The Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind
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Organization's Name in Arabic
معهد البحريني السعودي للمكفوفين
Acronym
SBIB
Organization's Name in another language
Institut Saoudienne-Bahreinienne pour les aveugles
Type
Non-Governmental
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About the Institute
Embodying the brotherly relationship between the State of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and stemming from the two countries concern to continue with the mission of the previously known Al-Noor Institute for the Arabian Gulf, the Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind presently, to enable it to perform its humanitarian duty, and in execution of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the ministries of Education in both countries, it was agreed that the new name of the institute to be the Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind effective  January 1st, 1997.

Main Section
Academic Section, which consists of three stages :

Nurseries for the blind , lasting 2 or 3 years according to the age of the participants.
Primary stage, lasting 6 years.
Intermediate stage, lasting 3 years.

Curriculum laid down by the Ministry of Education in the State of Bahrain is taught at these stages .
Blind Students in the Secondary Stage
Upon instructions from the President of the Middle East Committee, the Institute carried out a pilot experiment by allowing blinds at the secondary school stage to mix with their fellow classmates who are not blind. The experiment proved successful after blind students became top students in the General Secondary School Certificate. The Institute gives students of the secondary stage all necessary services offered to academic stage students, including :

Braille- published school textbooks for the three sections of secondary stage.
Special typewriters for the blind (Perkins).
Supply them with a voice machine to make them listen to the curricula recorded on special cassettes specially for the blind, which are provided by the voice library of the Regional Bureau in Riyadh.
Providing cassettes and records to record lessons during classes.
Providing special typewriter paper (Braille paper).
Giving supplementary mathematics and English language lessons.
Accommodation in the hostel and benefiting from all its food and clothing facilities.
Providing full medical care.
Providing buses to transport them from their homes to the lnstitute and from the lnstitute to their homes.

Phone Number
City
Issa Town
Country
Bahrain

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