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Press Release

Sheikh Suhail Bin Butti Al Maktoum was assigned Secretary General, and Ali Mesry Al Dhahiri,
Executive Director of the Arab University Sports Federation, was assigned Executive Director of
the Federation.

This meeting coincided with the appointment of Al Falasi as Minister of Education, which only
enhances the level of coordination between the sports and education sectors and contributes to
achieving the goals of the Federation, which aims to organise student competitions to discover
talent at a young age and take the best 1 per cent of sports talent in schools and universities to
national tournaments. The Federation is looking forward to increasing interest in physical
education in schools by placing it among educational priorities, and encouraging after-school
sports activities, in addition to providing students with the necessary support to enter the sports
sector as athletes, administrators, referees, journalists, or researchers, each based on the skills and

qualifications that they possess.

The Federation also aims to supporting PE teachers by empowering them in every possible aspect,
through the establishment of an e-system that helps them register the complete set of information

for all students as a way of utilizing modern technologies in the development of the sports sector.

During its first meeting, the Federation reaffirmed its commitment to continue to coordinate the
efforts of the sports and educational sectors’ institutions on different operational levels, in line
with the General Authority of Sports’ plans to enhance cooperation with various government and

private sector entities and stated that the upcoming period will see the launch of many initiatives
and programs because of these partnerships.

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