Ministry of Education inks agreement for Oman’s first e-Library

Ministry of Education inks agreement for Oman’s first e-Library

August 12, 2020 | 1:55 PM

by Times News Service

Muscat: The Ministry of Education has joined hands with the National Bank of Oman for the launch of the first e-Library in the Sultanate.The collaboration will support the ongoing national efforts of e-Learning for a competitive digital education society. It is a response to the recent school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The agreement aims to launch an educational digital library that provides various services for students and teachers in schools representing a cornerstone of virtual learning resources, including various knowledge and learning materials that are classified and arranged according to schools' requirements.The e-Library represents an invaluable resource for educational researchers in graduate studies and will also feature published educational research including master's and doctoral theses.

The digital library, which will be available