Microsoft today honored 200 Bahraini graduates in a ceremony attended by H.E. Dr. Nazar Al Baharna, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Labor Fund which took place at Bahrain’s Sheraton Hotel. The ceremony marks the graduation of over 600 students to date from the second phase of Microsoft’s ‘Career Connections’ program, aimed at training unemployed Bahraini graduates and enabling them to be successful in the work place.
Microsoft plan to demonstrate their continued commitment to the economic and social development of Bahrain by completing the training of over 1000 students in the coming three months , and 85 of today’s 200 graduates have already secured jobs within the Kingdom, with 50 progressing into further education. In addition to H.E. Dr. Al Baharna the graduation ceremony was presided over by Mr. Khalid Lootah, Microsoft’s Public Sector Director, who was joined by Mr. Ahmed Al Hujairy, Chairman of BIS, and Managing Director, Mr. Abdurahman Jamsheer from Esterad Investment Company.
Microsoft collaborates with non-governmental organizations such as the Bahrain Internet Society as part of Microsoft’s global Unlimited Potential (UP) Initiative to create an IT-aware and IT-skills equipped workforce. Unlimited Potential - which supports community based technology learning centers - was launched by Microsoft three years ago, and since then Microsoft Gulf has given away 28 grants in six countries around the region with a total of $1.5 million in cash and software.
Young Bahrainis wishing to benefit from enhanced technology skills are still encouraged to register for Microsoft ‘Career Connections’, and can do so at Al Moayyed Institute of Technology, where there are still a few remaining places for the third phase of the training course.
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