Physical education classes have to provide the students with competences which would enable 'them to engage in leisure time physical activity, school sports competitions in the form of co-curricular physical activities. In spite of the fact, most physical education teachers are still not being practiced co-curricular physical activities well in Debre tabor secondary schools. The main purpose of this study was to assess the practice and challenges of physical education teachers in implementing co-curricular physical activity in Debre tabor secondary schools. In this study 24 physical education teachers, 105 club member students and 4 school principals were taken as a sample. The research design employed for the study was a cross sectional survey method. Questionnaires administered for physical education teachers and club member students were the major data gathering instrument used in the study. Interview for school principals and observation were supportive data gathering instruments. The frequency counts and percentiles were used for analyzing the quantitative data while the qualitative data were thematically organized to understand the emerging patterns of responses. Finally the results of this study showed that the majority of physical education teachers believed that it is their responsibilityto implement co-curricular physical activity. In spite of the fact, activities of the program had not been well organized in to the plan. Majority of physical education teachers could not organize intramural competitions, could not conduct life skill training for club member students as well as school community. Active follow up, - .jeedback4 and incentives for co-curricular programs were not sufficiently carried out by school principals. From this research the major challenges for physical education teachers not to implement ea-curricular physical activity was un safe and un suitable play ground in the school " compound, shortage of equipment and facilities, inadequate budget, less attention from schr;ol -principals and the like. From the major findings the researcher has recommended that professional enthusiasm should be developed in physical education teachers to maintain the spirit of co-~urricular physical activity. In addition to this, school ..._administration and physical education teachers should work cooperatively to facilitate "" sporting equipment and play grounds in the school.

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY SPORT _, ACADEMY.IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF 'EDUCATION IN TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION