The event, held under the theme “Through awareness we achieve the goal,” started with a unique and educational football match between two teams of the students.
MoI said the participants played amidst a number of traffic signs that surrounds the playing area, urging adherence to traffic laws and calling for safety signs to be kept while driving. QPSF trainers guided the students during the game.
Hundreds of students attended MoI's third "Shoot" traffic awareness programme
The event was attended by Lt Colonel Hamad Mohamed al-Muhannadi, head of Community Police Affairs at Community Policing Department; Capt Badi Jouhar al-Abdullah, head of Administration Affairs at QPSF, Sheikha Al Anoud al-Thani, head of Media Studies at Public Relations Department and co-ordinator of the programme; and Hamida Qader, principal at MES Indian School, along with officials from MoI departments and hundreds of school students.
Lt Col al-Muhannadi thanked school authorities for preparing and hosting the event, stressing that the programme will help strengthen traffic awareness among the new generation.
He called on the students to use the programme for learning traffic rules and regulations through sports events. A memento was also presented from MoI to Qader in appreciation of her efforts.
The MES principal said that such awareness initiative of MoI will have constructive and effective results aimed at educating school students at an early stage.
A football match marked the opening of ,Shoot.,
The third "Shoot" traffic awareness programme, organised by the Public Relations Department and Qatar Police Sports Federation (QPSF) at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) was launched on Sunday at the MES Indian School.
