Al-Falah Private Schools employed and trained 25 Bahraini employees through programmes offered by the Labour Fund “Tamkeen,” spanning the National Employment Program, the Enterprise Training Support Program, and the On-the-Job Training Program. The update was shared via the Bahrain News Agency and reflects a steady drumbeat of private sector hiring supported through national talent programmes.

Why should founders care about a schools story? Because private education is a high-volume employer with real operational complexity, and it is starting to behave more like a modern services industry than a traditional one.

The move is tied to Tamkeen’s 2025 priorities: strengthening Bahraini competitiveness in the private sector, building skills for career growth, and backing enterprise growth with digitisation and sustainability in mind. That framing matters for startups because it signals where demand is likely to rise next, across training, HR systems, compliance, and day-to-day productivity tools.

It also lands in a sector with meaningful weight. The press release notes that the education sector employs more than 7,000 people, citing the Employability Skills Portal by Skills Bahrain. If you want a wider view of roles and demand inside private education, Tamkeen’s Skills Bahrain release on the sector is a useful companion read: Private Education Sector Skills Report.

Tamkeen has been repeating the same message across industries: Bahrainis first, skills next, and business growth as the engine. In a separate update earlier this month, Khalid Abdulaziz Al Bayat, Chief Executive of Growth at Tamkeen, put it plainly: “Developing Bahraini talent is the key pillar in achieving our key strategic priorities in 2025 by strengthening the position and competitiveness of Bahrainis in the private sector, and supporting the growth and development of enterprises.” That quote appeared in BNA coverage of another Tamkeen-supported hiring push: Rotana employs 33 Bahrainis through Tamkeen programmes.

So where is the opening for founders in Bahrain?

Private education organisations hire at scale, manage mixed skill sets, and operate across multiple branches. They need smoother onboarding, better staff scheduling, faster training cycles, and measurable development pathways that do not pull people away from classrooms for long stretches. That is a real market for Bahraini builders who can sell practical products, in Arabic and English, with clear outcomes.

If you are building in HR tech, edtech, workflow, or training, make one concrete move this week: shortlist two school groups, map the roles they hire most, then pitch a pilot that helps supervisors train faster and track progress with less admin.