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Coumnists:
Sangeetha
Sridhar,
Dr.Rajan Philips,
Hasan Kamoonpuri
Newspapers:
Times of Oman,
Oman Observer,
Oman Tribune,
The Week
Education in Oman is provided free
of charge up to the end of secondary education, though attendance is not
mandatory at any level. In 1970 there were only three formal schools with 900
students in the whole country. Oman's national educational program expanded
rapidly during the 1970s and the 1980s. In 2006–2007 about 560,000 students
attended 1053 public schools. The number of students in private schools is about
65,000. There are also extensive programmes to combat adult illiteracy. Sultan
Qaboos University, the only national university near Muscat, was founded in
1986, and in 2006 it had 13,500 students. The 2006 Human Development Report
found the literacy rate to be 81.4% in adults (older than 15), up from 54.7% in
1990. For the same period, the youth (15-24) literacy rate increased from 85.6
to 97.3%. Public expenditure on education was reported to be 4.6% of GDP and
26.1% of total government spending.
The Omani higher education system is relatively young, as the first public
university in Oman, Sultan
Qaboos University was founded in
1986. Prior to the establishment of SQU,
the government sent some students to pursue higher education studies in
neighboring Arab countries like UAE, Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt.
Also some students were awarded scholarships to study in the UK and America.
SQU is self administered and has nine colleges. The colleges of Arts and Social
Sciences, Commerce and Economics, Education, Law, and Nursing offer bachelor's
and some master's degrees. Starting from September 2008, SQU began introducing PhD studies
in its colleges of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Medicine and Health
Sciences, Engineering, and Science. A bachelor's degree takes about five years,
as the first is spent studying English, and the second studying relevant science
subjects; the last three years are dedicated to core degree units. A medicine
degree takes seven years. The public university is normally visited by Omanis
only. Expatriates go - as a general rule - to private universities or study
abroad.
Oman's Ministry of Higher Education administers
six colleges
of applied sciences. These were formerly colleges of education, but in 2005
Royal Decree No. 62/2007 was issued to transform them to better cater to the
current labor market in fields such as international business administration,
communication, design, engineering, and IT. They are located in Ibri, Nizwa, Salalah, Sohar, Sur,
and Rustaq.
The College of Applied Sciences in Rustaq is the only one that still offers an
education degree. The Ministry also has a department that sanctions private
colleges and universities.
Oman's Ministry of Manpower operates
the Higher
College of Technology in Muscat and
six colleges of technology in Al-Mussana, Ibra, Ibri,Nizwa, Salalah,
and Shinas.
The Ministry of Health runs a number of health institutes to prepare assisting
medical staff like nurses, paramedics and pharmacists. The Ministry of Awqaf and
Religious Affairs sanctions the Institute
of Sharia Sciences. The Central Bank of Oman sanctions the College
of Banking and Financial Studies.
As the number of students finishing secondary school goes up each year , SQU and
other public colleges have become unable to cope with the demand. Since private
colleges were very limited in the mid nineties, more and more students sought
higher education in countries like the UAE, Jordan and Egypt.
The government became aware of the trend and decided to encourage the private
sector in Oman to form universities and colleges. The first private college was
established in 1994. Since this date, a number of private colleges and
universities have been started in Oman. Most of them focus on popular studies
such as business administration and computer sciences. They are usually
affiliated with European, Australian or American institutions.
The language of instruction is mainly English. A’Sharqiya
University, in Ibra, opened its doors in the fall of 2010.
In the year 2003, Oman's Ministry of Higher Education approved the merger of
five private run colleges in order to form the Muscat University. However, the
plan to merge Fire Safety Engineering College, Majan College, Modern College of
Business & Science, Middle East College of Information Technology and Mazoon
College for Management and Applied Sciences failed (source: Oman Observer
18.7.2005). Currently, there is some talk that the plan to form Muscat
University may be revived.
As part of the eOman initiative,
applications for 2006/2007 higher education (public and private) places have
been merged under one unified online system (Higher Education Admissions
Center). Each higher education institute publishes the minimum entry requirement
for each of its degrees and the student selects his or her choices in order of
preference. When the Ministry of Education publishes secondary school results in
mid July, these results are fed automatically into the system and offers are
made in early August. Prior to the new system, the students had to submit their
papers to the different institutes by themselves after the publication of
results. The process was very inconvenient for the students and the admission
departments as there was very little time and students had to travel a lot.
This is a list of universities and
higher education institutions in Oman.
Government
Public Colleges and Universities
Private Colleges
Private
Universities
Private schools
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