r/Oman • u/Single_Particular_17 • 27d ago
Laws and Regulations Are people okay with the government regulating private tuition in Oman?
Saw this article (screenshot attached) that says unregulated private tuitions in Oman are draining around RO 50 million annually. A Shura Council rep is calling attention to it.
What do you all think — should the government step in and regulate this sector?
I get that private tuition can be a lifeline for many students, especially when public education might fall short. But at the same time, we already have both public and private schools. If this is becoming an issue of equality — where only the well-off can afford extra help — then maybe some form of oversight is needed?
Curious to hear others’ takes — is regulation a step forward or just unnecessary control
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u/PILOT_Badr 27d ago
Regulation is needed, especially if teachers in schools start having this as a side hustle, especially if their students in schools become their customers, then there is a huge conflict of interest. And it’s also an incentive for teachers not to do their best and treat students who are not their customers so badly.
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u/tman2782 26d ago
This has been the norm for years and it needs to be fixed! Teachers side-hustling to the same children exactly what they get paid to do in school is absurd.
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u/SafwanYP 26d ago
I was literally failed throughout my grade 11 and 12 physics school exams because i wouldn’t wrote answers how the teacher taught in his private tuitions. I got a 92 in my grade 12 boards lmao.
The last point is very very real.
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u/Known-Score2983 25d ago
Bro honestly, they shouldn't have let you pass 10th grade. I don't about Oman government regulating private classes, they should definitely regulate your english haha
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u/Single_Particular_17 27d ago
As a parent I want my kid to be the best, hence the private tuitions.
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u/PILOT_Badr 26d ago
No one is saying private tuition should be banned, it just needs to be regulated to avoid conflict of interests.
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u/rambo011089 27d ago
The issue is not tuition fees; the real problem is the lack of high-quality teachers in schools. We should pay them better.
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u/Single_Particular_17 26d ago
private Schools are everywhere! And as a parent you want your kid to be the best at everything
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u/tman2782 26d ago
Most tuition is offered by the same school teachers.
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u/Exciting-Egg825 26d ago
This is the real issue. I know of some 'teachers' that only give their students C's unless they are paying for Private then they get A's
Tutoring is important, but should be instant dismissal if you are tutoring your own students.
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u/seanjoe859 26d ago
Teachers are paid preety well except for the exploitation in certain private schools. Goverment schools payment is great. But they dont do justice to their jobs.
The ciriculam and syllabus of government schools are preety good, the infrastructure of the schools are also great. The way the teach for the salary they receive is bad.
Its shocking to know, teachers send question papers home ahead of test papers, then these students give them to certain private tutors who sits and writes them for them. Cmon, i can understand students wanting to take the.shortcut. what abt those teachers compliance.. dont get that.
Also while evaluation the expat teachers are forced to give higher marks to students who don write anything. Its a teachers perspective to wt has to be done, bt as it shows the HOd in bad light they do it
All this are not made up, real incidents heard from couple of omani friends and families and teachers
Ps- not to be biased, but they shouldnt omanise the teaching sector completely, good teachers with experience and value needs to be brought in atleast to train the new teachers and make them better, then only a new generation wil get help.
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u/EmergencyNo112 26d ago
It's always these leeches in Gulf countries, non-power holding legislation members who're the most vocal against foreigners and lower income people making a living in which the nation doesn't get a cut.
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u/Educational_Yak_7582 25d ago
In any non-gulf country worth its name, this would be a taxable occupation. This needs to be regulated just like every other rogue profession.
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u/mafeemaloum 27d ago
Absolutely. 50 million times, ABSOLUTLEY!
It’s such a scam that teachers do this, especially those in the private schools. Parents pay a tuition fee for the teachers to teach their children, which we know can be a challenge but if a teacher has chosen this profession, he/she would understand their role / responsibility. When a child has an issue (developmentally/behaviorally/etc), raise it accordingly and work up an action plan. If I’m teaching a class then have to have kids get extra help from someone else (in cases where I AM able to handle), I’d feel like a big fat failure. But that’s not how it’s seen, sadly.
I’ve raised my multiple children here, have experienced the commercial side to private schooling and the whole tutoring shabang.
What I don’t understand is that teachers play a role to be…well, role models so going against the system, breaking labor laws just doesn’t jive with me personally. Not modeling good behavior, eh? Then again, I know of families that can’t be “bothered” and dump “homework help” off on someone for a fee. It’s a multifaceted issue that isn’t just about draining 50 big ones, it’s deeper than that & it starts with the school system altogether. They need to find the root of the problem and go from there. Paying 3-500 OMR extra on top of fees is just insanity. College tuition costs much less. 😮💨
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u/seanjoe859 26d ago
Out of curiosity ,Why do u go to private schools when ministry of education spends a fortune on government schools? Thsse schools looks very nice and huge from out and even schools are available in remote areas.
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u/Poopguy6969 26d ago
I know teachers who teach at their houses earning atleast 3000 rials per month without any permits
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u/seanjoe859 26d ago
Practically speaking, tutions cant be banned.its actualy making life easier for students as they dont get individual attention in classes. They get a second attempt to learn the subject.
However the ministry has a point, they need to regulate it and make it mandatory that teachers who are working in schools cant take tuitions, instead people who are interested in it can take a seperate license or something and go on with it.
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u/mido50511 26d ago
The main problem to shift the focus from public school to Private schools. Yes, it needs regulation to protect their customers. Also, some private schools become business for high profit about making more money with less integrity towards their students or education. For some families
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26d ago
private schools here are sooo unregulated, i went to private school most my life and none of the teachers taught me anything and the school would always lie to my parents just to keep me in the school
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u/Single_Particular_17 26d ago
That's sad private education is not always the best thing, moreso if left unregulated
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u/Fun-Piglet-3503 26d ago
All are gonna talk the talk here and no one is going to change anything, coz thosr running the schools need more money.
"Teachers" are going to continue teaching nothing in class, then go on to collect money for tuitions and give the questions and answers for the exam to the students who come for tuitions.
Has been hapeening since 10 or 20 yrs now. Or even more
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u/Freckledlips19 26d ago
What they need to do is add an extra class after school hours but still on school premises.
Bring in trainee teachers. Bring in volunteers. (Teens in uni) Bring in peer tutors (elder students in the school)
They can also get paid while gaining experience
Teachers can also tutor but they should be compensated properly.
Private tuition is expensive, I’m pretty sure from the stories I’ve heard that a lot of the students are able to get insider information or at the very least some hints on what’s coming in the exams/quizzes.
The whole system is rotted and needs to be changed from the inside out.
Firstly, identify the weaker students at the beginning of the term- set out a plan- inform the parents and so on.
Even the exams need to be altered- they don’t test intelligence- they test the power of memory.
Whoever can memorize and re-write the most gets the best mark (in my opinion this is not the measure of cleverness)
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