WHY SPORTSMEN FAIL TO COMPLETE THEIR
EDUCATION?
SURVEY( A Complete research study)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The
sports students are the second category of students that comes after talented
students.
The
sports students are both mentally and physically active and fast. The
universities of
Lahore
(here GC University is concerned) admit students on sports basis but they
cannot
Get
their degree programs complete with the other students. Majority of the
students, as a
Result,
leave the universities and their degree programs remain incomplete. This report
discusses
the problem of these sports students. This report is completed by conducting
questions
from sports students of GCU Lahore. In the analysis of the questions, it is
found
Those
majorities of the sports students choose sports as their profession and do not
focus
deeply
on their studies. Such students remain weak in their studies with the passage
of
time
and their survival in the university decrease. They leave their degree programs
because
they cannot study with keeping their sports at a single time. The sports committee
should
provide facilities to sports students in order to protest their interests and
to
facilitate
them. The committee should financially support students in order to meet their
educational
expenses. And provide the extra makeup classes of their sportsmen.
INTRODUCTION
GCU
sports department admit almost 100-120 sports students every year. But most of
the sportsmen could not be able to complete their education or could not be
able to get good marks in their study. They could not concentrate on their
study and fail to complete their education.
BACK GROUND
It is a primary research based on survey in
GCU LHR. As per the data provided by the sports department, GCU LHR admits
100-120 sportsmen in both degrees programs and in intermediate every year.
Prof, Khadam Ali Khan is the present director sports of GCU LHR. And he is a
very hard working gentleman. He is playing the vital role in the promotion of
sports. GCU LHR is providing the sports scholarship for those sportsmen which
are good /outstanding in sports and want to study.
Statement of the problem
The
focus of this study is to determine that why:
•
Sportsmen get low
marks in their study?
•
They cannot
attend the classes regularly?
Purpose of study
The
purposes of study are as follow:
•
Determine the problems of sportsmen
regarding their education.
•
Survival of sportsmen in Education.
Scope
The
scope of this study is only for the sportsmen. The study is limited to the GCU,
Lahore. This study can help the management to manage the time table of the
sports students, so that they, can effectively run their both Sports &
Education at the same time.
PROCEDURES
A
survey is conducted using sampling techniques to ensure randomization in the respondents.
It is decided that a sample of 13 (running + ex) sportsmen will be taken. The
procedure follow include these:
•
A question is developed that contained
simple close ended question, check list question, and personal question (see
appendix.)
•
Teams for interviews are collected from
GCU LAHORE.
•
Interviews are conducted over a two-day
period beginning on 21st June, 2011.
•
Every available sportsman is approached
for an interview.
•
The data is entered with the help of
Microsoft excel.
•
The result is analyzed by the team of ABC
Research Company and the report is prepared.
FINDINGS:
• Sports
scholarship?
We have
interviewed 13 people as our sample.
All of the respondents chose for interview were sportsmen and getting or got
sports scholarship because the focus of our study was to determine the problems
of sportsmen in education.
• Is sports
you hobby or profession?
The second question
was about their thinking that how they take sports for their own. There were
two option first one was hobby and second one was profession. According to our
sample, 69% of students do sports as hobby whereas 23% do sports as a
profession. But the 7% said that sports are both as hobby and profession for
them.
• How much
time do you spend on sports
The third question was about their timing that
how much time they spend in sports practice. The majority of the sportsmen give
approximately 3 hours a day to their sports practice which is 46% of our
sample. And 30% said that they give 5
hours a day to their sports. These are the peoples who prefer their sports on
education comparatively. 15% said that they give 4 hours to their sports
training and rest of the student give 2 hours a day to their sports training.
• Why do you
do sports?
We need to know, why they do sports. The 46% said that they are doing sports just for their educational support and the 7% sportsmen do their sports just for fame. No one does sport just for the money but 8% said that they want fame and money. 23% of students want to enjoy all of these benefits. Rest of
The students said
they do sports for education and money. In that case they want to do something
in the field of sports so that they can avail it.
• Is a sport
affecting your study?
• Is
university providing you makeup classes to recover your course?
In the response of
our question whether university providing you makeup classes or not? The 100%
answer was in negative. The university does not provide the makeup classes to
those students who participated in sports which causes the low performance of
student in education.
• What do you
prefer?
The seventh
question was about the interest of students. According to our sample 46%
students were interested in education. And 30% students showed their interest
in sports and finally 23% of students answered that they are interest in both
sports and education.
• Is GCU LHR
providing all facilities to their sportsmen?
According to our
survey, the GCU sports department is not providing well to their sportsmen.
About 54% of respondent response negative about the facilities provided by the
GCU sports department. . Only 7% said that they are availing all of the
facilities whereas about 38% said that they are being provided up to some extent.
• What is the
reason of your low percentage?
The results
shows that the study of about 54% students effecting due to just tournaments
and training camps, which means that the sports is very much effecting their
study. 15% of respondents were weak in study whereas the rest of the students
which are about 31% can’t give concentration to their study.
ANALYSIS:
All the sportsmen students chosen for
interview are from GCU LHR. And all were getting sports
Scholarship. Some of these has been
completed their study session from GCU LHR.
Some of the
Running benefited students of GCU. We
have interviewed 13 sportsmen out of which some are old
Ravians. Whether completed their session
or not. The study found that the majority of students
Take Sports as their hobby. But not as
their profession. They have to spend their time in sports
Training which does not affect their
study but actually the training camps and tournaments affect
Badly their Education. More ever GCU LHR
does not provide proper facility to their sportsmen
Students. And not even extra makeup
classes to recover their course. In addition the university
does not have any Kind of time table to
balance between the sports and education. Finally this
Survey found that their Sports manager
should manage of sports of considering their education.
Conclusion &Recommendations:
Conclusion
Through
the above data, it is found that most of the students are not getting success
in their education. All the students have scholarships but the university does
not provide extra make up classes to them to cover the course. Also majority of
the students choose sports for their educational support but that sport affect
their study a lot. They leave their degree programs because they cannot study
with keeping their sports at a single time.
RECOMMEN DATIONS
This
report advises the sports director of GCU Lahore to provide extra make up
classes to the students of the sports so that they can cover their studies. The
sports committee should provide facilities to sports students in order to
protect their interests and to facilitate them. The committee should
financially support students in order to meet their educational expenses
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