MUSCAT : Nearly 700,000 students will start new school year with a mix of classroom and online learning from today.
This comes after the Supreme Committee allowed schools to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Ministry of Education, a total of 676,943 students from government and private schools will begin blended education in more than 1,000 schools across the country.
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“82 percent of schools will implement an e-learning system, while 10 percent will follow blended education, and 7 percent will have full attendance in schools,” said Abdullah bin Khamis Ambusaidi, Undersecretary of Ministry of Education.
School hours for students in Grades 1-4 will be between 11 am and 2 pm, Grades 5-11 between 8 am and 11 am, and for Grade-12, between 8 am and 2 pm.
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