(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Initiated by Sohar Port and Freezone and now in its sixth year, the Sohar Summer Programme was developed under the supervision of the Directorate General of Education in the Governorate of North Batinah and is held annually in partnership with the Ministry of Education.
Over the next three weeks, the programme will accommodate over 300 students from Sohar, and the nearby province of Liwa and will help them enhance their knowledge of English and arm them with the practical skills they will need to help increase their employment prospects in the future. The rapid industrialisation that is driving growth in Sohar is creating many new opportunities for young, local talents equipped with the right skillsets.
The programme will run daily from July 9-27 at International Maritime College Oman (IMCO), a specialist education and training institute in Sohar, which normally offers diploma and degree courses for the maritime, shipping, port, transport and petrochemical process industries.
During their summer break, school students from grades 6 through 9 will receive the kind of workshop-style tuition otherwise found in colleges of further and higher education.
Thanks to dedicated and experienced teaching staff, the programme sets out to develop the students' talents and interests with a broad and practically oriented curriculum.
The 2017 programme will include workshops on computer science, photography, artistic editing techniques, robotics, sculpture and architecture. It targets 300 outstanding students from local schools, and all tuition will be held in English to help participants improve their written and verbal English language skills.
Since 2012, over 1,300 local students have successfully completed the programme and many are now entering the local job market for the first time.
With global investments in Sohar Port and Freezone valued at over US$26bn to date, more and more opportunities are emerging as the industrial base expands and Sohar emerges as one of the region's prime logistical hubs.
Sohar CEO, Mark Geilenkirchen, said, 'At Sohar Port and Freezone, we believe that every dollar invested in local education is an investment in all our futures. By helping build stronger communities with more sustainable economic success and more shared prosperity, everyone wins: The Port, the Freezone, our tenants, our overseas investors and the local community. We will continue to work closely with the Omani ministries, local community leaders and our outstanding Summer Programme students to build a thriving regional hub in Sohar as the new gateway to the Gulf region.'
Sohar Port and Freezone is a deep sea port and free zone in the Middle East, situated in Oman midway between Dubai and Muscat. With current investments of US$26bn, it is one of the world's fastest growing port and free zone developments and lies at the centre of global trade routes between Europe and Asia.
Sohar provides unequalled access to the fast diversifying economies of the Gulf and Iran, while avoiding the additional costs of passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The existing road network and airport and the future rail system provide direct connectivity to the UAE and Saudi Arabia as well as to the rest of the world.
Equipped with deep-water jetties capable of handling the world's largest ships, Sohar has leading global partners that operate its container, dry bulk, liquid and gas terminals.
Sohar Port and Freezone is managed by Sohar Industrial Port Company (SIPC), a joint venture between Port of Rotterdam and the sultanate.
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