The establishment of Bahrain Polytechnic: assumptions questioned, myths exposed and challenges faced
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Chapter Title | The establishment of Bahrain Polytechnic: assumptions questioned, myths exposed and challenges faced |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
Book Title | Myths in education, learning and teaching: policies, practices and principles |
Authors | Al Daylami, Mohammed (Author), Bennison, Brian (Author), Coutts, Chris (Author), Hassan, Faisal (Author), Hasan, Jameel (Author), Huijser, Henk (Author), McLoughlin, Bryce (Author), McMaster, David (Author) and Wali, Fatima (Author) |
Editors | Harmes, Harmes K., Huijser, Henk and Danaher, Patrick Alan |
Page Range | 114-129 |
Chapter Number | 7 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Place of Publication | Houndmills, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781349502059 |
9781137476982 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137476982_7 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137476982_7 |
Abstract | To enhance productivity and promote competitiveness in an increasingly globalized economy, Bahrain is striving to ‘build solid and sustainable social, economic and technological bases appropriate to modern times and conditions’ (Oukil, 2012, p. 8). Faced with depleting oil resources and an increasingly competitive trading environment, Bahrain’s national strategy, Economic Vision 2030 (Bahrain Economic Development Board [BEDB], 2014) has suggested means to achieve sustainability through growth and diversification of the economy. An analysis by the Bahrain Economic Development Board ‘highlighted “gaps” both in the provision of education and in the skills required by employers’ (Soman, 2008, para.18). The mismatch between the job market and graduate capability led to high youth unemployment, with one in eight Bahrainis out of work, at a time when two out of every three new jobs were going to expatriates bought in to fill the skill shortages (Polytechnics International New Zealand [PINZ], 2007, Section 3, p.13). |
Keywords | Bahrain Polytechnic |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Bahrain Polytechnic, Bahrain |
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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