Effects of In-Service Training Teaching Skills on Speed and Muscular Strength and Endurance of Male Physical Education Teachers Working In Rural and Urban Areas

Human resource development is key to the success of any organization as the smooth and efficient running of any institution depends on how well employees are equipped with relevant skills to perform their tasks. A teacher just like any other employee is from time to time developed through in -service training. With the emerging, trends in education in rural and urban areas quality of teachers has become increasing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of in service teacher training on the performance of secondary school teachers in rural and urban areas. The schools used as sample units were systematically selected. Teachers who have had in-service training were purposely selected until the sample size was realized. Forty subjects completed the entire study. Subjects were selected from salem district rural and urban areas in each 20 numbers. Healthy boys within the age group 12-15 years. Rural and urban area school training period was delimited to 6 weeks. Training was performed 3 days per week for six weeks. Testing occurred before and after the twelve weeks training regimen. The training program for each session lasted for sixty minutes totally. Pre and post intervention testing involved 50 meter dash, modified sit-ups. Descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviation and t ration were used. The findings of this study revealed that, in-service training has several positive effects on the performance of rural schools. All these effects have a direct input towards better performance of teachers.  Therefore in-service training is a very important undertaking in improving the performance of rural area schools.