MUSCAT, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The Omani government decided on Tuesday that next Thursday will be the last day of the school academic year for public and private schools, the Supreme Committee for Dealing with the COVID-19 announced.
The committee said that "it was decided to end the academic year for all students in public and private schools on May 7, 2020."
The committee authorised the Ministry of Education to adopt appropriate alternative to calculate the results of students and the mechanism for restudying in grades one to twelve and the equivalent.
The committee also decided to extend the closure of the Governorate of Muscat until May 29, in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus after it had closed it since April 10.
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday 98 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,735. Enditem
