Sultanate to host education meeting
Times News Service MUSCAT: Education policies will be in focus as Oman, represented by the Ministry of Education, will host a meeting of the council of Unesco International Institute for Educational Planning in Muscat on Wednesday.
The meeting will be held in the presence of the Chairman of the Institute Directors’ Board, Director of the Institute, and a number of international figures, as well as Dr Madiha Al Shibaniyah, minister of education, who is a member of the Institute Directors’ Board.
The institute, founded in 1963, is supervised by an independent board of management that sets polices, programmes and budget for the institute and provides periodic reports on the progress of the Institute to the General Conference of Unesco. It is one of the world’s pioneering institutions, developing policies, planning and management fees in the field of education, and is dedicated to supporting governments of the member states in the planning and management of educational systems.
A joint meeting will also be held under the auspices of Dr Rawia Al Busaidiyah, Minister of Higher Education, on Tuesday morning. The meeting will discuss ways of strengthening cooperation between the International Institute for Educational Planning and various educational agencies in Oman. The meeting is to be held in the presence of the Chairman of the Institute Directors’ Board and the Director of the Institute, along with members of the Board of Directors, including Dr. Madiha Al Shibaniyah, Minister of Education.