250,000 students set to be back in schools: Bahrain

250,000 students set to be back in schools: Bahrain

More than 250,000 students will be back in schools across Bahrain by next Wednesday.

A total of 147,000 students – 73,932 girls and 73,068 boys – return to 210 government schools while their teachers will be back today, after a two-month summer break.

Government school students are each set to receive a BD25 voucher to help them cover back-to-school expenses during induction days at their schools from Sunday to Tuesday.

Around 84,000 students have already started the new academic year in 79 private schools.

Meanwhile, 19,887 children – 16,475 in kindergartens and 3,412 in nurseries, will also start at 250 independent institutions.

The new statistics were revealed by schools affairs director general Dr Mohammed Mubarak Juma at a Press conference in the Education Ministry’s headquarters in Isa Town yesterday.

“We have been closely following up all preparations for the new academic year to ensure that students return swiftly to their classrooms following more than two years of remote education and suspension of numerous in-school activities,” he said.

“The 147,000 government school students will be using 4,893 classrooms – 2,462 for girls and 2,431 for boys, in the 210 schools with each classroom being assigned a teacher.

“There are 84,000 private students who have started the school year at