The establishment of the Department
of Physical and Health Education within the Faculty
of Education came as the result of the recommendation
of the Development Committee that a Department of Physical
and Health Education be created during the 1975-80 Development
Plan Period. The Department came into being in the 1975/76
session when it started to offer a combined honours
course in Physical and Health Education.
During the 1978/79 session, the Sports
Centre was merged with the Department. The administration
of students competitive and recreational sports thus
became the direct responsibilities of the Department
and the final fulfillment of the tenets for establishing
the Department.
The Department is also to serve courses
in the following programmes that lead to the University
of Ibadan awards in:
- Three-year B.Ed. (Bachelor in Education) degree
in Physical and Health Education.
- One-year Postgraduate Diploma in Physical and Health
Education.
- 1-year Certificate Course in Physical and Health
Education.
- Higher Degrees in Physical and Health Education
at the MEd. (Master in Education), M.Phil. (Master
in Philosophy), and Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in
Physical and Health Education levels respectively.
The Department, by the instrument that
established it, is charged with the responsibility of
teaching, research, sports administration and coaching
of university sports and games. The teaching programme
is geared towards the production of purely subject matter,
graduate teachers of Physical and Health Education for
secondary schools, teacher training colleges, voluntary
sports organizations, sports councils and commissions.
The Department conducts keep-fit programmes in order
to meet the growing need of physical fitness within
both the universities and the Nigerian communities.
The Postgraduate Diploma is to serve
as a foundation course for practising student athletes
who are new in the discipline of Physical and Health
Education and for graduates in Physical Education who
want to be proficient in some specific areas in Physical
and Health Education.
. The course leading to the Certificate
in Physical and Health Education is designed for teachers
and those likely to be appointed to coaching, supervisory
and administrative posts by the Ministry of Education,
the sports councils, voluntary sporting organizations
and the National Sports Commission.
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