More than 13,000 teachers in all of Bahrain's governorates arrived at their schools to prepare for the arrival of students and ensure a new and successful academic year for them.

Bahrain's Education Ministry worked to complete facility maintenance throughout Bahrain's schools, and equipped the schools with the proper materials including books for all students, the Bahrain News Agency reported.

All preparations have been made for the upcoming school year. Materials and books will be distributed to students on Sunday before the start of the 2011-2012 academic year, it added.

School principals said the large turnout of teachers and their efforts have been a huge success so far, and praised the Education Ministry for its help to ensure a new and successful academic year for all Bahraini students.-TradeArabia News Service