Inter-school activities have been concluded by participating schools in the A9eel schools’ festivals for the selection of the project winner, who will participate in the concluding A9eel festival are which will be held on 22nd of June.

The inter-school activities were concluded after the events and activities in the Omaima bint Noman Secondary School for Girls,  Al-Maarefa Secondary School for Girls, Isa Town Secondary School for Boys, Al-Hedaya Al- Khalifia, and the Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Institute through the allocation of 12 study periods during three months to train students on this programme.

The five schools will compete in the next A9eel festival, and the winning school will receive prizes, and will also be participating in all projects associated with the A9eel festival exhibitions.

On her part, Senior Manager, Human Capital Development at Tamkeen, Ms. Amal Kooheji, said: "Tamkeen has launched the A9eel programme over several phases starting with a media campaign, and an inter-school festival, and a course designed to be taught in school. The Teachers’ College has trained teachers who will teach the A9eel course, which was prepared in collaboration with the Teachers’ College and external expertise. "

Furthermore, Ms. Kooheji said "The course is neither academic nor theoretical, rather each lesson will aim at instilling certain values and principles, through various activities and dialogues with the students. We encourage students who enter the programme to work on a project that aims at describing one of the principles taught during the course.  Students will then present their project during the final session before all participants and a vote for the best project will be held to represent each school during the A9eel festival which will be held by Tamkeen on the 22nd of this month. "

Mrs. Kooheji announced the entry of 12 schools in the A9eel inter-school festival in addition to the five schools, bringing to 17 the number of participating schools, noting that the project will be progressively implemented at all schools in Bahrain, including intermediate and secondary schools, while  the organizational and substantive matters of implementing the course will be left up to the schools.

For his part, Mr. Hassan Amin, the director of Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Institute praised  the participation of the Institute in the A9eel programme", noting that it has had a positive impact  on the Institute and the participating group."
 
Mr. Amin explained that the Institute concluded that the approach used in the A9eel course was very beneficial for the students and teachers. Mr. Amin said that the Institute will work to achieve the vision of the course through this programme, namely the creation of a generation of excellence for a prosperous future, pointing out that the programme aims at shaping a generation with distinct abilities and effective skills with positive behavior.

Amin said: "Major objectives have been achieved through this programme as it has improved students’ perspectives, and today we would like to declare that will continue to work with Tamkeen’s programmes which have had an excellent impact on the group covered by the programme."

The A9eel festival will be held on 22nd of June at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manama, to announce the winning school in the Inter-school activities.