5/4/2021
Under the patronage of Prof Dr Khalid Abed El-Ghaffar, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Prof Dr Abedelrazek Youssef Desouky, the President, Prof Dr Ashraf Subhy, the Minister of Youth and Sports; Prof Dr Mohammad Abed El-All, the vice president for education and students’ affairs and Major General Ismail El-Far, Head of the Central Administration for Sports Development, the General Administration for Youth Welfare “Sportive Activity Management” organizes a festival of sports excellence for Egyptian universities, with the participation of all university faculties, student housing, and international students, in the games " Pentathlon, handball, volleyball, tennis table, and athletics" from Tuesday 6/4 until Thursday 8/4/2021.
Prof Dr Mohammad Abed El-All, the vice president for education and students’ affairs says that all faculties, student housing and foreign students will participate in the festival with the aim of expanding the participation rate and the base of beneficiaries from practicing activities and integrating students into university life, stressing the application of all precautionary measures.
As well, Prof Dr Abedelrazek Youssef Desouky mentions that within the directives of the President Abed El-Fattah El-Sisi, the sport should be part of education to preserve the health of our children, in addition to his continuous call to exercise to reduce the large weights and obesity and their diseases, a fitness hall was equipped at the headquarters of the General Administration of Youth Welfare to help students make sport a way of life within the university.
He adds that these activities contribute to increasing students' awareness of issues related to the practice of physical activity and also contribute significantly to developing their creative skills and demonstrating talents.
Dr Desouky confirms that the university administration is keen to raise awareness of the importance of practicing physical activity and intensifying academic efforts to enhance sports awareness and the culture of honest competition. It is also keen on diversifying activities, including sports activity, and providing support to its students to practice all activities that contribute to showing their creativity and talents.