Bahrain Mirror: One of Al-Bilad newspaper's journalists, Rashed Al-Ghaeb, stated that he was handed a file from employees in Bahrain Polytechnic college, containing many details about "the employment of relatives, suspensions over corruption, odd decisions issued as a result of briberies by the college's executive board."

Al-Ghaeb wondered in an article published in the newspaper, on Monday (25 May 2015) about "hiring a director in October 2010 and her sister as a training expert in December 2012, an assistant in the human resources in October 2010 and her sister as a specialist in the admissions and registration office in November 2012, a coordinator of the executive board in August 2012 and her brother as a manager of the marketing and communication department, a specialist in the admissions and registration office in October 2012 and her sister as an accountant in November 2012, a teacher in November 2012 and his sister as the head of finance management in December 2012 and a manager with his son-in-law in the same department, without meeting qualification standards."

Al-Ghaeb raised these questions to the college's chief executive, Mohammed Al-Asiri: "Were these employees (who happen to be siblings) and other employees related to each other subject to transparent procedures, concerning the announcement of vacancies and applying for it, as well as other mandatory legal procedures?"

"The employees who contacted me agree that the college has turned into a "family canton" controlled by three of the prominent Bahraini families. What is the executive administration's opinion regarding this issue??"

He also discussed what he described as "the invention of new posts that do not exist in the structure of Polytechnic by the executive administration such as: the director of the alumni club, noting that there is an employee working as the "president of the alumni club", in addition to "an association specialist" and "an administrative specialist in alumni affairs" that do not exist in the college's structure.

The author also mentioned claims concerning "granting tenders to incompetent contractors. A specialized party recommended not granting tenders to a specific contractor in order to execute the labs project in building 19 and Al-Todairi center in Al-Riyadat compound, however, the executive administration disregarded this recommendation and ordered that the two projects be implemented by a contractor incapable of completing these projects with the required quality."

He also wondered about the validity of the claims "of hiring an Arab director for the business faculty, noting that she doesn't have the bachelor's degree required for the job and hiring a New-Zealander director, with a kindergarten teaching diploma, in the faculty of engineering."

Al-Ghaeb ended his piece by asking about the college's final accounts over the past five years.

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