Improve the qualityoflifeandcomprehensivequality of the poverty-stricken people, and speed up the constructionof infrastructure facilities in impoverishedrural areas.
Indeed greater co-ordination is now required, if the Bank's plan for a comprehensivepoverty reduction and growth strategy is to be adopted in individual countries.
Despite these impressive gains in primary and secondary education, most Bahraini children, particularly those from poor families, still have limited access to comprehensive and quality early childhood education (ECE) due to: poverty and limited State investment in or support of ECE programmes (in fact, comprehensive early education programmes are non-existent in the country) and the fact that child participation in pre-school classes is largely seen as a luxury.
This federally funded program is a comprehensive child-development initiative intended primarily for preschool children whose families fall below the poverty line.