ASSESSMENT OF PERCEIVED ROLES OF DIRECTORS OF SPORTS IN DEVELOPING SPORTS IN NIGERIA POLYTECHNICS

Abstract

This research was a perceptional study of the perceived roles of Directors of Sports in the
development of sports in Nigeria polytechnics. The indices of sports development under the study
were: sports personnel, funding, facilities and equipment, sports programme, and training From
the population of five thousand made up of management staff, coaches (football, basketball,
volley ball and handball), student union director of sports and students athletes, 359 respondents
were sampled through simple random sampling and proportionate method. The descriptive
statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while one
sample t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results reveal that
Directors of Sports played significant roles in sports development in Nigeria Polytechnics. It was
also found out that Directors of Sports played significant role in personnel management, funding
of sports, construction of Sports facilities, provision of equipment. coordination of sports
programmes and the implementation of training quality among Polytechnics in Nigeria. It was
clearly revealed that all the five null hypotheses were rejected based on the respondents
response. Some recommendations were made that include: Review of national policy on sports in
the polytechnics and all legislature governing sports administration in order to inculcate new
methods and strategies guiding sports personnel management in the Nigeria polytechnics.