Female Students Participation in Physical Education Class Activities: The Case of Kombosha Preparatory School, Guduru Woreda, Horo Guduru WollegaZone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Abstract

Physical education is one of the main areas that needs due attention of equal participation of both male and female students. The participation of female students is under several problems that resulted in unequal participation in Ethiopia in general and the study area in particular.The purpose of this study was to investigate female student participation in physicaleducation class activities: the case of komboshapreparatory school, Guduru Woreda, Horo Guduru Wollega Zone, Oromia regional state. To this end, descriptive survey method was employed. To gather data from 3 school directors, 2 physical education teachers and 135 female students. The information obtained from the questionnaire was analyzed in terms of the major findings which included parents’ house hold demand of their daughters labor and early marriage. There was a significant difference in achievement between male and female students. Female students need better skills development earlier at primary school and to have more female teachers and other sporting role models. Hence, it is recommended that depending on the results of findings, concerned bodies such as parents, teachers, participants, government, non-government and Woreda educational bureau, to give equal opportunity and access in education with their male counterparts, to exert maximum effort to work closely with the community to provide different services for female students, increasing the number of female physical education teachers to encourage and participate female students, to involve teachers and curriculum expert in curriculum development, to overcome the problems that affect female students from participating in physical education activities through awareness, to give regular counseling for female students on the bases of their performances