KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
MINISTRY OF LABOUR
DIRECTORATE OF TRAINING
INSTITUTES AFFAIRS
LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 25 OF 1998 WITH
RESPECT TO PROVATE EDUCATIONA AND
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
P.4/13 LEGISLATIVE DECREE
LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 25 OF 1998 WITH RESPECT TO PRIVATE
EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
We, Isa Bin Salman AIKhalifa, Amir of the State of Bahrain,
having examined the Constitution,
and Amiri Order No. (4) of 1975,
and Legislative Decree No. (14) of 1985 with respect to Private Educational,
Institutions, and Legislative Decree No. (23) of 1976 with respect to the Promulgation of the
Labour Law for the Private Sector, as amended,
and Legislative Decree No. (20) of 1975 with respect to establishing the Supreme
Council for Vocational Training, amended by Legislative Decree No. (1) of 1978, and
after consulting the Supreme Council for Vocational Training,
and upon the submission of the Minister of Education and the Minister of Labour and
Social Affairs,
and having sought the opinion of the Consultative Council, and with the approval of the
Council of Ministers,
HEREBY DECREE THE FOLLOWING LAW:
DEFINITIONS AND OBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
Article 1:
For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this law, the following words and
terms shall have the meaning opposite each:
1) Private Educational Institution:
It is every non-governmental educational institution that undertakes teaching, education
and cultural development under the supervision of the Ministry of Education,
irrespective of the nationality of its owners. It is of three types:
a) National Educational Institution:
It is an institute, school, educational centre or nursery school that is established and
financed by Bahraini natural persons or ct9rporate entitites, or in association With
non-Bahraini natural persons or corporate entities, for the purpose of education and
cultural development on the basis of the national curricula