GFH acquires Athena Private School for Special Education

GFH acquires Athena Private School for Special Education

GFH Financial Group (GFH) announced the acquisition of Athena Private School for Special Educatio in the Kingdom of Bahrain further building the Group's regional education portfolio valued at more than US$250 million. Athena, which began operations around one year ago, has quickly established itself as the premiere K-16+ school providing full-time educational resources and support to students with a broad range special needs. This includes students with:  Dyslexia, Autism and Spectrum Disorders, Asperger's Syndrome, PDD/PDD-NOS, Language Delay/Disorders, Developmental/Physical Disability, Specific Learning Disability/Others, Down syndrome and Academic and Non-Academic Giftedness, among others. The School offers a host of unique features – making it the most comprehensive and best equipped of its kind in Bahrain.  It is located in Bu Quwah on a 91.043 square meter area. The school has a capacity of 1,455 students, making it the largest school in terms of capacity and number of educational buildings which are well equipped for special needs students in the Kingdom.   Athena also provides house boarding facilities, which can accommodate up to 80 students in separate gender wings; with up to 40 girls in the Pearl Wing, and 40 boys in the Palm Wing.  The School has also been designed as a state of the art facility