(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The sport day competitions for people with special needs concluded on Thursday with girls' competitions, organised by school Olympic programme on the field of Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium at Qatar Sports Club.
Girls' competitions witnessed good participation, where more than 300 female students competed in nine sports categories, which included running and jumping.
The Organising Committee of the school Olympic programme holds special day activities for boys and girls on an annual basis in order to give this community the opportunity to practise sport, and to emphasise their important role in society. Qatar Foundation for Rehabilitation of Special Needs gives great attention to this programme as it is seen as a source to discover talents, who will join the national team to participate in various Paralympic competitions, in which Qatar has achieved great results.
The Organising Committee held the boys' day competitions. As many as 76 boys and girls participated amid strong competition between the participants who showed high abilities after receiving full training and qualification by the federation, which closely monitors competitions. In a press statement, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Fawzia al-Khater praised the organisation of the day for people with special needs within the school Olympic programme, adding that the Ministry of Education and Higher Education pays special attention to people with special needs at all levels, not only for the development of students in the academic aspects, but also in other aspects.
This is because sport is an important dimension of the student's personality development, which includes communication, capacity developing, social networking. Al-Khater thanked the organisers of the event and the Olympic Committee for holding these sports events because they have already achieved great interaction among the students and motivated them to participate, stressing that this is a part of the Ministry of Education's strategy that addresses their needs.
President of Qatar Women Sport Committee (QWSC) Lulwa al-Marri affirmed the importance of holding this special day annually within the framework of the school Olympic programme in order to give people with disabilities an opportunity to compete and highlight their sporting potential that can be used in the future. Lulwa al-Marri hailed the idea of school Olympic programme and the allocation of a special day for people with special needs within the programme, pointing to great interaction between nearly 700 male students and nearly 300 female students during the two-day event in the Qatar Sports Club, which hosted the competitions.
Aisha Askar, an expert on scouting and guidance activities at the Qatar Scout Association and the special needs division manager, described the participation as great and effective, and added that the annual competition is an opportunity to discover talents among people with special needs who have unique sporting potential. Askar said it is an opportunity to integrate students with special needs into society because sport is a passion for participants. She noted that the school programme is a great idea that contributes to detecting talents and developing their abilities at all levels, especially among people with special needs.
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