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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
the System of the Administrative Apparatus of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 75/2020,
Royal Decree 89/2020 Establishing the Ministry of Labour, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,
and Royal Decree 98/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Higher Education to the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
Competences relating to vocational training are hereby assigned by transfer from the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation to the Ministry of Labour, as follows:
1. Working to provide technical and vocational training, and linking it to the needs of the labour market.
2. Working on developing training curricula in accordance with adopted professional standards and levels, granting qualifications, and encouraging on-the-job training.
Article II
All allocations, assets, rights, obligations, and holdings relating to the vocational training sector in the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation are hereby transferred to the Ministry of Labour.
Article III
Employees of the vocational training sector in the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation are hereby transferred to the Ministry of Labour with their same financial grades.
Article IV
Annex 2 attached to the aforementioned Royal Decree 89/2020 is hereby replaced with the attached annex.
Article V
Clause 14 of annex 1 attached to the aforementioned Royal Decree 89/2020, the vocational training sector in annex 2 attached to the aforementioned Royal Decree 98/2020, and all that is contrary to this decree, or in conflict with its provisions, are hereby repealed.
Article VI
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 3 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1446
Corresponding to: 5 December 2024
Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 1574 issued on 8 December 2024.