Education Commission fees that physical education contributes not only to physical fitness but to physical efficiency, mental alertness and the development of certain qualities like preservance, spirit, leadership, obedience to rules, moderation in victory and balance in defeat, physical lion can be developed only on the basis of the following principles:
(a) The physical education programme should be planned for desirable outcomes keeping in mind the interests and capacity of the participants.
(b)The traditional forms of and physical activities that have developed in our country should receive due emphasis in the programme.
(c) The activities promoted should develop in each child a sense of personal worth and pride.
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(d) A sense of sharing responsibility in a spirit of democratic co-operation should grow from experience on playground and also in the gymnasium.