We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State 26/75 and its amendments,
and based on the matters presented to Us by the Council of Ministers after its review by the Diwan of Legislation,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
A council is hereby established to supervise vocational training in the Ministry of Education.
Article 2
The council is hereby formed as follows:
Minister of Education Chairman
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Deputy chairman
Minister of Commerce and Industry Member
Undersecretary of the Directorate General of Finance Member
A representative of the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Secretary general of the council
The council may seek the assistance of experts in its field of competence in carrying out its work.
Article 3
The council has the following mandates:
(a) Setting the objectives of the education policy and linking them to the objectives and policy of vocational training, and to the needs of the national economy within the framework of development plans.
(b) Developing an implementation programme for these objectives and policies over the years of each development plan, and submitting this programme to the Development Council.
(c) Coordinating between the objectives and needs of education and the objectives and needs of vocational training.
(d) Following up on the implementation of the education and vocational training programme.
Article 4
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its publication.
Issued on: 27 Jumada Al-Thani 1397
Corresponding to: 14 June 1977
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 128 issued on 2 July 1977.