Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the Administrative strategies adopted for Effective Involvement of secondary schools students in interscholastic sports competition in Kaduna State. Six specific objectives and corresponding research questions were posed to guide the study. Three null hypotheses were formulated for the study. Literature pertinent to study was reviewed; cross sectional survey design was used in the study. The population for the study was 1,358 subjects in public and private secondary schools in Kaduna State. The sample size of the study was 279 respondents from zonal sports co-coordinators, principals, and games masters and mistresses, formed the population in six education sports zones out of the 12 education sports zones in the state, Sample study was obtained through multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was a researcher designed questionnaire. It was made up of 32 items. The instrument was validated by five experts in the Department of Human Kinetic and Health Education, and one from the sports council of University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Frequency and percentage were used to answer the research questions while chi-square statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that planning strategies with 203 (70%) leadership strategies 221 (75.9%) sports facilities and equipment management strategies, 186 (63.9%) motivation strategies 151 (51.8%) and first aid and emergency strategies 162 (55.7%), were adopted by secondary schools for effective involvement of students in interscholastic sports competition in Kaduna State. The study also revealed that majority of the respondents 159 (54.6%) reported that funding strategies were not adopted by secondary schools for effective involvement of students in interscholastic sports competition in Kaduna State. The hypotheses testing showed that there is significant difference in the administrative strategies adopted by school principals, zonal sports coordinators and game masters and mistresses for effective involvement of students in interscholastic sports competition among secondary schools in Kaduna State based on gender (x2 = 12. 182, p = 0.000). There was no significant difference in the administrative strategies adopted by school principals, zonal sports coordinators and game masters and mistresses for effective involvement of students in interscholastic sports competition among secondary schools in Kaduna State based on location (x2 = 0.396, p = 0.529). and ownership of schools (x2 = 0.009, p = 0.923).
