Bahrain celebrates 90 years of formal education, having been the first in the Gulf to establish a public education system in 1919 this month. To coincide with National Day and the second occasion of Bahrain Women’s Day this December also marks the 81st anniversary of opening public education to women in December 1928, another first [...]
A BAN on four private universities by the High Education Council has been lifted after they met demands over administrative and academic standards. The Kingdom University, Applied Sciences University, Bahrain University College and Birla Institute of Technology International Centre have been allowed by the council to resume accepting new students. However, the business management programmes [...]
Just eight women ran in Bahrain’s first general election in 2002, with the number increasing to 18 four years later. Despite a handful of close races in 2006, only one woman managed to secure a seat in the country’s fledgling parliament, after she ran unopposed.
But if May al Otaibi and others have anything to do with it, female candidates will have a good chance during Bahrain’s next general election slated for November 2010.
At Bahrain Polytechnic, a lecturer displays a controversial Ralph Lauren advertisement, in which a model’s waist appears smaller than her head and asks students how they would avoid a similar marketing debacle. For further education in the Arab world, this is a fresh approach. Formal lectures and rote learning are the dominant teaching methods in [...]
Bahrain has embarked on major educational reform, tailoring the system to meet the needs of the Kingdom’s people and the nation’s economy, seeking to learn from past mistakes and the success of others. The Kingdom has placed great importance on developing a knowledge-based economy, with education being one of the cornerstones of Vision 2030, the [...]
THOUSANDS of children went back to school yesterday – only for many to be told to go home again for another week. The government “strongly advised” private schools at a meeting yesterday to postpone reopening for further week, to build in an incubation buffer for any potential swine flu cases. The call came at a [...]
Bahrain stepped up its swine flu defences yesterday, with schools reopening only to close again and a ban on pupils returning to classes within a week of travelling from abroad. The government also approved a BD5.5 million cash injection to buy vaccines for the H1N1 virus. It was approved by the Cabinet, chaired by Deputy [...]
Bahrain is set to introduce sweeping education reforms to bring its standards on a par with the international norms. This follows the submission earlier this week of recommendation by the government-appointed Quality Assurance Authority for Education and Training. Come to think fo it, how many countries in the world, much less the Third World, would [...]
SEVERAL Bahrain schools and universities are failing their students, according to a government-approved report. Out of 20 public and private institutions reviewed, three were deemed “inadequate”, 13 “satisfactory” and four “good”, while none achieved the highest level possible. Two out of four higher education courses analysed also received “no confidence” judgements, with the other two [...]
Bahrain’s private schools have been given clearance by the Ministry of Education to control the start and finish of their academic year. Parents urged the ministry to force private schools to start their new term after Eid, following a decision by education authorities to change the calendar of government schools. But, a ministry spokesperson said [...]
