Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

YOUNG Bahraini girls must focus on education, which will determine their future roles in the country's development, Bahrain's First Lady said yesterday. Her Highness Shaikha Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty King Hamad and chairwoman of the Supreme Council for Women (SWC), was speaking ahead of a graduation ceremony for the Shaikha Hessa Girls School students.

FAMILIES of Bahraini teachers held in a Saudi jail for more than two months have claimed the men could resort to a hunger strike if they are not released soon.

NEARLY a quarter of boys in Bahrain miss secondary school altogether, according to findings in a global study, released yesterday. Twenty-three per cent of boys and 15pc of girls in Bahrain were unable to attend secondary school, according to figures for 2000 to 2006, detailed by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).

ORGANISERS of the Bumun plan to host an international Model United Nations (Mun) in coming years, it was announced yesterday.

A TOP literacy practitioner is calling on authorities to include early education in its reform plans for the sector. All successful education systems have invested in early education, said Mother Child Home Education Programme (MOCEP) founder and director Dr Julie Hadeed

YOUNGSTERS from all over the Arab world meet in Bahrain from today to map out a youth charter for the United Nations.

WORK has begun on a new $25 million (BD9.4m) state-of-the-art school at the Riffa Views real estate development. Riffa Views International School director Bruce McWilliams said the foundation of the new school has been laid and it will welcome its first batch of students on September 1 next year.

YOUNG Arabs from more than 12 countries will discuss the means of protecting their rights and achieve their aspirations in a five-day forum to be held in Bahrain from 9th of next month.

THOUSANDS of teachers are allegedly being harassed by school principals for wearing black armbands as part of a campaign to demand a 30 per cent pay rise.

TEACHERS from government schools in Bahrain may consider going on strike unless their demands for a further 15 per cent pay rise are met, protesters said yesterday.

FOUR school bullies could be banned from re-entering the country unless they come back to Bahrain to face punishment.

MANAMA: The Premier yesterday urged an investigation into why two GCC countries have rejected degree certificates from private Bahrain universities.

ALL pupils in years six and nine at the British School of Bahrain passed their National Curriculum Tests (SATs), it was announced yesterday.

PARENTS of a 15-year-old girl have reported a school official to police for allegedly trying to force her to strip naked and sexually assault her.

TEACHERS' demands for bigger pay rises will now be reviewed by MPs, it emerged yesterday. MPs yesterday pledged to study pay rises for teachers