Ministry to host girls swimming championship for School Olympics

Sumaya Abdullah Harib Al Suwaidi

The UAE Ministry of Education will host today the preliminary round of the girls swimming championship for the second School Olympics.

The event will be held at the RAK Educational Swimming Pool Hall, with participation of 72 female students from the nine to 12 year-olds from Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and East Sharjah. The girls swimming championship features categories like the 25-metre freestyle competitions, 25 metres back and the 4×25 metre freestyle.

Supervised by Amina Al Sakab, Head of Environment and School Activities Department, Ras Al Khaimah Educational District, said: “The project is a ‘dream’ event that is expected to teach our young athletes on the importance of practicing excellent sportsmanship and honing their ability to compete with the strongest-preparing them to win Olympic International medals in the future. Our students at Ras Al Khaimah are steady and ready for contributing in the success of the swimming championships.”

Sumaya Abdullah Harib Al Suwaidi, Director of Ras Al Khaimah Educational District, stressed on the significance of the School Olympics, a program that was implemented across the public school sector last year. She noted that the program is one of the most important initiatives that began with the blessing and the embodiment of the government vision and was made even stronger with the MoE’s support for the project.

Al Suwaidi said: “The School Olympics programme is considered to be one of the pioneering initiatives that we hope to achieve positive results in the regional and international sports forums. The first edition of the School Olympics held last year, saw successful efforts of all those who worked in terms of organisation and supervision of the project, especially in light of the circumstances that accompanied the launch of the Olympics.”