Schooling in Manama

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expat.comYour favourite team20 August 2010 06:17:33

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Hi everybody

Could you tell us about the different schooling possibilities in Manama?

Are there nurseries in Manama (national/international)?

Which national schools are established in Manama (primary, secondary, high school, universities)?

Which international schools are available (primary, secondary, high school, universities)?

Thanks a bunch for your participation

snr Member

Member since 13 February 2011

snrMember13 February 2011 01:59:34

What are the universities in Bahrein?

asharris New member

Member since 25 February 2011

asharrisNew member15 April 2011 19:49:11

SNR,

Unfortunately we as expates are not able to send our kids to the national public schools.

I'm sending my kids to St Christophers (from K to 12) which is widely speculated as one of the highest rated schools in the world.. Whilst other schools offer great educational opportunities and definately are competetive in terms of education / sporting activities etc i would still have my 2 boys at st chris.

nursery schools: Little jems (highly recommand and is an affiliate of st chris), montysaurus (spellin check?!?!) - cant think of anymore currently.

K - 6: St chris junior school, British school and Nadeen. all private and all operate from the british curriculam.

7 - 12: St chris, british school - cant think of anymore.

Uni's: No idea

What i can say is that you need to register ASAP as you may be put on a waiting list for all the above schools mentioned.

Additionally, school fees are extremly high in comparison to that of Australia and NZ.

Anything else let me know.

A

Olivier-France ViP

Member since 23 July 2010

Olivier-FranceViP16 April 2011 07:52:08

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Hi SNR and Asharris,
Welcome to you both on the forum and thanks Asharris for sharing your experience.

Here is a site giving you some more about the topic :

Here are the websites of some of the Schools & Universities in the Kingdom:

Al Ahlia University

Al Hekma International School

AMA International University of Bahrain

Arab Open University

Arabian Gulf University

Bahrain Bayan School

British School of Bahrain

Ibn Khuldoon National School

Gulf University College

Kingdom University

New York Instiute of Technology

RCSI-Medical University of Bahrain

Royal University for Women

University College Bahrain

University of Bahrain

My kids being grown up I'm sorry I have no personnal experience to share regarding the subject !

Hope the helped a little

Friendly yours

Olivier