Olympic and World cycling champion Victoria
Pendleton says the method of teaching Physical Education to girls in British
schools should be changed. Half of the girls who leave school are not as fit as
boys according to recent statistics. Lack of physical education lessons
designed for girls is the reason of this leaving. Pendleton said the way of
teaching sport at school is difficult for girls. She explained they had for
example to wear horrible blue knickers and a polo shirt at cross country tours
which was the smallest uniform for the coldest weather and she also hated
communal showers which every teenage girl dislikes.
The Olympic champion said a few shower curtains, a
bit of space to wear dress, some mirrors and hairdryers can solve this problem
and it is good thing if more girls are to be attracted towards sports. The
34-year-old was addressing at the Girls Active Camp at Loughborough University
which is the Youth Sport Trust’s lastest effort to solve problem of little
participation by girls in PE and Sports. 165 girls aged from 14 to 16 took part
in three day The Girls Active Camp whose idea was taken from a project
implemented through 2014 in 20 schools with the following results.
1. Girls who were happy about the way rose from 25%
to 56%
2. Number of girls unhappy about the way fell from
37% to 16%
3. Girls who looked forward to PE rose from 38% to
71%
4. Girls who felt positive about school rose from
24% to 78%
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