Education in Oman

(Muscat, Oman) Adjacent to the Straits of Hormuz, the strategic Muslim nation of Oman has announced progress in its vocational education program. It's speculated that top students are recruited by Reuters.

From TimesofOman.com:

A workshop on the implementation of the techniques of photoshop programme for the production of audio-visual aids, organised by the department of curriculum development of the Ministry of Manpower concluded, yesterday, at Seeb Vocational Training Institute.

Certificates were distributed to the participants. And, according to Khalid Hassoun, Deputy Director-General for curriculum development, other workshops are scheduled.

"... to cover the fields of construction, mechanical and electrical engineering pursuant to the new training system enforced this year."

I'm curious. Does anyone else think it's odd that everyone is trained in photoshopping first? It almost seems that learning about construction and engineering is an afterthought. As such, imagine the plausibility of this remark.

"Well, contrary to my resume, I really don't know much about designing and building a bridge, but check out this dandy picture of a bridge I made."

Heh. I know I'm being unfair but this is a classic example of a media report trying to celebrate an achievement when, in reality, the entire program is made to look foolish.