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Oman: Health & Education



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INTRODUCTION
1. Political situation
2. Economy
3. Health & Education
4. Religions & Peoples
5. History

HEALTH
Life expectancy: Women 74.5 years, men 70.2 years
Infant mortality rate: 2.2%
Fertility rate: 6 children/woman

EDUCATION
Literacy rate: 80%
Universities: 1
Students: 0.2%



Education is good, but sometimes difficult to access for people in the countryside. There are also serious programs that shall help the large groups of illiterate adults to read and write.
There is one university in the country, Sultan Qabus University, in Musqat, which opened as late as 1986. There were 5,135 students enrolled in the academic year 1996/7.

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