Ministry of Education In Bahrain

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We strive to develop an educational system that enhances competitiveness and global reach, utilizing technology in teaching and learning processes to position the Kingdom of Bahrain as the Arab world’s leader in education quality by 2030.

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Providing distinguished educational services to all by improving the quality of education, strengthening community partnerships, and building students’ cognitive, skill, and value competencies to raise the level of educational outcomes and support the national economy.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, education in Bahrain was limited to the Kuttab, which were traditional educational institutions whose primary goal was to teach young people how to read the Qur’an. Many felt that this type of education did not provide the scientific sufficiency that suited the spirit of the age. However, after the end of the First World War, things changed, and Bahrain’s wider openness to the data of the modern Western renaissance led to major political and social changes in the country, resulting in the emergence of cultural and social awareness among the individuals of Bahraini society. As a result, the need arose to establish modern educational institutions that differed from the Kuttab in terms of their systems, curricula, and objectives.

Prior to 1919 AD, the people of opinion in Muharraq Island consulted and agreed on the necessity of working to establish a regular school. The country’s sheikhs blessed this call and subscribed to the project. Organized work began and Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifiya School for Boys was established in 1919 AD in the northern region of Muharraq.

This school was established by a committee of residents under the patronage of the late Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa, the former Minister of Education, and with the help of donations collected for this purpose. In 1926, the local committee supervising education at the time established the secondary school for boys in Manama.

Girls in Bahrain were not immune to education. The opportunity for formal education was given to them after the people felt the need for education for girls as it was for boys. Therefore, the first formal school for girls was opened in 1928 AD, and it was called Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifiya School for Girls.

Due to the financial and administrative difficulties faced by the education committee, the government took over responsibility for these schools in 1930 and placed them under its direct supervision.