physical education should be ommitted from the curriculum. Do you agree?

Physical learning is one of the most important components in primary and secondary classes, and there is a growing argument to remove

this

from the syllabus . Since physical

education

is important for maintaining the physical

health

and mental

health

of children ,

this

writer is in complete disagreement with the given notion.

To begin

with , with the development of science and technology more and more youngsters engage with new fancy gadgets like computers, tablets and smartphones.

Furthermore

,these new generations offend playing video games rather than , playing competitive sports like in previous generations. Unfortunately ,they ended up with much sedentary lifestyle . Since the only available opportunity for them to engage in physical activity is been physical

education

at schools, If

this

, time is

also

removed , these children will end up with multiple non-comminicalcommunicable diseases at a very young age . To illustrate , according to the world

health

organisation , 50% of millennials in developed countries suffer from obesity, mainly due to lack of physical exercise. At the same time , when

this

young generation tries to engage with more and more academic studies they may developmental problems like depression .

Moreover

, the competition and the pressure they face at schools may aggregate

this

problem and sometimes , some students may drop out of the stream. According to many studies ,

in addition

to physical

health

, physical

education

is helping mental

health

as well .

For example

, according to a study conducted by the University of Colombo , 56% of students who suffer from depression were not engaged in any physical exercise, compared to 25% of depressed students, who have been engaged with any form of physical exercise. In conclusion , since physical

education

is important to both menta-

health

and physical -

health

of a child ,

this

writer is in complete disagreement with the fact that physical

education

should be removed from the school curriculum.