COMPARISION OF ACADEMIC SCORES OF SPORTSMEN AND NON SPORTSMEN STUDENTS OF ENGINEERING COLLEGES

Physical Education is an integral part of the total education process. A field of endeavour that has its aim in the development of physically, mentally, emotionally and socially fit citizens through the medium of physical activities that have been selected with a view to realize these outcomes. It is always a matter of concern in the society that those who play more are less interested in studies or the persons involved in sports are not good in academics. To find out the answers to certain queries in mind present research was done on the students of Engineering Colleges, Nagpur. The purpose of the present study was to find out the academic achiev ements of Sportsmen and non sportsmen and to compare the academic achievements of sportsmen and non sportsmen. To accomplish the purpose of the study academic data was collected from the college records. Total 346 student’s academic scores were selected fo r analysis. 173 sportsmen participated in various games during the session were selected for the study and 173 non sportsmen data was randomly selected from the records. Sportsmen and non sportsmen were the enrolled students of Engineering colleges, studyi ng in various branches viz. Electronic, Industrial, Civil, Mechanical, Electronics and Communications, Electronics Design &Technology, Electrical, Computer Science, Information Technology and MBA, MCA. The data collected was statistically analysed by using critical ratio, mean, S.D., t score. Percentage wise distribution of data was also done. On the basis of findings of this study it is concluded that there is difference in academic scores of sportsmen and non sportsmen. More Sportsmen were found in excell ent category than Non Sportsmen. But when tested statistically for significant difference there is insignificant difference in the academic Scores of Sportsmen and Non Sportsmen