A rapidly rising student population has resulted in growing pressure on educational infrastructure. One response to this challenge seen in other jurisdictions is an increase in the provision of e-learning, a diverse sub-sector that encompasses activities including web-based training and teaching systems, learning management software, discussion...
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Articles & Analysis | The new standard: E-learning options are being adopted by several institutions from The Report: Oman 2013
Articles & Analysis | Speedy progression: All levels of the sector have grown at an extraordinary rate from The Report: Oman 2013
The creation of a public education system capable of equipping Omanis for a modern economy has been at the centre of government policy for decades. Meanwhile, the private sector that has thrived in Oman since the 1970s has, in recent years, seen a similar expansion of investment at tertiary level that, combined with an increasing amount of...
Articles & Analysis | Looking into it: A greater emphasis is placed on government and private research from The Report: Oman 2013
The rapidly rising level of research activity in the Omani education sector brings a number of challenges, one of the most salient being how best to monitor the increasing array of research programmes being introduced by the sultanate’s Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). An oversight capability of this nature is key to developing a cogent...
Articles & Analysis | Endowment funding: The government comes up with a creative way for citizens to participate in health care provision from The Report: Oman 2013
As the Ministry of Health (MOH) establishes its long-term development strategy for the sector, the question of alternative funding sources has risen to the fore – and a recent health care summit in Muscat provided a useful forum for discussion on the subject.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Rawya Saud Al Busaidi, Minister of Higher Education from The Report: Oman 2013
What strategy has been developed to ensure international standards and quality assurance within Oman’s higher education sector?
At the base of the Arabian Peninsula, occupying a landmass slightly larger than Italy, Oman is the largest country in the GCC after Saudi Arabia. In recent years, the non-OPEC oil exporter’s economy has been undergoing a steady transformation, reorienting from oil toward a more diverse set of service and industry-based economic activities. So far, progress has been promising. In 2011 oil and gas accounted for 38.8% GDP.