Students back to schools for new academic year
Muscat: A total of 876,117 students began the 2026/2027 academic year on Sunday across 1,298 schools in the Sultanate of Oman. Of the total, 440,899 are male students and 435,218 are female students. A further 3,903 students are enrolled in special education programmes in public and private schools. The schools include 341 schools for Grades 1-4, 128 for Grades 5-8 and 165 for Grades 9-12, in addition to 664 continuing schools and 115 evening schools. The total number of teaching,...
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