The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Mr. KAMEL BADDARI, gave the signal on Monday, December 11, 2023 in Tamanrasset, for the first national winter athletics gathering, where he emphasized on the necessity of promoting the sports practice within the university community to support the sports elite.

In his speech delivered during his visit to Tamanrasset, the Minister explained that the Ministry of Higher Education and scientific Research is working to “promote sport practice within the university community to support the sports elite whose mission is to obtain the best results and honor the national colors during the international sports competitions.”

The minister noted that the participation of the student athletes from different university institutions in this gathering, which is a space for the discovery of new talents, “will contribute to the strengthening of moral values and knowledge among participants, thus achieving the objectives of sustainable development.”

The Minister added that the organization of this sport gathering is “the implementation and embodiment the government’s program, which takes its content from the program of the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, which makes university sport a means to promote and strengthen the national unity and to honor the Algerian sport in various competitions at the international level.”

“The organization of this gathering concurs with the 62^nd anniversary of the events of December 11, 1960, during which all the Algerian people marched to say enough to the colonizer,” he added, recalling in the same context that “the region of Tamanrasset had a distinguished national position during the glorious revolution of liberation.”

At the end of his visit to Tamanrasset, the Minister oversaw the award ceremony for medals and gifts to the winners of this sport gathering, which saw the participation of more than 1000 competitor of both sexes representing 60 universities from different regions of the country, in 6 different sport specialties. For their part, the participants applauded the organization of this event which was a great opportunity for them to develop their athletic capacities and guaranty the communication between students from different universities of the country.