iGA launches Education Indicator Survey in Bahrain

Manama, July 15 (BNA): The Information and e-Government Authority announced the launch of a national survey aimed at measuring education indicators in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

This survey comes within the framework of the efforts exerted to provide national statistics and indicators that support the regional and international position of the country, especially with regard to the human capital index.

The survey will assess indicators of literacy among a random sample of respondents, according to the international standards used to calculate this indicator. The Information and e-Government Authority will conduct the survey over a period of two weeks, in cooperation with Gulf Link.

The Education Survey reflects the continuous efforts to enhance the Kingdom’s international indicators across a range of fields, particularly those related to education and learning. The survey results will help enhance Bahrain’s ranking in the human capital index within the United Nations e-Government Survey 2024. This will be achieved by measuring education indicators among both citizens and residents, by assessing their levels of literacy and their participation in reading. writing in their daily lives. In addition, the survey will track the average years of schooling completed by individuals, including the highest levels of education attained.

The survey adheres to UNESCO standards and will be conducted on a random sample of 10,000 individual citizens and residents aged 15 years and over. It will be conducted over the phone by Gulf Link employees, who will randomly call selected individuals from the number 17155293. After introducing themselves, the survey team members will highlight the importance of participating in the activity and will be given some questions related to education indicators, which only require a few minutes to complete.

The Information and eGovernment Authority encourages participants to actively participate in the survey, as it will play a vital role in the Kingdom’s plans and national programmes. The survey process will be confidential, and the collected data will be analyzed to create indicators relevant to the survey objectives without revealing the respondents’ information. The Information & eGovernment Authority looks forward to the cooperation of individuals, citizens and residents, throughout the two-week survey period.

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