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.