SQU, Ministry of Education sign teacher training agreement

Muscat: Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and the Ministry of Education signed yesterday a cooperation programme for field training and student teaching opportunities for candidates from the College of Education in the schools governed by the Ministry.
This cooperation programme is part of the efforts of two parties in educating and deploying well-qualified teacher graduates in government and private schools supervised by the Ministry of Education.
The programme was signed by Dr. Ali bin Saud Al Bimani, Vice Chancellor of SQU and Dr. Saud bin Salim Al Balushi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Planning and Human Resources.
Meanwhile, Dr. Al Bimani and Dr. Al Balushi chaired the sixth meeting of the joint committee between SQU and the Ministry of Education today.
The Committee discussed several topics on the agenda of the meeting, which included a proposed mechanism for the appointment of graduates of the early education programme.
The meeting discussed strategic research and curricular activities, as well as the project of “developing and standardising psychological and educational measures on the Omani environment for school students” between the Ministry and SQU. It also considered the possibility of financing it from both sides.
The meeting reviewed the possibility of adding teaching courses in the College of Education at SQU on comprehensive education and dealing with students with disabilities and special needs.
Development and implementation of courses on school-home partnership and the activation of parental involvement in education were also discussed.
The committee reviewed the possibility of launching master’s programme in the fields of innovation, intellectual property rights and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in an interdisciplinary and applied approach (STEM).