Impact of the PE programme on gender equality and personal development: an empirical study of school basketball

The sport, particularly basketball, fosters the social and personal development of young people, butits impact on gender equality remains under-exploited. The purpose of this study is to explore theimpact of a physical education and sports programme on reducing gender inequalities and the personaldevelopment of pupils through school basketball. The study encompassed a total of 340 students, with49.41% of them being from middle school and the remaining 50.59% from high school. To assessparticipants' perceptions of gender equality, the promotion of potential, and community life, Likertscales were employed. A descriptive analysis of frequencies and percentages was conducted, followedby an analysis of variance (ANOVA) to evaluate the impact of socio-demographic and sportingvariables. A Spearman's correlation test was utilised to ascertain the relationships between thevariables.