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Minister of State for follow-up Dr. Mohamed bin Ebrahim Al Mutawa’ said that the important role played by the Bahrain Centre for Excellence, and its impact is represented in the quantum leap in the standards of performance of the services provided by public and private sectors and access to class-leading projects through the provision of scientific methodologies and innovative management of sustainable development.

This statement was made in the opening session during a visit for evaluation of program performance indicators in Bahrain e-Government Authority in the presence of Mr. Mohamed Ali Al-Qaed Chief Executive Officer of e-government Authority, and expert Mohamed Buhijji of the Excellence Program, and directors of departments and employees in the e-government.

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More than 15,000 Bahrainis are set to benefit from basic computer training through a government initiative, it was announced yesterday.

The aim is to reduce the digital gap, build an information society and combat computer illiteracy among individuals, said officials.

The Qudrat e-Training programme is being introduced by the eGovernment Authority to educate 15,015 Bahrainis from different age groups in computer skills over the next two years.

Read more: BH: A Ccomputer Revolution

As part of its initiatives to reduce the digital gap, build an information society and provide a sufficient base of computer literate individuals, the eGovernment Authority has recently introduced a new batch in the (Qudrat) eTraining Program, a national project that aims to eliminate computer illiteracy by training 15,015 Bahraini citizens from different age groups and genders in the Kingdom of Bahrain over the years 2011 and 2012.

The program plans to train 2,015 government employees and 13,000 Bahraini nationals, where each trainee attends 24 hours of accredited training by the eGovernment Authority (two hours a day for 12 days), in computer basics including Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet applications and internet surfing and how to use the eGovernment portal Bahrain.bh to encourage citizens to do their governmental services online.

Read more: BH: eGovernment Authority provides basic computer training for 15,000 citizens

Zain Bahrain is taking convenience to the next level for its customers and has become the first private company in the Kingdom to sign up with CrediMax the leading credit card provider in the Kingdom to provide bill payment services to its customers.

Soon Zainers can pay their bills and top-up their eeZee lines through the "CrediMax & eGovernment Kiosk'' with just a click, along with paying utility bills and other e-government services.

"We are aware of how technology-savvy the people in the Kingdom of Bahrain are today and are relying more on the internet or on other such facilities to get their work done," said Zain Bahrain's Commercial Support Director, Dr. Bassim Al Bahrana.

Read more: Zain Bahrain signs convenient payment service with CrediMax unique channel