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FOUR HUNDRED Bahrainis involved in the training and human resources development sector will benefit from a BD253,700 project launched by Tamkeen.
The project targets Bahraini nationals who may be owners, managers or senior employees within a licenced educational or training establishment in the private sector with 10 per cent of the workshop seats allocated to government sector employees.
It is scheduled to run over an 18-month period beginning September this year.
Led by Itcan Consultancy & PR it is intended to rejuvenate the training and education service provider (TESP) agencies in the kingdom and better equip them for imparting training.
"Trainers need refresher courses as much as their students do," said Amal Kooheji, senior manager - human capital development at Tamkeen, the semi-autonomous government body working towards enhancing the employability of Bahrainis.
"The ultimate aim of this programme for TESP sector personnel is to develop the managers and staff of these establishments in order to help them manage their functions effectively and eventually enhance the quality of their services."
The ultimate aim is to develop Bahraini employees and management staff of TESP organisations by teaching the trainers to upgrade their capabilities, improve their responsiveness rates to new and emerging requirements and acquire the skills necessary to help them match employers' demands and to continuously improve their client offerings.
Workshops on various topics including train the trainer/effective facilitation/teacher development; coaching and mentoring skills; marketing training and educational services; assessment and evaluation; designing and planning training and educational programmes; innovation in education; quality system for TESP and special education have been planned.
Many of these topics will be delivered for the first time in the kingdom.
Tamkeen identified the need for the project after perusing audit reports issued by the Quality Assurance Authority reflecting the current performance of these training and education service providers.
The programme is in line with the 2009-2014 National Economic Strategy.
