Awareness drive for vocational, technical education in schools

Muscat: The Ministry of Education, represented by the School Education Development and Restructuring Project Office, is organising visits to raise awareness in the four schools that will apply for vocational and technical education for the next academic year 2023/2024.

These visits kicked off on Sunday and are up until Wednesday. They aim to introduce the tracks of business administration, information technology, study materials, teaching methods, and evaluation.

The vocational and technical education will be applied from the next academic year in the fields of business administration and information technology in the two schools in Muscat Governorate namely: Nusseibeh Bint Kaab for basic education, and Hafs bin Rashid for basic education, and in two schools in North Al Batinah Education, namely: Halima Al Saadia School in the Wilayat of Suwaiq, and Kaab Bin Barsha School in the Wilayat of Saham.

The introductory programme began with a briefing presented by Ms. Mona Al Yahyai, from the Ministry of Education about the BTEC programme, which is an international technical vocational programme from Pearson Educational Company in partnership with the Modern College of Commerce and Science, as it qualifies students to obtain A2 level, which is equivalent to two subjects in the British Certificate GCE A LEVEL.

Dr. Said Al-Kitani, Assistant Dean at the Modern College of Commerce and Science, presented a paper in which he talked about the education ladder and levels and the importance of various educational systems.