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The Ministry of Education, represented by the Department of Innovation and Scientific Olympiad, is implementing a three-day training workshop for the STEM Oman program at the Wyndham Garden Muscat. The workshop is targeting 12 teachers from 6 schools as part of the plan to expand the application of the program in all governorates of the Sultanate of Oman, with the support of the private sector. The STEM Oman program is a global educational system that aims to combine the four basic education subjects, mathematics, engineering, science and technology, and link and mix them in an integrated ...

The Ministry of Education, in cooperation with Bait Al Zubair Foundation, inaugurated the third edition of Bait Al Zubair Competition for School Reading Initiatives, under the auspices of HE Professor Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Education, at Bait Al Zubair Museum in Muscat. In a statement to HE the Undersecretary, Professor Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi, he said: “Today, the reading competition was inaugurated for school students in cooperation with the Bait Al-Zubair Foundation, the main supporter of this competition, which ...

The Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Teaching Innovations Team for teachers of the Sultanate of Oman and the Scholar Foundation for Educational and Human Sciences, organized  a training forum for modern education techniques between innovation and values under the slogan “Innovation Skills and Promotion of Values”, under the patronage of the Honorable Dr. Hamad bin Suleiman Al Salmi, Member of the State Council. The forum took place at Levato Hotel Muscat. The training forum targeted (80) participants from teachers, university professors, and students at ...

The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Education – Electronic Information Security Department – participated on Tuesday, virtually with the countries of the world in celebrating the International Safer Internet Day, which falls on the seventh of February this year. On the importance of participation and the most important activities carried out by the Ministry of Education to celebrate this occasion, Ahmed Al-Ghatarifi, Director-Assistant of the Electronic Information Security Department in the Ministry, said: “from the standpoint of embodying the ...

HE Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education, inaugurated the Technical Development Laboratory on Thursday last week at the Ministry's General Diwan, in cooperation with the Omani-Indian Fertilizer Company (OMFICO), in a ceremony held on this occasion. HE Majid bin Said Al Bahri, Undersecretary of the Ministry for Administrative and Financial Affairs, attended the inauguration ceremony with Said bin Salim Al Salmi, Director-General of Human Resources and Work Culture at the Omani Indian Fertilizer Company (OMFICO), and a number of advisors and directors-general of the ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Special Education and Continuous Learning, Gifted Care Department - implemented the winter program for the gifted students for the academic year 2022-2023 via Teams platform. The program kicked-off on Sunday and ends on  Thursday, February 2nd with the participation of (424) gifted students, whose abilities were discovered through the Tharwa Program, and students who passed the Arab Gifted Scale. The program included training seminars in the fields of self-development, practical, literary, and artistic fields ...

The Ministry of Education signed this morning (Tuesday) two cooperation agreements with the Petroleum Development Oman Company. The first agreement came to finance science laboratory project in Abu Madabi School for Basic Education (1-12) in the Wilayat of Haima, and Al-Shumookh School for Basic Education (1-12) in the Wilayat of Duqm, in the educational directorate of Al-Wusta Governorate. The second agreement came to finance the construction of a closed and integrated sports hall at Al-Mawred School for Basic Education (1-12) in the Wilayat of Adam, in the educational directorate of ...

In the presence of HE Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniya, Minister of Education, the Ministry signed two cooperation agreements with the Development Corporation of the Oman LNG Company. The first agreement came to finance the initiative of a project to equip the classrooms of the integration program with sensory integration aids for students with disabilities in the schools of South Al Sharqiyah governorate. The second agreement came to finance the project of the National Program to Support Emerging Innovators. The signing of the two agreements took place at the office of HE the Minister, in ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Curriculum Development (Citizenship Department), implemented yesterday (Tuesday) morning a training program entitled: "Educating Citizenship and Virtual Museums.” The program targeting 30 employees of the Ministry's General Diwan and the Oman Through Time Museum, took place at the Specialized Institute for Professional Training for Teachers. This training program, presented by Dr. Basma bint Hamad Al Riyami, Educational Researcher at the Citizenship Department of the Directorate-General of Curriculum ...

The finals of the Pocari Sweat School Football Championship 2023 are set to kick-off next Sunday, which is organized by the Omani School Sports Association, with the support of the Muscat brand stores and pharmacy (Pocari Sweat), and the Cheltenham Muscat School, which is hosting the championship matches from January 15-19, with the participation of (8) teams representing (5) educational directorates. The participating teams include Hay Al Dhaher School for Basic Education from Muscat Governorate, Manbaa Al Khair School for Basic Education from Al Sharqiyah South Governorate, Al Ishraq ...

HE Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniya, Minister of Education, received yesterday morning (Monday) in her office at the Ministry’s General Diwan, Dr. Osama Yousef Muhammad Obaidat, CEO of the Queen Rania Academy for Teacher Training in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, who is currently visiting the Sultanate of Oman, and in the presence of Dr. Intisar bint Abdullah Ambosaidi, Assistant Director General for the Specialized Institute for Vocational Training for Teachers. During the meeting, aspects of educational cooperation between the Ministry of Education and the Queen Rania Academy ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Information Technology "Awareness and Digital Services Department" recently implemented an introductory seminar on "Virtual Reality". Dr. Faisal Al Busaidi, Director-General of the Directorate-General of Information Technology attended the seminar with the participation of a number of officials and employees of the department in the Directorate. The seminar took place in the brainstorming hall of the Digital Development Laboratory in the Ministry's General Diwan. This introductory seminar on ...

The Indian School team, Al-Ghubra branch, was crowned first in the Pocari Sweat International Schools tournament, after their victory over the Indian School team, Darsait branch, with two clean goals. The qualifiers were held at the French International School Muscat, and were organized by the Omani Sports Association in cooperation with Pocari Sweat. The tournament witnessed the participation of (6) International schools targeting students in grades (2-4). The closing ceremony of the tournament was held under the patronage of Waleed bin Khalid Al-Rashdi, Director of the Office of the ...

The Ministry of Education held the first meeting of the joint committee between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, where HE Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi, Undersecretary oof Education, represented the Ministry with HE Dr. Bakhit bin Ahmed Al Mehri, Undersecretary of Higher Education, represented the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation. The meeting took place in the office of HE the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Education, on Sunday morning. The meeting of the joint ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Curriculum Development, organized a workshop titled “Mirrors and Windows” in cooperation with National Geographic. The workshop aims to identify new ways to read pictures and illustrations, the importance of reading pictures and drawings, their impact on students, linking the picture to reality, the feelings it carries, and how to ask questions about the picture, all in order for the participants to become acquainted with the National Geographic Learning approach to selecting high-impact images which inspire ...