The
Arab Planning Institute (API) in Kuwait organized a training program on
"Education Policies and Labor Market" for the benefit of the Ministry
of Education during the period from 30/9/2018 to 2/10/2018 in the Kingdom of
Bahrain. The program aim was to provide participants with the necessary
knowledge and skills concerning the process of planning, and economic
development, their relationships and impact on education systems and on
outcomes of the educational process. The program also aimed at providing
trainees with the skills needed to analyze and diagnose the compatibility
between education outputs and the requirements of the labor markets. The
program also aimed to develop the skills needed on how to correct the
imbalances between higher education and labor market, to identify the
requirements of the business sector, to identify the proposed policies to meet the
challenges arising from the development of labor market structure. The program
also dealt with issues on how to solve the imbalances between higher education
and labor market policies and how to improve harmonization between them.