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Education News in Oman |
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| The Omani Ministry of Manpower and ICDL GCC Foundation, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) program in the Gulf have signed an agreement to implement ICDL certification program and train more than 20,000 male and female students enrolled in the public vocational training centers and the technology colleges as well as the private training centers in Oman. |
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Dr Rawiyah bint Saud Al Busaidiyah, Oman's Minister of Higher Education, has praised the role that private sector higher education has played in enabling more Omanis to attend university, reported Gulf News. The minister said that 20.8% of school leavers went on to higher education in 2001-2, but, in 2005-6, the figure had risen to 31.2%. She said almost 17,000 students now attend private universities. |
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| College of Banking and Financial Studies will offer a degree in accounting and finance from September 2007 in a tie-up with the UK's University of Bradford, the Times of Oman reported. The college also offers a degree in banking and financial sciences |
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| Omani
Ministry of Education partners with Cisco Systems
to study implementation of second phase of wireless
networks in the Sultanate |
Omani
Ministry of Education and Cisco Systems Middle
East have announced today that they have begun
studying the deployment of the second phase of
the wireless implementation project in schools
in the Sultanate. This was announced during a joint press conference
held at the sidelines of ICT Oman 2005. Cisco
System's, Intelligent Information Network (IIN),
which is being implemented in Oman, is an integral
part of the Ministry's e-transformation strategies
aimed at building IT skills of Omanis and advancing
e-learning initiatives in the country. The E-transformation
strategies will also see the development of state-of-the-art
infrastructure aimed at integrating and accelerating
the process of digital revolution in the Sultanate. |
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| Pioneering
Arab technological solutions dedicated to the
educational field |
| Sakhr
Software Co., the leading Arabic software developer,
has unveiled the signing of a large scale strategic
agreement with the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry
of Education. This agreement involves the implementation of
the latest version of Sakhr's School Management
System (SMS 5.0), which supports Microsoft's database
SQL, within 350 schools in the sultanate. This agreement further enhances the existing
fruitful cooperation between Sakhr Software Co.
and the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Education.
The articles of the agreement, signed by both
parties, include comprehensive training for a
number of employees at the Ministry by Sakhr.
This training will enable the employees to efficiently
use the School Management System provided by Sakhr
Software Co. As per this agreement, automization
will be implemented within 100 schools, while
250 schools within the sultanate can look forward
to having their systems enhanced. |
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| Oman’s
$2.5m gift to Islamic Studies |
Arrangements
were finalised when the Omani Minister
of Higher Education,
visited the University to formally sign the agreement
for The Sultan of Oman Chair in Arab and Islamic
Studies. The Minister led a delegation
of Omani education officials and diplomats who
met with the Vice-Chancellor, and
senior members of the University, The Minister said that in endowing
the Chair at Melbourne, Oman was continuing a
series of endowments to prestigious universities
throughout the world. For instance, the Sultanate
of Oman has also endowed chairs at the Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University and
at Georgetown University in the USA. |
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