Tamkeen (the Labour Fund) has supported the employment of more than 2,950 Bahrainis during the first quarter of the year, 16 per cent of them in quality jobs in comparison to 11pc in the first quarter of last year.
Results of the government agency’s first quarter performance released yesterday also show more than 2,480 Bahrainis benefited from its programmes in building their skills and enhancing their opportunities to enter the labour market .