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Most students worldwide lack access to minimum physical education: Report

The majority of the world's schoolchildren still do not have access to the minimum required physical education, according to the first-ever Global Status Report on Quality Physical Education. The report, "Global State of Play", published by UNESCO's education team, revealed that only 58 per cent of the countries have made physical education compulsory for girls and that only 7 per cent of schools worldwide have established equal physical education time for boys and girls. Two-thirds of secondary school students and more than half of primary school students worldwide are not taught the required minimum weekly physical education. An expert from the team told PTI that less than one in two primary school teachers has received specialist training in physical education. The team also flagged major differences in funding for physical education between countries -- two-thirds devote less than 2 per cent of their education budget to it while one country in 10 allocates more than 7 per ...

Most students worldwide lack access to minimum physical education: Report
Updated On : 28 Jul 2024 | 3:43 PM IST

Tomato fever: India reports another viral disease after Covid-19, monkeypox

What is tomato fever? Here are the causes, symptoms, treatment and other details of the disease

Tomato fever: India reports another viral disease after Covid-19, monkeypox
Updated On : 28 Jul 2022 | 7:51 PM IST

Recruiters cold to differently-abled, only 15% hire from this set: study

61.74% of the respondents agreed the biggest challenge in hiring the specially-abled was the attitude of co-workers; 21.2% said engaging them led to losses in productive work hours

Recruiters cold to differently-abled, only 15% hire from this set: study
Updated On : 19 Apr 2019 | 7:53 PM IST

Gut bacteria are different in people with chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a condition that causes extreme fatigue, preventing people from taking part in routine daily activities

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Updated On : 11 Jul 2016 | 6:24 PM IST