Deputy Premier chairs education, training council meeting

TDT | Manama

Deputy Premier His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa chaired yesterday a virtual meeting of the Supreme Council for the Development of Education and Training. The council was briefed on the Ministry of Education’s preparations for the next academic year in public and private schools, which will ensure an appropriate educational environment according to the choice of parents to either send their children to regular classes or to study remotely.

The Deputy Premier affirmed the government’s keenness to provide what is possible to resume students’ studies and preserve their safety. The necessary measures are being prepared in cooperation with Supreme Council of Health (SCH) and the Health Ministry in this regard.

The Education Ministry is also working on the content for interactive platforms to suit the different requirements. As for higher education, the council directed the University of Bahrain to start developing a plan to cooperate with high-level international universities to improve the higher education quality, enhance the competitiveness of the university on the regional and global levels, and to strengthen the national economy by providing labour market requirements.