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Programme. Learners were able to grow in the field of sport. Participation by learners in school sport competitions helped the learners to enjoy school sports. The enjoyment developed interest which made them attend school more frequently thus improving their academic performance. This contributed towards outcome 1 of government delivery agreement. Effectiveness: This is a measure of the extent to which the Programme meets its objectives. The objectives were:
To allow learners to participate in the school sport leagues that will culminate into National School Sport Championships Programme.
To allow all learners irrespective of gender, disability, race, location to take part in school sport and recreation activities.
To identify talent and develop it by awarding the talented learners with the ministerial bursary.
To encourage active participation, this will lead to active nation.
To prepare learners to take part nationally and to improve their chances to participate internationally.
To contribute towards social cohesion.
The above mentioned objectives were achieved. The Programme does encourage mass participation. School sport competitions took place, even though the intra-school sport level is not effective. The Programme made a difference and reached the intended beneficiaries by included every learner irrespective of race, gender, disability and geographical location to participate in school sport. This inclusive participation made the learners develop a sense of team spirit and accept diversity within teams; it also contributed to a greater sense of social cohesion. Incentives - in the form of trophies/medals and a ministerial bursary - were awarded to the best performing learners and teams.
The learners viewed sport as a tool that gives them an opportunity to socialize, travel, keep them away from drugs, keep them busy, develop sport skills and see themselves competing at the Olympics and internationally. This was supported by the adult groups: they stated that the Programme is important because learners are developing through 101 Report on the Implementation Evaluation of the NSSCP
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