There are currently two PASCH-schools in Oman: one for boys and the other for girls. Both schools are located within the metropolitan area of the capital city, Muscat, in the northern part of the country.
This boys’ school is located in the coastal town of Barka in Wilayat Al Batinah which is one hour away from Muscat. The school was established in 1980 with 31 classes and 1054 pupils in the age group between 16 and 18 years old. The main focus of this public high school is natural sciences and sport. Besides gymnasium, library, laboratory and computer lab, the school has also its own German room with numerous teaching materials.
The school of Barkat Bin Mohammed is very popular in Oman. Its pupils and graduates have participated in many interscholastic activities and science projects and won many of them. There are three teachers who currently teach German language at Barakat Bin Mohamed School. They are also involved in a comprehensive PASCH-program. In addition to ongoing language training, their job includes also preparation of detailed lesson plans and the most modern didactic measures. The teachers can also attend further training courses in Germany again and again.
Hail Al Awamer
General Education School For Girls
Seeb, Oman
Tel: +968 24538612 khadija329@moe.om
Twitter: @Hail_alawamer
The Hail Al Awamer girls' school is located in Seeb, Wilayat Muscat, north of the airport in a very economically dynamic region of the country.
The school was founded in 1991 and has three grades. It is currently attended by 1,361 students between the ages of 15 and 17. 73 teachers teach at this general secondary school, which focuses on languages, sports and natural sciences. The school's facilities include three laboratories, a language laboratory, an extensive library, computer room and gymnasium. In addition to German lessons, two experienced and committed German teachers also supervise several PASCH projects. The school has been a PASCH school since 2013, and there were collaborations with the Elsa Brandström School in Hanover, with which the art project “The Other Me” was realized. Other projects included the Tamam project (environmental protection & energy saving), the Pasha project and a robot project. The school regularly takes part in summer language camps. Several students from the Hail AL Awamer School have already been successfully nominated for scholarship places in Germany. In 2018, a “Girls Day” was held in Oman for the first time, where students from the Hail Al Awamer School were able to visit selected companies with a connection to Germany.
More Omani schools teaching German as foreign language
The Al Hasam bin Hashim boys' school is located in Seeb, around 30 minutes from the state capital Muscat. The school was founded in 1998 and has three grades. There are currently 1,146 students between the ages of 16 and 19 being taught. The teaching staff includes 92 teachers. The general secondary school has an additional focus on sports; there is a large annual sports competition. The school is very proud to have produced some well-known national athletes. The technical equipment includes three laboratories and two computer rooms. There is also a resource center, a geography room, and a training hall. The school management is very supportive of the German program and has provided its own classroom as well as space for exhibitions and activities. Although the AL Hasan School is not (yet) a PASCH school, the teaching staff and management are very committed.
Every school year there is a values week dedicated to the topics of values, ethics and morals. Invited companies, parents and students take part in the actions and activities, and this values week ends with a closing ceremony.
The Al Amal School for Girls is a general secondary school in Barka, around an hour from the Omani capital Muscat. Around 1,045 students are taught in three school levels. The school is a UNESCO school and has also had a partnership with the Salzmann Schule in Tübingen, Germany, for several years. As part of a student exchange, some German students have already been able to visit Oman and learn Arabic for a week. In addition to the language focus, the school also has a music room, a library, a laboratory and its own computer room. In October 2023, the students organized a German language day for parents, where they introduced themselves and their lessons. The students at GUtech were recently able to attend Chemistry Day.
The Baraka bint Thalaba School is a general education school for girls. It is located in Hail near Seeb and has also included German in the curriculum recently.
There is currently a German teacher teaching at the school who is passionate and involved in an extensive PASCH program. In addition to ongoing language training, which includes the development of detailed curricula and the most modern didactic measures.