Ngwoke, Saint Oliver RotachukwuOgbonna, Dandy IfeanyiJoel, Kerimu Ikazuwagbe2023-07-272023-07-272021-09Ngwoke, O. R; Ogbonna, D.I & Joel. K. I. (2021). Barriers to Effective Teaching of Physical Education among Secondary School Teachers in Nsukka Urban. Journal of Nigeria Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation, Sports and Dance (JONAPHER-SD), 9(1): 66-751596-5007https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/11627Barriers to effective teaching of physical Education (PE) among Secondary School Teachers in Nsukka urban, Enugu State, NigeriaThe study investigated Barriers to effective teaching of physical Education (PE) among Secondary School Teachers in Nsukka urban, Enugu State, Nigeria. One specific objective with its corresponding research question and four hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study was 43 PE teachers. No sampling was done as all the population was used. A descriptive survey design was used. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The research question was answered using frequencies and percentage and the hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistics at 0.5 level of significance. Results of the study indicated that considerable proportion of teachers (54.4%) identified the factors studied as barriers to effective teaching of PE. There was no significant difference found in the barriers to effective teaching of PE based on gender, educational qualification and teaching experience, while there was a significant difference on barriers based on school types. Based on the findings recommendations to provide adequate and up-to-date equipment and facilities readily available to PE teachers among others were made.enBarriers, Teaching, Physical Education, TeachersArticle