CROWN PRINCE OPENS FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE EDUCATION PROJECT

CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA THANKED THE FATHERS AND FOREFATHERS WHO, OVER 100 YEARS AGO, CONSIDERED EDUCATION THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS.

EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED EVER SINCE BUT IN A MORE  FAST-PACED WAY AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ALL GOALS ARE  ACHIEVED AS PER THE DIRECTIVES OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA,  HE ADDED. ADDRESSING THE CONFEREES AT THE OPENING EDB’S FIRST CONFERENCE  OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT, SHAIKH SALMAN SAID THE ONLY  DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS THAT EDUCATION HAS  BECOME A RIGHT FOR EVERY CITIZEN AND REGARDED AS AN ACHIEVEMENT  FOR THE WHOLE NATION WHERE CITIZENS WHO CLING TO IT  REPRESENT THE DYNAMO OF ALL PROGRESS.

IN THIS CONTEXT, THE CROWN PRINCE RECALLED THE RECENT  POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, REFERRING IN  PARTICULAR TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE  AUTHORITY (QAA), THE BAHRAIN POLYTECHNIC AND THE TEACHERS COLLEGE  WHICH HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH GLOBAL  EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD.

IN A STATEMENT BEFORE THE CONFERENCE, VISITING SENEGALESE  PRESIDENT ABDULAYE WADE THANKED HIS MAJESTY THE KING FOR THE  WARM WELCOME AND HOSPITALITY AND LAUDED HIS MAJESTY’S  IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC  CONFERENCE (OIC). HE ALSO COMMENDED SHAIKH SALMAN’S PATRONAGE OF EDUCATION  AND LEARNING ISSUES WHICH BOTH REPRESENT A GLOBAL CONCERN.

HE, MEANTIME, CALLED ON BAHRAIN TO AVAIL OF SENEGAL’S  EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY IN MATH AND PHYSICS. THE TWO-DAY EDB’S FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE EDUCATION  PROJECT KICK-STARTED AT SHAIKH ISA CULTURAL CENTER THIS  MORNING.