Develop virtual training capabilities: Minister

TDT | Manama

Institutions in the Kingdom are urged to develop their own online virtual training capabilities to meet the needs of jobseekers. Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel Humaidan said there is a need for institutions to go hi-tech in the current scenarios where the Coronavirus infection is having a lasting effort on the social order.

The minister was receiving Chairman of Bahrain Society for Private Training Institutes Nawaf Mohammed Al-Jishi, in the presence of board members. He commended the role of training institutes and centres in developing vocational capabilities and skills of national cadres.

Government, the minister said, is keen on promoting vocational training and human resources to integrate job seekers in the labour market. The meeting focused on the efforts exerted by the Bahrain Society for Private Training Institutes to develop the sector and help private institutions tide over the current circumstances.

Al-Jishi commended the ministry’s efforts and support to the association to overcome difficulties facing training institutes and centres. He further stressed keenness in delivering quality programmes to meet labour market needs and keep abreast of technological and scientific strides.