Association Between Participation In Sport And Academic Achievement Of Preparatory Students In Adama Town Oromiya Regional State Ethiopia

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between sport participation andrnacademic performance of preparatory school students. Sports and academic performance ofrnstudents has been a topic of study for years. On the one hand, supporters of sports program inrneducational institutions say that participation in sports improves students’ grades, academicrnachievement, raises their educational aspirations, and keep them in schools. On the other hand,rnothers say that participation in sports distract time away from the classroom and divert students’rnattention from study. It is not possible for students to achieve excellence in sports as well as inrneducation. The study was conducted in two Government and two private preparatory schools ofrnAdama Town, Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia. An interview question and a structuredrnquestionnaire on five point Likert scale were developed and utilized for collection of data. 10rneducation officials, coaches, sport teachers and 204 students were selected through purposivernand random sampling techniques respectively. The data derived from these likert scales werernevaluated using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) 19.0 software throughrndescriptive statistics (Mean), independent samples t-test (p

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