"G Suite for Education" | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

G Suite for Education Students and teachers will be able to use the platform, a group of free Google applications designed specifically for schools to share documents, digitally attend class, submit assignments take tests electronically and communicate with students. The digital education platform can also be used from any computer or mobile phone and access assignments, tutorials and share comments electronically. Through this platform, education in the Sultanate is moving towards a new phase, which mainly depends on distance learning.

Country

Oman

Institution

Ministry of Education in cooperation with Omatel