Education minister Peter Peacock also said that he would be looking into how PE could be introduced to pre-school children.
The measures are based on recommendations made in the PE Review Group's report, published last week by the Executive, which said that improvements to PE in schools should be made 'a priority area' as part of the current curriculum review for children from three to 18.
Recommendations included a minimum of two hours of PE a week and a greater choice of activities, such as martial arts, yoga, dance, skateboarding and flag football, to motivate children who do not like traditional sports and games.
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