Oman, Brunei To Boost Education Ties
By Yulz. Monday, 29. October 2007, 04:02:24
Bandar Seri Begawan - Oman's Minister of Higher Education, Dr Rawya Saud Al-Busaidi arrived in Brunei Darussalam yesterday, as part of a working visit to the sultanate which will also see the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two sultanates" education Ministries.
The minister was received by the Sultanate of Oman's Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, His Excellency Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Zaher Al-Hinai and Hjh Norjum Hj Yusop, deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Education.
As part of her short visit here the visiting Omani minister will be paying a courtesy call on Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Dato Seri Setia Hj Awg Abdul Rahman Dato Setia Hj Mohamed Taib at the Ministry of Education today before touring the campuses of Universiti Islam Sultan Shariff Ali and Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Following the two site visits will be the Memorandum of Understanding between Brunei and Oman's Education Ministries.
Education in Oman has developed at a rapid pace since Sultan Qaboos Said accession in 1970. At that time there were only three rudimentary schools in the entire country, with 909 pupils and less than 30 teachers. There are now over 1,000 schools in Oman, 90 per cent of them government-run providing education at primary, preparatory and secondary levels. There are 560,000 students under state education, nearly half of them female.
The country's 132 private schools educate some 25,000 students. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times
The minister was received by the Sultanate of Oman's Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, His Excellency Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Zaher Al-Hinai and Hjh Norjum Hj Yusop, deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Education.
As part of her short visit here the visiting Omani minister will be paying a courtesy call on Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Dato Seri Setia Hj Awg Abdul Rahman Dato Setia Hj Mohamed Taib at the Ministry of Education today before touring the campuses of Universiti Islam Sultan Shariff Ali and Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Following the two site visits will be the Memorandum of Understanding between Brunei and Oman's Education Ministries.
Education in Oman has developed at a rapid pace since Sultan Qaboos Said accession in 1970. At that time there were only three rudimentary schools in the entire country, with 909 pupils and less than 30 teachers. There are now over 1,000 schools in Oman, 90 per cent of them government-run providing education at primary, preparatory and secondary levels. There are 560,000 students under state education, nearly half of them female.
The country's 132 private schools educate some 25,000 students. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times
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