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His Majesty Haitham bin Tariq issued a Royal decree No.79/2020 defining the specializations of the Ministry of Education and its organizational structure. Article (1) defines the specializations of Ministry of Education in accordance with Annex (1) attached to this decree. Article (2) endorses the organizational structure of the Ministry of Education in accordance with Annex (2) attached to this degree. Article (3) cancels all that contradicts this decree. Article (4) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and, enforced from its date of issue.

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Citizenship Department, issued the fourth edition of the citizenship education Bulletin. It entitled "My Country  ...My responsibility". The edition talked about national responsibility and stressed that the responsibility in any country reflects the strength of its society construction, indicating the harmony, which governments have been working with for a long time with peoples, whether it comes from the laws and legislations through individual dealings that appear the extent of interest among members of the same group. This ...

The Sultanate, represented by the Ministry of Education, participated in the General Conference of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) which was under the theme of educational systems in the face of crises and emergencies of COVID-19. The Sultanate's delegation to the conference was headed by H E Dr. Hamoud bin Khalfan Al Harthi, Undersecretary of Ministry of Education for Education and Curriculum on behalf of Her Excellency the Minister of Education. The conference agenda included the opening session. Then in the first session, the Ministers reviewed ...

H.E.Dr.Madiha Al Shibaniyah, the, Minster of Education received H.E.Azza Al Ismaili, the Minister of Technology and Communication in her office today morning. The meeting aimed at reviewing a number of various issues such as the technical aspect of Ministry of Education and its future vision for distance learning, the challenges regarding this matter, suggested cooperation aspects between the two Ministries and the equipment at the information technology and communication field. Moreover, the attendance discussed the supportive digital systems of distance learning, digital empowerment for ...

HE Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education, issued today a Ministerial Decision no. 93/2020 regarding studying and exams for students of grades (1-12) for the academic year 2019/2020.  The first article stipulated that Thursday 7 May 2020 will be the last day of the school year. The second article stipulates following the attached procedures for evaluating students’ of grades (1-12) learning. The third article indicates that this decision does not violate the provisions of Article No. (11) of Ministerial decision 9/2019, as it included the dates of the ...

Due to the various procedures by the Department of Electronic Information Security, which include the update of the first version of security policies of Ministry document, , the Information Security Department held a virtual communication with a number of directors and sections heads of the directorates in the Ministry of Education main cabinet. Also, the meeting aimed to ensure the participation of administration divisions in exchanging views of developmental visuals of the second version of Ministry security policies. At the beginning, the Head of Information Security welcomed the ...

The Ministry of Education (MoE) signed an agreement to support the platform of e-preparation for teachers in a collaboration with a number of private sector institutions as result to present the support for education digital initiatives. The platform has several new features such as, the possibility of linking between the platform and the data of schools and teachers, coding of educational lessons, objectives and teaching methods to make it easier for the teachers to enter the platform and summon the digital preparation on a daily or periodic basis. In addition, the platform provides the ...

  Students and teachers will be able to use the "G Suite for Education" platform, a group of free Google applications designed specifically for schools to share documents, digitally attend class, submit assignments and communicate with students. The platform can also be used from any computer or mobile phone and access assignments, tutorials and share comments electronically. Through this platform, education in the Sultanate is moving towards a new phase, which mainly depends on distance learning. Commenting on this, Dr. Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Abri, Director General of ...

HE.Dr.Humood Al Harthi, the Undersecretary of Education and Curriculum at the Ministry of Education held a consultative meeting with a number of private schools owners in the Main Cabinet of Ministry of Education last Sunday. The meeting aimed to minimize the impact of Coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak on the private schools.        At the beginning, Dr Humood Al Harthi welcomed the attendance and said that the meeting is a part of several meetings organized by the Ministry with various entities to overcome the challenges in these exceptional circumstances ...

HE.Dr.Humood Al Harthi, the Undersecretary of Education and Curriculum at the Ministry of Education held a consultative meeting with a number of private schools owners in the Main Cabinet of Ministry of Education last Sunday. The meeting aimed to minimize the impact of Coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak on the private schools.        At the beginning, Dr Humood Al Harthi welcomed the attendance and said that the meeting is a part of several meetings organized by the Ministry with various entities to overcome the challenges in these exceptional circumstances ...

The Ministry of Education (MoE) representative by the Central Committee of Crisis Management calls on the employees of the Ministry to ensure the adherence to preventive measures from coronavirus (COVID -19) at the individual and group level for their safety. In addition, as mentioned on the Ministerial circulars, the committee calls the employees to : • Activate the electronic correspondences and reduce using paper mail. • Follow the healthy habits when you cough or sneeze, however, sanitizers provided next to the elevators, doors and the places that frequently ...

The Supreme Committee on coronavirus (Covid-19) decided to suspend all classes for a month in Oman starting Sunday, March 15. The Ministry in cooperation with the Sultanate of Oman TV, broadcasted lessons through the program for grade12 students. The program presents educational lessons according to the curricula except for Friday and Saturday, according to the following ...

Dr Madeeha bint Ahmed al Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education, visited a number of schools in Muscat Governorate. The minister was accompanied by Fatma Abdul Abbas Norani, the Minister’s Adviser for curriculum development, Dr Ali bin Saif al Jahwari, Director-General of Education in Muscat Governorate and a number of directors-general, and educational officials and supervisors. The visit was aimed at following up the efforts exerted in the educational field to improve the academic standards of the students and meeting the teaching and administrative staffs of these schools to identify ...

Under the patronage of HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammad Al Nadabi, Secretary General of Shura Council, with presence of Dr. Ali bin Nasser Al Harrasi, Director General of Directorate General of Education in North Al Batinah Governorate, Directorate General of Education in North Al Batinah represented by Human Resources Development Department, Islamic Education Department, organized a scientific symposium entitled “Sheikh Abu Muslim Al-Bahlani and his local and global impact” in Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Sohar. The event aimed to highlight his works, personality, values and highlight ...

Under the patronage of Yaqoob Al Shuhimi, the Assistant Director General for Education Planning and HR Development and IT at Muscat Directorate, the media forum events kicked off at Muscat College. It began with a welcoming participation by schools students and Abdullah Al Jardani, the Section Head of Public Relation and Education Media delivered a speech where he pointed out that event aimed to exchange the ideas and visions about the reality of education media in the Sultanate, and provide technical skills and digital knowledge. He also added that the forum focused on how to use technology, ...