Salalah: Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health, on Thursday paid an inspection visit to the construction site of the New Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah.
During the visit, Dr Al Saeedi was accompanied by Adviser Abdullah bin Aqeel Aal Ibrahim, Acting Deputy Governor of Dhofar, Shaikh Salim bin Ufait al Shanfari, Head of Dhofar Municipality, Dr Khalid bin Mohammed al Mashaikhi, Director-General of Dhofar Governorate Health Services, and Eng Jamal al Shanfari, MoH Director-General of Projects & Engineering"...

The sultanate has achieved high levels in the Human Development Index for 2018, issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The sultanate advanced to the 48th place globally, climbing four positions, compared to the previous year, out of 189 countries and was placed fifth in the Arab and Gulf countries. The sultanate has been classified within very high human development countries for the first time since its inclusion in the report.

Muscat: The number of private schools in Oman has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.5 per cent between 2011 and 2016, while public schools recorded a CAGR of 0.9 per cent during the same period, according to a new report.

The GCC Education Industry report published by Alpen Capital, an investment banking advisory firm, said that public schools in Oman accounted for over 78 per cent of the K-12 enrollments in 2016. However, private sector enrollments increased at a CAGR of 8.3 per cent between 2011"...