Physical education is defined as "instruction via movement." It seeks to improve students' physical competence, understanding of movement, and capacity to apply these to a variety of activities connected with the development of an active and healthy lifestyle. It also boosts students' self-esteem and general abilities, particularly those related to teamwork, communication, creativity, critical thinking, and aesthetic appreciation. These, together with the development of healthy values and attitudes in PE, offer a solid basis for students' lifetime and life-wide learning.

Physical education is the instruction and supervision of physical exercise in a school gymnasium or other educational setting. Its purpose is to enhance and preserve students' present health while also setting them on a road to live a healthy lifestyle for the rest of their lives.