Secretary General attends SOP event for Students with special needs

November 06,2024
14-March-2018

Secretary General attends SOP event for Students with special needs

DOHA, March 15, 2018 – The Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General , HE Jassim Rashid Al Boenain attended a part of Schools Olympic Program events organized for students with special needs (girls) at The Qatar sport club headquarters on Wednesday.

The prestigious event brought together students from government and private schools across the country to compete in multiple sport events at the indoor and outdoor playgrounds.

The event also saw the attendance of senior sport officials including Khaleel Ibrahim Al-Jaber, the Director of sport affairs department at QOC and Abdulrahman Al Moftah, the executive director of Qatar School Sports Federation

It is worth mentioning that 214 boys schools (including 119 government schools and 98 private schools) along with 186 girls schools (105 government schools and 81 private schools) are participating in this SOP edition.

The SOP is held annually as a collaborative effort of Qatar School Sports Federation (QSSF) and Ministry of Education and Higher Education, with hundreds of student athletes competing from all over Qatar.

The SOP committee aims to spread a culture of sports throughout Qatar's schools and to engage the entire community in active and healthy lifestyle while retaining local values and traditions.