It was not surprising what the new Bahraini Minister of Education, Muhammad Mubarak Jumaa, did. Over the past 10 years, he has expressed his extremist views and abhorrent sectarianism, through his weekly articles in Akhbar Al Khaleej newspaper, and his television call-ins on Arabic-speaking satellite channels to comment on the matters of public affairs.

Education Minister�s Son Ali bin Majid Al-Nuaimi �achieves� PhD degree awarded by an institute not recognized by the Ministry.

The public relations director in Bahrain�s Ministry of Education denied there is a practice of discrimination against high school graduates with regards to the scholarships distributed by the ministry to top-rank students.

As simple as that, Bahrain�s Education Minister, Majid Al-Nuaimi, crushed the dreams of dozens of top students who were striving to achieve an education opportunity that they will never have.