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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 ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Educational Supervision, recently implemented a workshop titled: "Building the objectives of supervisory work" with the aim of enabling supervision and improving supervisory practices. The workshop took place in the Khasab Hall in the Ministry's General Diwan. The workshop was attended by Dr. Sulaiman Al-Jamudi, Director-General of the Directorate-General of Educational Supervision at the Ministry, Dr. Mutasim Al Balushi, Assistant Director-General of the Directorate, and a number of directors of departments ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Special Education and Continuous Learning, launched yesterday (Monday) morning the awareness program on Talent and Creativity 2022. The program targets 1600 members of the decentral team, members of the school team for programs to discover and nurture gifted students, and a representative from public schools. The two-days program is carried out online via video communication on the "TEAMS" platform. The program began with a visual presentation included the national strategy for discovering gifted students, ...

HE Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed Al Shaibaniya, Minister of Education, received on (Monday) morning (8) of school students from the educational directorates in the governorates of Muscat, Al Batinah and Al Dakhiliyah, Al Amal School for the Deaf, and Omar Bin Al Khattab Institute for the Blind, on the occasion of International Children's Day, which falls on the twentieth of November each year. Attended the meeting HE Sumayra Choudhury - Representative of UNICEF in the Sultanate of Oman, and Shanuna Al Habsi, Assistant Director-General of Special Education at the Directorate-General of Special ...

HE Majid bin Said Al-Bahri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Administrative and Financial Affairs, patronaged the "meeting on developments in the work of the individual performance system" which was organized by the Ministry of Education represented by the Office of the Individual Performance System Management, in the presence of the Directors-General of the Directorates-General in the governorates, and at the ministry's General Diwan. The meeting took place at the Hormuz Hotel, Muscat, on Monday. This meeting came with the aim of discussing the most important ...