Oman: New Islamic schools to be opened ...

From "Salalah and Ibri to get Islamic education schools" written by a staff reporter of the Oman Tribune.

MUSCAT The Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture will open two new schools for Islamic education this year, said HE Habib Bin Mohammed Al Riyami, Secretary- General of Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture, on Monday.

Talking to Oman Tribune on the sidelines of the second educational forum for teaching staff and associated jobs, Yahmadi said that these two new schools would be opened in Salalah and Ibri to impart Islamic education. He said that there are already four schools being run by the centre in various parts of the Sultanate.

The three-day forum organised by the Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture is being held at the Islamic Sciences Institute from Monday. It is being held under the theme ‘Together for the development of educational performance,’ under the auspices of Habib Al Riyami. Around 130 teachers and management staff of these institutions from across the Sultanate are participating in the forum.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the forum, Dr Badr Bin Hamad Al Yahmadi, Director of the Education Affairs and Training Department of Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture, said the second forum was a good opportunity to promote members of the teaching staff and its associated jobs at the Islamic Science institutes and Holy Quran schools affiliated to the centre.

The forum will provide an opportunity for them to share views and experiences on how to promote educational process. He said the first forum was successful in achieving its objectives.

Later, meritorious students of the general diploma and Islamic sciences from different institutions of the centre were facilitated.