In an ongoing bid to promote a shift from an oil to a knowledge based economy, it is not surprising that education was targeted as a key area of importance within the Bahraini Vision 2030. The Kingdom is working to raise standards and performance in its schools, vocational institutions and universities through casting a lens on the regions education system, and measuring its relative successes against the backdrop of an increasingly competitive global market. This has been translated into the legislative system, including establishing the National Authority for Qualifications and Quality Assurance of Education and Training in 2008, monitoring and evaluating the performance of schools and universities in Bahrain, and setting the National Exams for all students in both public and private schools in the third, sixth , ninth and twelfth grades.