New centre proposed to promote innovation

New centre proposed to promote innovation

A NEW centre to promote creativity, scientific invention and artificial intelligence could be built in Bahrain, if a municipal proposal is given the go-ahead.

Education Minister Dr Mohammed Mubarak Juma told the Southern Municipal Council that their proposal, which has been approved unanimously, will undergo a feasibility study for possible inclusion in the ministry’s construction and buildings plans following 2023.

However, he said in writing that even if the centre is approved, it will be subject to availability of financing and priorities.

“At the moment, we are committed to a construction and buildings plan that started in 2020 and continues until the end of this year. This includes building new schools and additional academic buildings on certain campuses,” said Dr Juma.

“Our utmost concern at the moment is to ensure students get chairs to sit in class and that their basic education needs are met,” he added.

“We are also working on meeting educational demands of new housing towns following a surge in population in all of the four governorates of the kingdom.

“However, we will list the centre for study and, if possible, we will add it to our future plans depending on available financing and priorities.”

He said the ministry was already scouting talented students