Abstract

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This study assessed the level of cooperation between Secondary School and State Sport Council in staging Intramural Sport Competition in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was used for this study. The population of the study comprise the management and staff of public Secondary Schools and the personnel of the State Sports Council in Nasarawa State totalling seven hundred and twenty-six (726). 300 respondents were selected using stratified and systematic sampling procedures and were issued the questionnaire. Two hundred and seventy- three (273) questionnaire were returned, upon which the data analysis was conducted. The data was analysed using Mean and Standard deviation to answer the research questions while Chi-Square was used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that the level of cooperation between the Secondary Schools and State Sports Council on provision of funds for intramural sports competition in the State was significant. The observed Chi- Square value for the test was 76.724 with a p-value of 0.000 (p< 0.05) obtained at df =12. Also the level of cooperation between secondary schools and State Sports Council on formulation of policy for staging intramural sports competition in Nasarawa State was statistically significant. This is because observed Chi-Square value of 70.329 obtained at df =12 and a p-value of 0.000 (P< 0.05). It is therefore concluded that there is high level of cooperation between Secondary Schools and State Sports Council on funding for intramural Sports competitions in Nasarawa State. Also the cooperation between Secondary Schools and State Sports Council on policy formulation for staging of intramural Sports competitions in Nasarawa State is cordial. This paper recommends that there is need for improvement in the level of funding for intramural Sports competitions among schools in the State and that Secondary School personnel should be given more opportunity to take part in the formulation of policy for intramural Sports competitions in Nasarawa State since they are at the implementation stage of such policies.

Keywords: Secondary Schools, State Sport Council, Intramural Sport Competition, Nasarawa State