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24-04-2019

Times of Oman

Muscat: Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) organised a panel discussion on the national project entitled “The Teaching Profession in the Sultanate of Oman: Issues and Challenges” under the patronage of Dr. Said bin Hamad Al Ruba’ie, Secretary General of the Education Council.

The event aimed to introduce the project, its objectives, procedures and proposed research tools to the stakeholders, highlighting the status of the teaching profession in the society, and discussing the phenomenon of abstention from the teaching profession.

This panel discussion came within the framework of the implementation of the research procedures for the important national project.

Many topics were discussed in the event, which included the policies and laws of the Sultanate in recruitment of teachers, incentives and promotion for teachers in the Sultanate.

National framework

The workshop dealt with the Omani national framework for the teaching profession.

The nature of the teaching profession, the societal outlook and attitudes toward the profession were also discussed.

Dr. Khalaf bin Marhoon Al Abri, Head of the research team, Head of the Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation Unit at the College of Education of Sultan Qaboos University, pointed out that the project comes within the efforts of the government to improve education in the Sultanate through qualified teachers who have positive attitudes towards their profession.