Objective To have a knowledge about the attitude of primary school students in Jingpo ethnic group towards physical exercise and the status quo of their participation in physical exercise.Method Based on the questionnaire in the research on the physical fitness and health of nation-wide school students

2005

an investigation was conducted with 152 jingpo primary school students into their attitude towards and time spent on physical exercise

as well as the sports they participated in.Results 69.74% of the jingpo primary school students were fond of having P.E class;80.92% of them considered their learning burden not heavy

whereas for 65.79% of the students

their exercise time for each day was less than 1 hour;82.89% of the students took ball games their first choice

then 36.18% of them liked swimming

which was followed by rope skipping or rubber bands skipping

ice skating

high jump or long jump

long-distance running and the like.57.89% of the students held a negative attitude towards the long-distance running

and 61.18% of the students were not willing to participate in strength training.Conclusion The jingpo primary school students have rather good attitude towards physical exercise and the main sports they participate in are ball games and swimming.They dislike sports requiring endurance and strength.Although their schoolwork is not heavy

the time they participate in physical exercise during their extra-curricular time is inadequate.