World-wide survey of the state and status of school physical education

This research project, funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through the International Council for Sports Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), sought to investigate the word-wide status and status of physical education in schools. Utilising an extensive literature survey and the results of a globally administrated semi-structured questionnaire, the research findings reinforce previous investigative studies, which showed that school physical education is in a perilous position in all continental regions of the world. Specifically, issues of implementation, restricted and decreasing time allocation, low subject status, inadequate financial, material and human recourses as well as scepticism about the subject’s future are all cause for concern as efforts are made to sustain physical education in schools in the next millennium.