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Schools Establishment, 9 per cent from private schools

in Ajman, Ras al-Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm al

Quwain, 25 per cent from the Knowledge and Human

Development Authority – Dubai, and 18 per cent from

the Sharjah Education Council and the Sharjah Private

Education Authority. This reflects the large size of the

target segment across all schools, enhancing

opportunities to discover highly capable sports talent.

The meeting addressed the reality of sport in 35

universities within the Federation and discussed ways to

attract other universities. The statistics for the member

universities indicated that there are 870 students who

play football, 750 students, including 430 girls who play

volleyball, 720 students, including 300 girls who play

basketball with an infrastructure of 22 stadiums.

The participating universities also previously saw five

sports workshops in which 451 students participated, in

addition to participating in five virtual championships in

the past 3 years and several great achievements. The

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