The King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness pre tests has recently concluded targeting more than 650,000 students representing government, private, military and UNRWA schools.
The participants in the award went through the required medical test in cooperation with the Ministry of Health to examine their physical fitness and to make sure that they are not suffering from any health problems that can prevent them from participating, in addition to measuring the weight and Height for every student and document it electronically.

Samer Kasieh, The King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness Project Manager announced that the 7th season of the award will witness the participation of 10 schools for the deaf, in order to engage those students with the others. He also stressed the importance of increasing the participation percentage of the targeted group in each school from 82% to reach 100%.

Al Kasieh added that the Ministry of Education in cooperation with RHAS provided all the participated schools with the body mass index results, stressing that 85% of the students fall under the normal range.
Dr. Zyed Hayajneh, head of physical fitness at MOE said that the post tests will kick off on the 20th of March and lasts till the 20th of April, he also pointed that a series of referee workshops will be launched next month all over the kingdom targeting the Award staff to empower and enhance their skills to guarantee a credible results.

It worth mentioning that the King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness in its seventh season targets more than 650.000 students aged between ( 9-17) representing government, private, military and UNRWA schools.

The King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness project was established in 2005 with the support of the King and Queen.
Organized by the Ministry of Education and the Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS), the award is a school-based national initiative that targets youths, who make up one-third of the Kingdom.
The award program promotes physical fitness and healthy lifestyle choices among young Jordanians in order to combat the rising incidence of lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.