Influence of Sports Facilities and Equipment on Sports Participation among Secondary School Students in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated influence of sports facilities and equipment on sports participation among secondary schools students in Ijero-Ekiti local government area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. The design for the study was descriptive survey type of research. The target population for the study comprised of all public secondary schools students in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select fifty (50) students from each of the five (5) selected secondary schools from Ijero Local Government Area of the State. A total of two hundred and fifty (250) students were used as samples for the study, these comprise of one hundred and eighty five (185) male and sixty five (65) female. Four null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The research instrument used for this study was a well-structured closed ended questionnaire designed by the researcher. The instrument was subjected to validity and reliability mechanism. The reliability co-efficient obtained was 0.89. The questionnaires were administered to the students with the help of two (2) trained research assistants and was collected back immediately. The data collected were subjected to Chi-square (X2) statistical analysis. The findings of the study reveals that sports participation will influence the educational aspiration of secondary school students in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Based on the findings, conclusion and the appropriate recommendations were made.

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