Bahrain Polytechnic to implement digital solutions and develop engineering students

Bahrain Polytechnic to implement digital solutions and develop engineering students

Bahrain Polytechnic has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to discuss cooperation opportunities with Practeria Ltd.; an international company that includes experts in engineering, education technology and management consulting, based in the United Kingdom. The memorandum was signed by the CEO of Bahrain Polytechnic, Dr. Jeff Zabudsky, and CEO of Practeria, Ms. Magdalena Riley.



The two parties intend to cooperate and coordinate the implementation of relevant, scalable, and sustainable digital solutions for technical skills training, which will build up readiness of the engineering students for the current and future challenges of the key Bahraini industrial sectors. In addition, both parties will aim to design and implement a blended learning strategy for engineering disciplines and will work on a strategic plan for the necessary skills of the future Bahraini engineering workforce based on the trends driven by 4th Industrial Revolution and it is 9 technology pillars.



The Polytechnic and Practeria Ltd. will work on exchanging experts for the purpose of designing specialized training content and contextualizing courses to fit the unique Bahraini culture and environment. This will include upskilling local trainers to undertake the implementation of these courses.



Additionally, they will work towards supplementing current engineering courses with Industry 4.0 topics