Authors : Peters N .S .
Page Nos : 228-229
Description :
Physical activity is necessary to a person’s well
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being because children are continuously
developing physically and emotionally, they are especially affected by the benefits of activity
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and
inversely, the negative effects of inactivity. Physical Education
in India is often a neglected part of
education and many schools across the country do not realize the importance of having physical
education as a part of the system. It is vital that schools provide physical education programs to ensure
that each child
stays active. Some of the benefits of having a physical education are physical health,
academic performance, social assimilation, mental health, stress relief and confidence building. School
physical education programs offer students the opportunity to not
only be physically active today but the
opportunity to teach skills and behaviors conductive to maintaining physical activity for a lifetime.
