Muscat – The Ministry of Education (MoE) has issued a ministerial decision (No 32/2023) reducing fees for non-Omani students in government schools by 50 per cent.

The decision provides for exempting some groups from tuition fee, in addition to reducing fees for a number of services provided by the ministry.

Those exempted from public school fees, include children of Omani women married to non-Omani men, students from Gulf Cooperation Council countries, students who do not hold identification documents confirming their nationality (restricted to students of schools specified by the Ministry of Education in the border areas) and students from the Republic of Yemen.

The decision also stipulates that children of non-Omanis working in the Ministry of Education will be charged 50 per cent less school fees and fees for non-Omani students in government schools will be RO50 instead of RO100.

The decision also includes reduction of fees of private schools, following submission of an application for establishment/construction/licence renewal from RO300 to RO150, and reducing licence fee for private schools from RO1,500 to RO750.

The decision was issued on January 30 and comes into effect a day following its publication in the Official Gazette.