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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
APRIL 2012
VOL 3, NO 12
Table 13 Status of the Sports facilities in Urban Schools
Number = 20
Description Number Percentage
Playground 04 20.00
Sports equipments 04 20.00
Sports funds 02 10.00
Source: Field Survey
Table 13 shows that only 20% of the urban schools have playgrounds.20% of these
schools has sports equipments. And only 10% of these schools have sports fund, which
is provided by the education department.
Table 14 Status of the Sports facilities in Rural Schools
Number = 20
Description Number Percentage
Playground 04 20.00
Sports equipments 00 0.00
Sports funds 00 0.00
Source: Field Survey
According to the above table only 20% of the rural schools have playground facility.
None of the schools have sports equipments. And none of these schools have sports
funds. It is a serious problem, which needs immediate concentration because sports
being a vital part of co-curricular activities cannot be neglected.
Comparison of Table 13 and 14 Results
Only 20% of the schools both in urban and rural schools have playground facility. Only
20% of the urban schools have equipments for sports while none of the schools have
this facility in the rural area schools. Again only 10% of the urban schools have sports
fund given by the education department while none of the schools have this facility in
the rural area schools.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The aim of the present paper is to find out the schools with less physical, instructional
and basic facilities, which directly or indirectly or in other words this way or the other
effects our primary education. And by removing these deficiencies we can improve our
standard of primary education. This study will help in conducting with clear of
objectives to find out all those factors which are responsible for the adequacy of these
facilities in the primary schools in District Peshawar.
From the received data it has been concluded that a large number of schools in urban as
well as in the rural areas are facing shortages in physical, instructional and basic
facilities. The details are as follows;
There is a shortage of classrooms for students and also there is no place available for
more students’ enrollments. More furniture is needed for students due to the large
number of students. There is intense shortage of aids like teaching kits and other
materials. Lack of special rooms like principal’s office, staff room and storerooms
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