Considering the traditional base and tremendous health benefit of different exercise systems, the Bengal Government made physical education as one of the compulsory examination subjects (like physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc) in the secondary schools in 1974. The down fall in the profession of physical education started in 1995 and accordingly the West Bengal Government withdrawn the policy decision of 1974 and implemented another new policy decision in 1995, where physical education was made as an optional subject in the curriculum in secondary schools. Why the Govt. of West Bengal suddenly withdrawn the above status of physical education in the state? Which were the problems and challenges of implementation of physical education in the schools? The data were gathered by administering custom made questionnaires, checklists and rating scales. The policy documents were analyzed considering internal and external criticism, whereas percentage-wise analysis was done for other data. The result revealed that 1) the policies of Bengal Government on Physical Education for the secondary schools have been properly designed, 2) there is no lacuna on the part of the state Government towards implementation of Physical Education in the secondary schools in West Bengal, 3) In the present scenario, the revival or reconsideration of physical education as a compulsory examination subject in the secondary schools in the state is not possible. The result suggests that for revival of physical education as a compulsory examination subject in the secondary schools in the state may be possible if physical education teachers presently working in the schools must work hard and must develop a good relationship with the head of the school.
