Abstract

The purpose of the study is to find out the attitude of students towards Games and Sports. Games and Sports contribute towards social, mental, emotional and intellectual development. Vigorous activity is basically meant for increasing the efficiency of the body and human being need to be fit efficiently throughout their lives. To take part in games and sports activities one can develop his health definitely. A healthy society needs the healthy individual. The aim of the present investigation is to study the attitude of the students of Higher Secondary Level of Manipur towards Games and Sports. In other words the main goal of this research is to ascertain the role of the favourable attitude towards Games and Sports. The parents of the students of Higher Secondary School Level of Manipur had progressive nature about games and sports. These progressive natures were very helpful to develop the favourable attitude of their children towards games and sports. The above finding of the study clearly indicates that the Higher Secondary School level students of Manipur had favourable attitude towards games and sports. Overall apart from the above finding, the study found that the Higher Secondary School level students of Manipur are keenly interested in games and sports.

Keywords

Attitude, Emotional, Intellectual development, Higher Secondary level students, Games and Sports,

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