Muscat: The Ministry of Education said that it followed up on what was circulated about some chapters in the School Education Law.
it clarified that the school education law was the subject of study and agreement between all the competent authorities, including the articles related to penalties contained in Chapter Ten of the law.
The ministry was specifically responding to reports circulated on social media stating that imprisonment for a period of up to one month and a fine of up to RO500, or one of these two penalties will be given to any student who is caught for cheating in a school examination.
The Ministry said that the School Education Law specifies the rights of students and the actions prohibited for them in Articles (47) and (48), authorizing the executive regulations of the law to specify administrative procedures for violators in accordance with what is stipulated in Article (49), taking into account that Article (17) has been assigned to the regulations.
The implementation of the law determines the study system in schools in its various stages and paths, in terms of the duration of each stage, the study plan, student affairs, evaluation systems, administrative and financial aspects, and other matters related to the study system.
The Ministry stated that it took into account that the penalties contained in the law are fully compatible with the Child Law promulgated by Royal Decree 22/2014 and in accordance with what was stipulated in the Juvenile Accountability Law promulgated by Royal Decree No. 30/2008, which specified the measures that may be imposed on the juvenile, which are the care measures mentioned in Article (15) of the Juvenile Accountability Law, or the reform measures stipulated in Article (20) of the same law, not including the prison sentence, in order to ensure the proper upbringing of students, instilling virtuous values and morals in them, providing them with a safe environment, and providing them with Good knowledge, skills and behaviors, and preparing them to participate in building their society and country to become active and productive individuals.
The ministry called for accuracy in the information being published and for it to be taken from its official and reliable sources.
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