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  “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, ...

The Ministry of Education and Omantel signed an agreement on Wednesday to develop IT and coding courses for primary school students at a cost of RO 50,000. The agreement was signed by Dr Madeeha bint Ahmed al Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education and Talal bin Saeed al Maamari, CEO of Omantel. The agreement aims to develop an educational curriculum to provide students with the skills of the future and the fourth industrial revolution in line with Oman Vision 2040, which aims to create a knowledge-based economy. The curriculum will be applied to students in grades 1-4 in public schools, ...

The Directorate General of Special Education and Continuing Education team won the second friendly football championship cup 2021 organized for employees of the Ministry of Education. The closing ceremony of the tournament was held under the auspices of Dr Ali al Shukaili, Director-General of the Directorate-General of Private Schools, with some of Director Generals and employees at the Ministry of Education. The tournament took place at Al Saad International School in Muscat Governorate on Monday with the strict precautionary measures against the pandemic. The tournament was organised by the ...

The Ministry of Education represented by the Directorate General of Education, Continuous Education, Department of Special Education Programs, Department of Activities and Career Guidance, and in cooperation with the Department of Educational media in the Ministry and local media, organized the activities of the third media forum for special education schools and their programs 2021 which started this morning. The forum was under the auspices of Dr. Fathia bint Khalfan Al Sadia, Director General of the Directorate General of Special Education and Continuous Education, in the presence of ...

The Ministry of Education, represented by the Qualification and Training Department, carried out this morning a training workshop on “Linguistic Development in Official Letters”, at the Muscat Hall in the Ministry’s Main Cabinet Office, in presence of the Director of the Qualification and Training Department of the Directorate General of Education Supervision at the Ministry and deputies. The workshop also targeted (20) male and female employees from the departments of the Directorate General of Educational Supervision, and the Directorate General of Administrative and ...