On Thursday 12 June Bahrain’s Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa toured the new facilities at Bahrain Polytechnic and met with the faculty. The Minister of Education, the Education Reform Project Board and the Education Reform Committee Chairman also visited the new campus.
Shaikh Mohammed commented that “Bahraini youth are the real wealth of the country and the leadership is supporting education with all the resources necessary to provide the best educational opportunities.” He stressed the importance of encouraging students to develop skills that will support and assist the development of Bahrain’s economy.
Bahrain Polytechnic will open with approximately 250 students in the September 2008 intake. Further details about the project and Bahrain Polytechnic can be found at this website and www.polytechnic.bh.
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