In 1997, the ministry began development work on a Basic Education programme to gradually replace the three level General Education system. The aim of the reform is to create a unified system covering the first ten years of schooling. Basic education is organized into two cycles: the first cycle covers grades 1 to 4 and the second cycle covers grades 5 to 10. These two cycle are followed by two years of post-basic education system(secondary education). The first schools started to introduce the new system in the academic year 1998/1999.
Coeducation in schools such as the men and women are just a waste, integrated education.
Joint women's University also sometimes shortened adjectival form is a word common to refer to female college students as a noun used within the United States.
Nowdays the majority of private schools in Oman, in General, and managed by a run on the English-speaking. Many local families to send their children to these schools would be better, perhaps the personal time and also the importance of the faith, because the English International. Most private schools are taught in Danish, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan India school. Major international schools send their children to the teaching language is English.
Traditional education
Quranic schools and workshops in Oman in 1970, was the sole means of education. Prominent among these schools since the end of the 19th century:
- Alqur mosque school (1871-1888)
- Zawawi school in Muscat, Oman (1871)
- Sheikh Rashid bin Al-AzizSchool
- Alwakel mosque school
- Alwakeel school (1888-1913) bait
- Bothainah school (1914-1930)
- Alsaid Nader Bin Fisal school (1932-1935)
Traditional education in the formal education started in the 1930s the transition. At the time, the Government limits the number of school supervision. This school is the basis for formal education in Oman before the 1970s, and the school is one of the most famous expression:
- The first Royal School
- Scond Royal School
- Salalah Al-Saidia school
- Muscat Al Saidia school
- In Al-Saidia school Matrah
These schools are concentrated in Matrah behind there is a private school
Higher education
Oman Ministry of higher education in the fiscal year in order to form a University College that run 2003 Muscat 5 approved the merger of the individual. But merge fire safety engineering College, Majan College, College of contemporary business, information technology and applied science of science & management at the University of the Middle East University failed Mazoon (source: Oman observer 18.7.2005). In its current form, you can be resurrected plans Muscat College are some of the talk.
As part of the EOman initiative, a program for higher education in the 2006/2007 (public and private) in place for one unified online system (tertiary admission Centre) to the respective institutions merged. each of the three cars, the minimum degree requirement for students to post about an item in a preferred order for his or her selection. In mid-July, the Ministry of education to publish results of high school, this results in automatic feeding system, and was provided at the beginning of August. After posting the previous result to the new system with a variety of organizations to submit their papers for the student. Process and there is very little time students had to travel a lot and is very convenient for students and admissions departments.
useful links
http://omaneducation.blogspot.com/2008/03/private-schools.html
http://omaneducation.blogspot.com/2008/03/co-education.html