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The second GCC Teachers' Forum, organized by the Arab Bureau of Education for the GCC countries in cooperation with the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman, began on Sunday morning. The program will last for two days, with participation of 100 school principals, supervisors and teachers from the GCC countries and the Republic of Yemen, at Kempinski Hotel in Muscat. The program started with a speech by HE. Under Secretary of Minister of Education for Education Prof. Dr. Abdullah Ambusaidi, member of the Executive Council of Arab Bureau of Education for GCC countries. Then ...

Dr. Scott Stevens, Director of the English Language Institute at the University of Delaware, visited the Specialized Institute for Professional Training of Teacher. The visit aimed to activate cooperation and exchange of educational experiences between the University of Delaware and the Specialized Institute. The visit program included a presentation about the Specialized Institute’s experience in training and qualifying teachers, presented by Mariam Al-Jardaniya, which familiarized them with the Institute’s objectives, principles, statistics, training programs, and the ...

  The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Arab Education Bureau for GCC countries, will host GCC Teacher Forum program from 25 to 26 September 2022, with participation of 100 school principals, supervisors and teachers from GCC countries and the Republic of Yemen, at the Kempinski Hotel in Muscat. The program starts with a speech by HE. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Education, and Executive President Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambusaidi, followed by the Arab Education Bureau for GCC countries speech. Then, ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Department of Statistics and Information, issued the annual book of Educational Statistics for the academic year 2020/2021. This book is one of the most important annual publications related to educational statistical data, and one of the most important sources for documenting this data in the Ministry. The Department of Statistics and Information is keen to issue this book annually, and to publish it electronically in multiple ways through the educational portal website; to make it easier for the beneficiary to access data. The annual book ...

  “We Continue for You”   The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Special Education and Continuous Learning, carried-out throughout this week the first virtual summer program for special education schools under the slogan “We continue for you”, under the patronage of Dr. Ali Al Shukaili, Director-General of the Directorate-General of Private Schools at the Ministry. In its first edition, the virtual summer program targeted special education schools’ students in their three categories (verbal, visual and mental) ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Citizenship Department at the Directorate-General for Curriculum Development, carried out a training workshop on “Mechanisms for activating the citizenship education document in the Ministry” in the presence of Dr. Yahya Al Harthi, the Director-General of the Directorate-General of Curriculum Development at the Ministry. The workshop took place at the ministry’s main office today (Wednesday) morning. in the presence of Dr. General of the Ministry. This training workshop targeted (15) workers concerned with activating the ...

The first virtual educational forum “Toward A Sustainable Blended Education: Reality, Empowerment, and Ambition” kicked off start (Tuesday) morning on the Microsoft Teams platform under the patronage of HE Majid bin Said Al Bahri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Administrative and Financial Affairs. HE Prof. Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi, Under Secretary for Education attended the opening session of the forum with a number of Director-Generals at the Ministry and with wide participation from different groups in the educational field. The forum includes six ...

    The Ministry of Education signed a cooperation agreement with Al-Jisr Foundation for Charitable Activities to implement a program to build a guide for enriching activities for gifted students. This agreement comes in line with the Ministry’s belief in the right of gifted students to comprehensive care, and an educational environment appropriate for their abilities and skills. HE Prof. Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry for Education, signed the agreement with Mira Khalid Al Busidi, Executive Director of Al Jisr Foundation for ...

The Ministry of Education is hosting the first virtual educational forum under the title “Towards Sustainable Blended Education” next Tuesday. The virtual forum is organized under the patronage of HE Majid bin Said Al Bahri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Administrative and Financial Affairs, with the presence of HE Prof. Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi, Undersecretary for Education. The forum is targeting a number of teachers of different educational levels from all educational directorates in the governorates of the Sultanate. It is planned to continue for two ...

The virtual symposium titled “Learning Loss in the Coronavirus Pandemic: Effects and Solutions” organized by the Ministry of Education started yesterday (Monday) morning under the auspices of HE Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed Al-Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education. HE Prof. Dr. Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry for Education, and a number of experts from UNICEF, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the International Association for Educational Achievement Assessment (IEA) attended the virtual symposium. The symposium is ...

The Ministry of Education kicks off start the implementation of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2021) today (Wednesday) in all governorates of the Sultanate. PIRLS is an international evaluation study organized by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) to measures reading skills among fourth-grade students. This year is the third participation round for the Sultanate, respectively, after the 2011 and 2016 rounds. A sample of schools was chosen to represent the Sultanate internationally in this study, with a total of ...

The National Science Week STEM 2021, observed under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, concluded on Thursday. The activities were carried out online under the slogan ‘Our sustainable environment’. The final day of the Week included nine sessions with three of them taking place at the same time. The first session’s topics were ‘Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve: An integrated eco system’, ‘Air pollution’, and ‘How do I make products from environmental waste?’. The second session discussed ‘Environmental photography skills’, ...

The Ministry of Education’s National ScienceWeek STEM 2021 kicked off on Sunday online through (Microsoft Team) under the slogan “Our sustainable environment.” The National Week continues for five consecutive days with various educational directorates in the governorates taking part in it. Prof Dr Abdullah bin Khamis Ambusaidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Education for Education, delivered an opening speech in which he said: “The National Science Week in its second edition comes in a different way than it was in the first time, as it is presented remotely ...

The Ministry of Education concluded the virtual "Thrwa" enrichment program for talented students, which implemented by the Directorate General of Educational Programs - Special Education  Department  from January 11 to February 4 via the Google Classroom platform. In addition, in cooperation   with various departments of the Ministry, as well as with community organizations, the Department has created virtual classes on the Google Classroom platform to offer enrichment programs in three main areas, in innovation, literature, arts and psychological care, to ...

In supporting efforts to achieve the fourth United Nations Sustainable Development Goal on Education, which is to provide quality, equitable and inclusive education and to promote lifelong learning opportunities for everybody, the world celebrates the international day of education. It adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2018 to be on 24 January of every year as the International Day of Education. The logo of International day this year is (Restore and Renew Education for Covid-19 Generation).  Since the dawn of the blessed renaissance of the late Sultan of Oman, ...