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Parents and teachers are often frustrated when they teach the same content to different children and are amazed that they all respond differently. After all, teachers seem to think, I am saying...

Too much has been going on in the world this week to recognise and mark World Literacy Day. As politics, inflation and climate change disasters grab our attention, we tend to devote less time to...

As thousands of children head towards their schools in Oman this week, some are excited, prancing to the school gates in anticipation while others will be less enthusiastic, maybe wistfully looking...

The old saying ‘two is a company and three is a crowd’ is not relevant these days when collaboration is a by word at every level of education and across professions. Not only does collaboration...

As the summer break draws to a close and children get ready to dust old school bags back into shape, it is a good time to take a step back and think of how the summer went by, what the takeaways are,...

August 19 is celebrated as World Photography Day and this is a good reason to revisit the power of photography and its capacity to reflect, opine and even change our world. It is said that a picture...

The World Economic Forum stated in a report of 2021 that 25 per cent of all employed will have to reskill by 2025 to be suited for emerging technologies and automation. This means that the training...

We are all familiar with the old saying that children learn better by doing than listening. It is no surprise then that Project Based Learning is fast becoming one of the most effective ways of...

The recent climactic developments all over the world, unfortunately, led to irreplaceable suffering and loss for families who were effected by death and personal injury during adverse weather...

As the summer holidays stretch on and families settle down after the hectic Eid break in Oman, parents and caregivers are possibly wondering how to keep children occupied in the long summer days. The...

July and August is the season of fresh graduates, looking forward to facing a brave new world of economic independence and a fresh set of challenges, away from the comfort of high schools and...

As the khareef season begins in Salalah and tourists throng to this monsoon treasure, it leaves many others wishing they could travel but cannot, for various reasons. Whether there are health...

German humorist Wilhelm Busch apparently once said, "It's not hard to become a father. Being one is the really difficult part". As the world commemorated Father’s Day this Sunday, it is apt to see...

As the sun sizzles and we stay indoors for much of the day, enjoying a much deserved break from school and college, the novelty of this may soon wear off. The common refrain of boredom sets in by the...

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stockholm conference which upheld the idea of ‘Only one earth’ as part of World Environment Day, celebrated every year on June 5. It is an apt time of the...

As the academic year in schools and colleges is drawing to a close, there is some introspection among teachers about the way in which assessment continues to be implemented at different levels and...

The recent announcement by the Muscat Municipality to develop a large area on the Seeb waterfront as a multi-purpose park, as well as the ‘Maidan Muttrah’, a proposed bridge with a bird’s eye...

There has been much talk of late in the Sultanate of Oman about the benefits of flexibility in the work place. This is on the back of the recent announcement about implementing flexible office hours...

As the week long Eid break in the Sultanate of Oman came to an end and everyday routine took over, it is an opportune time to look at why having occasional downtime is important and how we can...

It is surely not a coincidence that Earth Day and World Book Day should both fall in the same week. With increasing uncertainty around the world economy and the general state of the world, the larger...