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The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Information Technology, in cooperation with Nasma Telecommunications and Cisco Oman, has begun implementing a two-day training session titled "Advanced Technical Solutions in Wireless Devices and Networks." The session, which targets 27 network engineers from the Ministry's General Office and the education directorates in the governorates, is held in the Al Jabal Al Akhdar Hall at the Fraser Suites Muscat Hotel.

Aisha Al Rashidi, Director of the Networks and Communications Department, delivered a speech on behalf of the department, touching on aspects of cooperation with Nasma Telecommunications Company through projects attached to the department’s plan for the year 2024/2025, and on training and qualifying network engineers at the Ministry’s General Office and the educational directorates in the governorates in cooperation with Cisco Oman. Mohammed Noman, Director of the Networks, and Information Security Sector at Nasma Telecommunications Company, then delivered a speech that included an introduction to the company, its history, services, and the type of projects it provides. He also addressed the projects it has implemented in the Sultanate of Oman in both the public and private sectors, the project to install security surveillance cameras in a number of schools in the Sultanate of Oman, and the project to resolve wireless systems in a number of directorates and departments affiliated with the Ministry of Education in various educational governorates.

The training workshop is presented by Shami Khaled Al Shami, Systems Engineer at Cisco Oman, and Sajid Ali, Network Engineer at Nasma Telecommunications. The workshop covers several topics, including: Cisco's Network Management System (NMS), its features and benefits, and the mechanism involved; managing and automating campus networks; the concept of networks in educational buildings: the main components of the digital educational network; enhancing learning through smart communication; the challenges of deploying educational wireless networks, including the expansion of wireless networks; best practices for ensuring the availability of services and secure wireless access; features of the wireless network control system and its settings; general network design and best practices for ensuring optimal performance; user account management mechanisms; and the practical application of adding basic and advanced device settings to enhance security and ensure optimal performance.

The workshop is part of a project to replace wireless network switchboards in educational governorates. This project aims to keep pace with rapid technological developments and enhance the infrastructure in educational buildings in the governorates. It also aims to enable network engineers in the governorates' educational directorates to operate the new devices and hone their technical skills. It also seeks to hone the skills of technical personnel at the Ministry and education governorates, enable engineers to deal with the new wireless switchboards, and develop the skills of engineers in education governorates.