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Times of Oman
16-07-2025
- General
- Times of Oman
General Education Diploma results for 2024/2025 to be announced tomorrow
Muscat: The Ministry of Education will announce tomorrow the results of the General Education Diploma (GED) examinations and their equivalent qualifications for the first semester of the 2024/2025 school year. Dr. Madiha Ahmed Al Shaibani, Minister of Education, endorsed the general indicators for these results. A total of 54,856 male and female students applied for the General Diploma, with a success rate of 82.83 percent. For private (bilingual) schools, 1,579 students applied for the General Education Diploma, achieving a success rate of 91.58 percent. Additionally, 121 students applied for the General Education Diploma and Islamic Sciences, with a 100 percent success rate. For the General Education Diploma (Special Education), 61 students applied, with a success rate of 86.89 percent. The number of applicants for the Vocational and Technical General Education Diploma reached 138, achieving a 100 percent success rate. The Minister of Education congratulated the students on their success. The results will be available starting from 4:00 PM tomorrow, Thursday 17 July 2025, via SMS through telecom providers by sending a text message containing the seat number to 90200. To ensure adherence to examination management regulations, the Ministry took all necessary measures to guarantee the smooth conduct of exams in a calm and comfortable educational environment. Applicants took their exams this year at 366 examination centers distributed across all governorates of the Sultanate of Oman. Furthermore, 16 violations of the regulations for managing General Education Diploma examinations and their equivalent were recorded. Necessary actions were taken in accordance with Ministerial Decision No. (588 / 2015) concerning these regulations. In light of these violations, the Ministry verified all surrounding circumstances to ascertain and confirm each case before applying appropriate penalties in coordination with relevant authorities.


Times of Oman
29-05-2025
- General
- Times of Oman
Teacher's Day celebration held in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate
Ibra: North Al Sharqiyah Education Department on Thursday honoured more than 140 teaching staff members from North Al Sharqiyah Governorate during a celebration marking Teachers' Day for School Year 2024-2025. The ceremony was held under the auspices of Dr. Madiha Ahmed Al Shaibani, Minister of Education. It was attended by members of the State Council, government officials, private sector representatives and members of the administrative and teaching staff from the governorate's schools. At the closing of the ceremony, Dr. Madiha handed over certificates of felicitation to 144 top performers, including staff of teaching and administrative departments and educational support bodies operating at North Al Sharqiyah schools.