Abstract
The study focused on the attitude of physical education teachers (PET) towards inclusion of special-need students in regular health & physical education (HPE) class in secondary schools in Nsukka local government Area (LGA) of Enugu state, Nigeria. Specifically, it determined the belief-related and opinion-related attitudes of male and female of PET towards inclusion of special-needs students in regular HPE classes. It used survey research design. Population consisted of 172 HPE teachers in secondary schools in Nsukka LGA. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Means, standard deviation and t-test at 0.05 significant level were used for data analysis. Results revealed 10 belief-related attitudes of male and female PET towards special-needs students’ inclusion in regular HPE classes. These include among others, that inclusion is beneficial for all students (X̅= 4.62). Other findings are 10 positive additional opinion-related attitudes of the male and female PET. These include, among other, that inclusion requires additional training for PET teachers (X̅= 4.37). There is no significance difference on the mean rating of male and female teachers on the belief-related regarding the inclusion of special-needs students in regular PE class as all the items had p value >0.05 except for one item. There is also no significance difference on mean ratings of the teachers on the opinion-related attitudes. Based on the findings, the study recommended that ministry of education and other related agencies, should make enhanced provision for adequate facilities and equipment suitable for special need students and more motivation of PET.