Influence of law and Order Situation upon University Sports, A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Universities of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) Pakistan

Abstract

The main objective of the study is to examine the existence and effect of
law and order situation influencing sports participation among student
athletes both in public and private sector universities of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. All forms of terrorism like target killing, bomb
blast, cracker attack etc. have been observed in Pakistan since 70s. Due to
crude terrorist attacks in Pakistani institutions, people avoid any type of
gathering oftenly. In recent years, many of the educational institutions are
destroyed and remained closed due to serious threat of terrorists attack.
Furthermore lack of security measures, a major concern for authorities also
hindered against smooth conduction of various Extra and co-curricular
activities in the educational institutions of Pakistan. Five main hypotheses
were formulated to the requisite objectives of the study. Male and female
athletes and director sports of both public and private sector universities
were selected as population. The study was descriptive in nature and
quantitative method was used. A proportionate random sampling technique
was used for the selection of sample. The selected size of sample was 702
as whole (671 athletes and 31 director sports). A self-developed
questionnaire was used containing of ten statements for the purpose of data
collection. The content validity, pilot testing and reliability of the selfdeveloped questionnaire were also performed. For analyses of the data chi-square, sample linear regression, and t-test were applied as statistical tool
with the help SPSS. According to participants law and order situation
concern in both type of university as factor and natively affects sports
participation among the athletes of both type of universities in KP, Pakistan.
Furthermore, No significance difference was found between the response of
athlete and director sports and male female athletes regarding the effect of
law and order situation both type of universities in KP, Pakistan. Although
more effect of law and order situation was found in private sector
universities as compare to public sector universities.