مجلس التعليم » الاجتماع الأول لمجلس التعليم لعام 2019م

14-01-2019

The Education Council has held its first meeting of the year under the chair of H.E Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal bin Saud al- Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court and Chairman of the Education Council.

The meeting chairman started with commending the steady efforts made by the ministries and other education relevant organizations, as well as the projects that serve the education system in the Sultanate.

He also praised the efforts made by the Secretariat General of the Education Council and its executive committees with relation to studying the issues and proposing visions that serve the education process. He requested the executive organizations of the education system to prepare visions and recommendations to implement the prioritized projects at the current stage till achieving the plans and programs approved by the national education strategy 2040.

The Council also discussed the report prepared by the Secretariat General on the education status for the people with disabilities in the Sultanate. It reviewed the efforts made by the ministries and pubic organizations to provide education service to this category and the development aspects that serve the education programs presented. It discussed care and rehabilitation aspects and the suitable means to promote them. In continuation for the efforts made by the relevant organizations in this regard, the Education Council gave instructions to form a committee for following up the education services of different kinds and stages and to promote them in line with the requirements of the future visions.

The committee will also follow up the preparation of the national plan for the education of people with disabilities during the coming years in cooperation with the relevant organizations.

In continuation of the efforts made to regularize investment in the higher education field and promote the quality of services rendered by its organizations in the Sultanate, the Education Council approved extending the ban on the licenses for setting up private colleges and universities in the Sultanate for another three year.

On the other hand, the Education Council reviewed the report prepared by the Ministry of Manpower on the measures taken to set up the Technical College in the Governorate of Musandam, the stages carried out by the Ministry to construct this College and the steps implemented.

The council reviewed several other reports and circulars from the various organizations and took decisions accordingly.