Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, (first right) Minister of Education speak to young students with special needs at the opening of the Paralympic Day at Qatar Sports Club yesterday. CENTRE: Sheikh Saoud greets a young student in a wheechair. RIGHT: Participants compete in a race. The Paralympic Day featured 362 students with special needs from different centres and schools. Multiple sports events took place including table tennis, athletics and shot-put. The Paralympic Day was organised by the organising committee of the Sixth Schools Programme (SOP) under the banner ‘Sport and Investment’. SOP is an annual programme jointly organised by the QOC and the Supreme Education Council with all schools taking part in sporting activities. PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT
