Co-education

Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the same school.
Co-ed is a shortened adjectival form of co-educational, and the word co-ed is sometimes also used, in the United States, as a noun to refer to a female college student.
Most colleges and Private Schools in Oman are mixed with boys and girls. As we know co-education has some advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages are: Co education helps students to understand differences between men and women from their perspective. Also it promises intellectual well being and builds confidence in a person and makes him\her a more complete person to live in the real world. I think Co education is better for student's academic performance, social development and adjustment.On the other hand co-education has a lot of disadvantages for example: in co-education system boys and girls mix together, which is not Islamic in nature. Also girls do not feel free and comfortable in the class room (I think boys too). May be boy's behavior is different than girl's behavior causing some friction.

Omani norms

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Private Schools

Nowdays private schools are common in Oman,The majority are managed by and run for English-speaking. Many local families choose to send their children to these schools, perhaps in the belief that the tuition will be better and also because of the international importance of the English language. The vast majority of private schools teach in English, including the Indian and Pakistani schools. send their children to international schools, at which the main teaching language is English.

Most private schools are co-educational and provide tuition to children from pre-school nursery groups through to university entrance examinations.

The cost of private education can be high, but in some cases the fees are paid by your employer as part of your contract. It’s vitally important to be aware of the cost of private schooling over the course of a child’s education, particularly if this will include university. What might begin as a manageable expense can quickly become a major financial encumbrance if there are regular increases in fees, as there often are.

Education Renaissance After 1970

Sun of knowledge Brightened Oman when His Majesty Sultan Qaboos governance in the country. His Majesty considered the education, and circulation in the country as the most important goals of the Renaissance. After the Renaissance, education sector had quantitative and qualitative improvement as a basis for Omani citizen building.

At the current academic year 2007/2008, basic education has exaggerated development. Here are some statistics for the past academic year 2006/2007:

Elements Of Education	No.
Schools	1053
Class	19868
Students	563602
Teachers	39993
Administrators	4521

Formal Governmental Education

The transition from traditional education to regular education started in 1930. At that time there were limited number of schools under the government supervision. Those schools represented the basis of formal education in Oman before 1970 and the most famous of these schools:

1. The First Royal School
2. The Scond Royal School
3. Al Saidia School in Salalah
4. Al Saidia School in Muscat
5. Al Saidia School in Matrah

Behind these schools there were private schools concentrated in Matrah

Traditional Education

The Quranic schools and workshops were the only means of education in Oman so in 1970. Prominent among these schools since the late nineteenth century:

1. Alqur Mosque School (1871-1888)



2. Zawawi School in Muscat (1871)



3. Sheikh Rashid bin Al-AzizSchool



4. Alwakel Mosque School



5. Bait Alwakeel School (1888 -1913)



6. Bothainah School (1914 -1930)



7. alsaid Nader Bin Fisal School (1932- 1935)

Introduction

Education in Oman was confined in mosques workshops were taught the Koran, principles of Islam, Arabic language, and mathematics. One of the most prominent schools of historic mosques in Oman was Al Raheel school which established by Mahbob Bin Al Raheel in Sohar.