Monitoring extracurricular activities effectiveness among students from indigenous minorities of the North

The article focuses on the study of requests for physical activity among schoolchildren representing indigenous minorities of the North, who study and live in boarding schools of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra during the school year. The purpose of the study is to identify the students’ needs for physical activity in extracurricular activities. Sociological data (n = 241) collected in 2023 among students from indigenous minorities of the North underpins the article. By analyzing respondents’ answers, conducting a content analysis, and using statistical information about extracurricular activity programs in educational institutions, we concluded that boarding schools meet pupils’ needs for physical activity. The content of the existing extracurricular activity programs, along with aesthetic, cognitive and spiritual aspects, includes physical culture and sports, which are popular among schoolchildren of all groups. Sports settings in general education institutions reflect the Russian trend towards popularization of physical activity among the population. Several boarding schools (Polnovatskaya and Kazymskaya schools in Beloyarsky District, and Ugutskaya school in Surgutsky District) provided examples for our examination of a systematic approach to involving schoolchildren in sports, particularly northern multiathlon competitions. The needs of pupils in the creation of modern sports infrastructure (on the example of Ugutskaya Secondary School) to meet their motor demands are also revealed. As this research of requests for physical activity is based on the subjective perception of boarding school pupils of the autonomous okrug and is conducted for the first time, it can be useful for heads of educational institutions and teachers engaged in physical development.