Comparison of Academic Achievement of Students Athletes and Non-Athletes in Secondary Schools in Orlu Education Zone – Imo State

This study on the compsrison of acalemic achievement of
8econ:'arg school a t h l e t e s anl non-athletes i n Orlu Education zone
of Imo State was un"ertsken t o e s t a b l i s h ? ' whether the stu,.!ents
who 3i.3 not p s r t i c i p a t e a c t i v e l y in s p o r t s perform-? b e t t e r
aca'ernically than the s t u ' e n t nthletes. The survey research metho?
was u:;d i.n con'uctinq the study.
Ti.;. nopul.:?tion ms maie up of Pen thoussn' :XI,' f i f t y (10,050)
stu3ents; bat" a t h l e t e s ant! non-athletes. k sample of four
hun4rec' ('too), which represents four (4%) percent of the
populat ion wno use?. T h i ~cI o nstitute,! two hun- ' re? (200) a t h l e t e s
tlrawn from twenty (20) secon3ary schools which represente,? h e zone if
the 1992/93 an? 1993194 school sports competition, sn4 two hun+red
(200) non-athletes selecte5bby random sampling technique. The
school examination recorAs for 1992/93 an;? 1997/91t aca3emic sessions
were the source of data c o l l e c t i o n f o r the stu,?y. The a s t a were
converte-1 onto z r s ' e s - symbols A - Alpha, C - Credit, P - PBSS
and F - f a i l . Scorcs were ?war4e> to the g r V e s - k - 4 points,
C- 3 points, P - 2 points an4 F - 0 point.W?ightea ?em point
for the -'ifferent subjects were calculates t o answer the research
questions. The Gosset t - Test was usea t o t e s t the n u l l
h g p t h e s i ~i of no s i q n i f i c a n t 4if ferenc between the academic
acii;.\remcnt of stu7i".it a t h l e t e s an-! non a t h l e t e s .