Education
Projected share of Oman’s GDP by end 2025
6.2%
Legislation permits foreign investment in education
100%
2,133 schools with 898,073 students and 72,845 teachers
Looking Ahead
PROJECTED TO CLIMB TO 6.2%
Education, will become an important driver of Oman’s GDP growth with its current share of 4.9% projected to climb to 6.2% by the end of 10th Five Year Plan (2021-2025).
AUTOMATION & DIGITIZATION
Growth in career-long reskilling of workers in response to the 4th Industrial Revolution, automation and digitization of the workplace
DIGITAL SKILLS
Increased public – private sector co-operation to drive digital skills.
REMOTE LEARNING
Use of AI, machine-learning technologies, tutoring apps and video-assisted remote learning.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Greater demand for hyper-personalized, blended and experiential learning.
WORKPLACE TRAINING
Deployment of virtual reality tools to enable experiential, scenario-based learning and workplace training.
LIFELONG TRAINING
Growth in the private provision of tertiary education and lifelong training.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Greater emphasis on vocational training, internships and work-based learning.
