Education Services in Oman

With the Omani government is dedicated to bettering school facilities in the nation, a good number of new facilities have been constructed in the past few years. There are government operated public schools accessible to Arab children, but foreign students do not usually go to the same schools. Rather, the expat workers in Oman usually enroll their children in privately operated international schools. Many of these international schools in Oman use the English language as the medium of teaching. There are private international schools that are specifically for students from expat worker communities from several nations, such as Pakistan, India, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, the Philippines, and others. There is kindergarten and pre- kindergarten for those aged 3 through 6 years old, elementary school for children aged 6 through 11 years old, junior high school for youths aged 12 through 14 years old, and high school for those who are between 15 and 18 years old. Acceptance into one of these schools might necessitate an interview with both the parent and the student, and an academic exam to be taken only by the student. In most of the cases, the hours of the student's school day in Oman last from 8 am up until 2:30 pm.