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 As a welfare
state, education is gratis for all Bahraini and non-Bahrainis and
has achieved 100 percent net enrollment rate in primary school.
Similarly, the literacy rate amongst 15-24 years old is also inching
towards the 100 percentile. Challenges presently facing Bahrain’s
educational sector is largely with respect to improving educational
standards across all levels of enrollment. In the past, UNDP
assisted these efforts by identifying areas of strengths and
weaknesses within the system which could be addressed in future
projects. The government has increased spending on education for
2006/2007, and has initiated numerous projects aimed not only at
improving its quality but addressing issues of training and
development of its human resources across both public and private
sectors. E-training with a focus on creating knowledge workers,
human resource development and building a knowledge society are all
subject areas of ongoing projects that the UNDP is presently
overseeing. |
