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UKTI Bahrain are particularly interested in meeting:

• Higher Education Providers 
• Specialised TVET 
• Professional Services

The education sector is rapidly expanding in Bahrain, with national strategy focusing on the development of a knowledge-based economy by 2030. This includes an emphasis on top quality k12 and university education that prepares graduates for the main industries in Bahrain: Oil & Gas, Construction, Infrastructure Planning, Health & Safety, Financial Services, Retail and Hospitality. 

Opportunities for Higher Education providers around STEM programmes

Opportunities for TVET providers in specialised industrial training courses

Opportunities in specialised research at HE level

Liz Blackford
As an International Trade Adviser Liz works with companies from a range of sectors including arts and crafts, food and drink, manufacturing, education, infrastructure and has particular knowledge of the Australian market. 

Liz has worked in the education sector for over 14 years, in particular working in Universities.

Robert Doak is an Education specialist based in the East of England.

International Trade Teams are located in over 40 local offices around the country. Every UK region also has dedicated sector specialists who can provide support tailored to your industry. An International Trade Adviser will provide professional advice on UKTI services, including export documentation, contacts in overseas markets, overseas visits, e-commerce, export training and market research. 

UKTI France are looking to meet UK companies including:

UKTI France are interested in meeting:

• Suppliers of digital resources
• Suppliers of resources for school education
• Companies that are export-ready with innovative products

Digital resources is very topical at the moment and a priority for the Ministry of Education

In 2013, €176.5 million was spent on state primary school resources by local government 

In 2013, €122.7 million estimated spent on secondary and sixth form books and supplies

UKTI Ghana are interested in meeting suppliers of:

• School Buildings and equipment
• High Education
• Classroom materials

There is a growing demand for UK under graduate/post graduate studies, skills training for the oil & gas and other sectors. It is important that training companies and institutions identify their main areas of focus for the Ghanaian market and the type of delivery methods they can offer. 

There are business opportunities for the construction of new public/private schools including the supply of classroom materials and equipment (including hardware and software), administration & management systems and software. 

Continuous training of educational professionals to stay abreast of the latest development in the sector is highly required.

UKTI Hong Kong is interested in meeting:

• British schools interested in establishing an international school in Hong Kong
• UK early childhood education providers interested in establishing a playgroup, pre-nursery school and/or kindergarten in Hong Kong

UK-HK ICT in Education Partnership Initiative TestBed providers

The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is devoting considerable resources to the teaching of English at schools, in the workplace and in the wider community in order to maintain Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s World City. 

English language is very popular amongst Hong Kong young learners, and British English is valued by parents when choosing courses for their children. Home learning resources, particularly high-end English and multimedia learning resources designed for young learners, are popular choices in-market.

Promotion of e-learning in schools is high on the Government’s education agenda, including the development of e-learning resources for the enhancement of learning and teaching. The Government’s total grant to schools for ICT resources is £24 million p.a. It is taking steps to provide grants for schools to trial e-learning resources and foster a marketplace for the e-learning industry.

UKTI Jordan are interested in meeting:

• Furniture suppliers
• Syllabus providers
• Education Technology providers

New schools are due to be built in Amman and require UK products

 Supplying existing schools with UK products

Classroom technology

UKTI Latvia are looking to meet UK companies including:

• pre-school
• general, non-formal
• special needs education In 2014-2015

While curriculum is mainly based on use of digital technology, educators and teachers have come to realization that students should be also taught programming principles; 

In Latvia there are 850 secondary education schools from which at least 100 schools would be interested in having programming classes at school if not compulsory than as an after school activity.

Apart from school premises there are children educational centres as well, where programming classes might be one of the activities to offer to children. 

UKTI Lebanon are interested in meeting:

• Software companies
• Classroom materials
• Management system

Opportunities for UK businesses in Lebanon are in all sectors especially the education sector.

Lebanon has the highest literacy rate in the Arab world which is 94%

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s (MEHE) main priorities are to support ICT in the education system