organised game with codified rules nationally or internationally recognized. Sport is an alternative way to psychosocial development aiming at improving community welfare. This study was aimed at exploring the relationship between involvement in sports activities and formal education in Tanzania. A retrospective study was conducted at SUA and UDSM. A total of 152 respondents were randomly selected of which 7 were Academicians, 36 were Administrative staff and 109 were students. Significantly higher number of staff and students were engaged in sports activities when they were in secondary schools than higher education levels (P<0.05). The overall trend of involvement in sports activities at various levels of education has shown that involvement in soccer was 45.5%. 18.5% in netball, 19.7% in volleyball, 17.8% in basketball and 7.9 in athletics. It has also been shown that there has been early retirement in strenuous sports activities like athletics and late retirement in less strenuous sports activities like volleyball. Generally, there was a decline in the number of respondents involved in sports activities as individuals advanced to higher education levels. This decline has been associated with the increase in the age of the respondents and the type of sport activity involved. The respondents’ perception towards sports facilities and availability of time has been perceived as bad while at primary' school level, time involvement in sports activities is seen at the secondary schools level, it is therefore concluded that, the trend of involvement in sports activities is affected by levels of education, and age. Greater emphasis should be put on involvement in sports in the education system so as to enhance development by reducing some risk behaviours. was perceived to be available. Considering the fact that the highest level of | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6932 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | Sports activities | |
| dc.subject | Formal education | |
| dc.subject | Psychosocial development | |
| dc.subject | Community welfare. | |
| dc.title | Trends of involvement in sports activities in the formal education system in Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Thesis |