Physical education plays a key role in the development of a student’s life. It helps in developing students’ competence and confidence and helps them to take part in a wide range of physical activities that are crucial to their lives— both in and out of school. The importance of physical education programs is to help students to develop a wide range of skills as well as give them the ability to use tactics, strategies, and newer ideas to perform successfully both at home and school. Structured physical education (PE) must be made an integral part of school curriculums in India. For such a young and socio-economically diverse population, PE through schools can become a powerful holistic development tool for India’s children.


Sharir Madhyam Khalu Dharma Sadhnam
means physique is the prime source of performing all duties


Swami Vivekananda and other philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato were of the opinion that physical training was necessary for the youth. 


NCERT defines Physical Education as an education that brings improvement in human performance with the help of physical activities. Physical activities range from simple walking to jogging, running, sprinting, hopping, jumping, climbing, throwing, pushing, pulling, kicking, etc. Education without physical activities is like a body without a soul. There is no controversy in giving due place to physical education and different forms of exercises in the total set-up of education. All teachings in human education begin with physical education. Physical education is also considered movement education as life begins from the movement only. In general, life is characterized by movement. The movement starts from the birth of a child, till the end of life.


According to the Ministry of Education and National Planning for Physical Education and Recreation, “The aim of physical education must be to make every child physically, mentally and emotionally fit and also to develop in him personal and social qualities that will help to live happily with others. The physical education programme should also aim to build good citizens of the country.”


In physical education, the final aim is to make every human being physically, mentally, and emotionally fit and also to provide each kind of opportunity to them, so that they can develop such personal and social qualities which will help them to live happily with others and shape themselves as true citizens of the country.

1. Motor Development

2. Mental Development

3. Emotional Development

4. Social Development

5. Moral Development

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