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GOOGLE WORKSPACE FOR EDUCATION AND OMAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ENHANCE E-LEARNING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Following the successful use of the Google Workspace for Education platform during the former academic year , the Ministry of Education in Oman has renewed its agreement to continue using the platform as the primary educational tool for learning and collaboration within Oman ’ s public schools ’ network for the current academic year of 2021 to 2022 .
More than 600,00 students and 40,000 teachers in Oman have been able to benefit from Google Workspace for Education platform ’ s educational and collaboration tools since its deployment in early 2020 , which has empowered them with new methods of teaching and learning that support distance and hybrid learning . during the pandemic . The rapid adoption of remote learning on different levels – schools and universities by countries during the pandemic – was a testimonial in their capabilities of acquiring knowledge and encouraging teachers and students to be creative and innovative through applying effective strategies and to also prove the efficiency and ability of educational institutions to achieve their goals and ensure everyone ’ s right to a quality education is still maintained .
“ The pandemic has driven countries around the globe to activate e-learning systems and digital tools to enable remote learning to cope with the new challenges it posed . The ministry has made many strides in this sector , including introducing the general framework for operating schools during the pandemic , a policy for regulating e-learning , educational content documents , a general calendar for grades ( one to 12 ), the training programme for faculty and its related functions and a document highlighting the supervisory roles in e-learning and many other efforts that supported hybrid and remote learning .
“ The ministry sought to effectively implement plans into action to further enhance the development and modernisation of the education process , activate remote learning , enable teachers with the right tools and enhance the quality and efficiency of the educational process .” x
Recent figures from 2021 reflecting the usage and interaction of students and teachers on the platform in Oman public schools revealed that more than 150,000 online classrooms were conducted for different school grades and subjects , with the highest levels of organisation in line with the data guidelines of the educational gate .
In addition , more than 100 nationwide live streams were delivered to students in one month during the lockdown period , considering a project to broadcast educational lessons via the Google Workspace for Education platform from Muscat-based schools .
H . E Dr Abdullah bin Khamis Ambosaidi , Education Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education , said : “ They say that experience is the best teacher and we have experienced that in our daily lives
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