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How the pandemic has impacted school students
By: Gautam Viswanathan
A new competition has encouraged students to talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their education experiences, so that more can be done to make blended learning better in future.
David’s day normally begins at 4:30 am, when he gets up from bed to prepare for school. He needs to be out of the house and on the bus a half hour later, so that he turns up to class on time.
As the clock moves towards 7 am, the time at which school begins, David is joined on board by a number of his classmates, their bus halting outside their homes for a few minutes at a time, making slow but steady progress towards their destination.
Read this to find out which school had the highest exodus this year
By: Times News Service
Muscat: More than 4,600 students from Indian schools obtained transfer certificates between April 2020 and January 15, 2021, with the highest number of cases being reported from Indian School Muscat, where 878 students opted for transfer certificates.
Besides Indian School Muscat, a big drop in student numbers was reported from Indian School Wadi Kabir (692) followed by Indian School Sohar (511) and Indian School Muladha (329).
Indian School Ghubra, Indian School Darsait and Indian School Seeb all reported more than 250 students leaving their institutions during this term.
According to data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information, the number of total expat workers fell from 1,712,798 at the end of December 2019 to 1,443,128 at the end of December 2020, reflecting a drop of 269,670.
Schools grappling with falling revenues
By: Times News Service
With many schools in the Sultanate working as a not-for-profit venture, exit of some students has affected their earnings.
Muscat: Students not returning to the classrooms, be it either face-to-face or virtual, are costing millions to school management committees. Take the example of Indian Schools in Oman where more than 7,000 students have left or are planning to leave in 2020-2021.
While more than 4,600 Indian students have opted for transfer certificates in the middle of the term, around 2,000-2,500 additional students are expected to leave the schools or apply for transfers after the completion of the current term, ending in March 2021.