CHALLENGES OF IMPLMENTING CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES IN HOSSANA TOWNSECONDARY SCHOOLS

The study conducted on the challenges of implementing continuous assessment in physical<br> education both theoretical and practical class in Hosanna Town secondary and preparatory<br> schools. The objective of this study was to investigate the challenges of implementing CA in PE<br> both theoretical and practical class to forward implementing CA in PE. To meet this purpose<br> both qualitative and quantitative technique were applied. The descriptive survey design was<br> employed in this study .The data were collected through questionnaire, interview and<br> observation check lists. The data source was categorized in to primary and secondary. The<br> target population of the study was 338 students, 6.PE teachers 7 principals and 2 supervisors<br> who attended in public secondary and preparatory schools of Yekatit 25/67 ,Wachemo and<br> Bobicho in 2013 academic year. The study selected three schools by purposive sampling<br> techniques and 6 PE teachers, 7 principals, 2 supervisors were selected purposively .<br> Moreover, 338 students were selected from each school by simple random sampling method by<br> Yohannes1967 formula. Percentages, and frequency counts, were employed by using SPSS<br> version 21.The results indicated that the implementation of continuous assessment in physical<br> education in Hossana Town secondary and preparatory schools have not fully practiced because<br> of the following major challenges: students negative attitude towards PE, time constraints, large<br> class instructional materials. To overcome these challenges, the following recommendations<br> have been forwarded. These are: teachers should practice what they teach to curl up the<br> negative attitudes of students, the town needs to be organized on job training to physical<br> education teachers so as to upgrade their practice of continuous assessment; the town and other<br> concerned bodies should strive to reduce large numbers of students per class; and reconsider the<br> period allotted per week for physical education and the town and school administrators should<br> also allocate enough budgets to purchase sports’ facilities and equipment.