Challenges of Secondary School Physical Education and Sports in Nigeria: Implications for Government Obligations

Sports are very popular all over the world because of the diverse purposes they serve. Sports serve as a social institution teaches and reinforces societal beliefs, norms and values, thereby assisting in socializing athletes into major cultural and social behavior patterns in various societies. This paper focused on challenges of secondary school physical education and sports in Nigeria: implications for government obligations. It discussed the sustainable future directions for physical education and sports in schools, situation of physical education in secondary schools, governmental obligations towards sports, finally the paper concluded that all personnel who assume professional responsibility for sport must have and be provided with appropriate qualification and training. The paper further recommended that all secondary school sports personnel should be carefully selected in sufficient numbers and given preliminary as well as further training to ensure that they reach adequate levels of specializations.