Under the patronage of Minister of Education, Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi, Kingdom of Bahrain hosts the meeting organised by the Gulf Arab States Educational Research Centre on applying the research tools in preparing the programmes of the Centre during the period from January 20 to 22,2014.Director of the Centre, Dr. Marzooq Yousif Al Ghunaim highlighted that the meeting includes five working sessions, and is attended by educational researchers from Ministries of Education from the member states, which are the GCC states and Yemen, in addition to the Centre’s experts.The meeting aims at applying the research tools in the programme of the students absence in public schools in the member states and its relation to some educational and environmental variables.The meeting aims at reinforcing the motivation programme for students in public schools, in addition to the programme of the reality of the teacher and the factors affecting their performance in the member states.Director of the Centre, Dr. Marzooq Yousif Al Ghunaim pointed out that the aim of the meeting also is to develop the professional experiences of the leadership of the educational research in the member states, and link them with the educational research processes carried out by the Centre serving the educational development, and reinforcing joint educational action.