With the intention of building a more inclusive society and fostering community engagement to participate in the decision-making process, the Information & eGovernment Authority calls for public opinions and participation in the design as well as delivery of eGovernment services, channels and business operations through the regularly updated poll questions which also welcome other national initiatives for further public involvement. Outcomes of poll questions are significant contributions to authority’s improvement plans and action lines.

Total Number of Votes: 30,907

July 2020 - October 2020

Actions Taken: In response to the publics opinion on applying eLearning to be part of the academic year the Ministry of Education provided options to parents of the students whereby they get to select the education model for their children, be it via online or physically attend class. Students got the option to stay home and do their classes virtually or receive education regularly at their  schools physically with a time frame of attendance based on each school within the kingdom of Bahrain, taking into account social distancing, and completing the required learning hours remotely through virtual classrooms, the educational portal, videos, TV classes and other suitable techniques.

In addition a comprehensive guide has been prepared for health protocols and school return guidelines, which includes precautionary measures before entering the educational institution and while attending classes and dealing with emergency cases, including the formation of a health team in each school responsible for organizing and implementing health procedures, and setting student reception controls at the beginning of each school day.

Schooling did not stop during the pandemic and continued virtually, based on the publics opinion both options virtual and classroom attendance where made available by the ministry of education and all schools within the kingdom of Bahrain to suit the needs of the parents and students for the best education mechanism they are more comfortable with.

Total Number of Votes: 3249

April 2020 - June 2020

Total Number of Votes: 900

January 2020 - March 2020

Total Number of Votes: 816

September 2019 - December 2019

Actions Taken: The results of the poll will be used for awareness campaigns to educate the public about the different features of the Government Directory app to encourage usage when planning an event, needing vip government contacts etc..

Total Number of Votes: 443

June 2019 - August 2019

Actions Taken: Due to the preference of most visitors to use the national portal search engine l to access the portal content, adjustments have been made to the search engine on bahrain.bh improving the keywords of search results, enabling visitors to access eServices and related content more quickly.