Digitisation in full swing: Bahrain Education Minister | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Digitisation in full swing: Bahrain Education Minister | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

The education ministry is pressing ahead with its digital empowerment plans in line with the Future Schools project of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Dr Majid Bin Ali Al-Nuaimi, the Minister of Education, said. “Efforts to integrate information technology into education had resulted in Bahrain advancing on international indicators in line with the Vision 2030,” the minister said during a media briefing by the National Liaison Centre at the ministry. Yusuf Al-Bunkhalil, the Executive Head of the National communications Centre, was present at the meeting on the preparations for the new school year 2021-2022. Addressing the meeting, Dr Al Nuaimi said the education ministry’s portal recorded 68 million visits by students to access various educational services. The portal has 403 textbooks, 1142 learning units, 979 exams, and 6822 lessons in digital form. Besides, teachers on the EduNET created 726,688 activities, 300,004 lessons, 418, 571 discussions and 20,792 tests. The ministry is also broadcasting content through 14 YouTube channels, which included one for special needs students. Total EduNET visitors are 6,889,5291. Dr Al Nuami said the ministry is continuing its training and apprenticeship programmes, despite the outbreak. Till now, the ministry held 149 training programmes. “The programmes by