Criteria for Evaluating Omani English Curriculum for Grade 12 Considering Omani Vision 2040

This study identified criteria for evaluating grade 12 English curriculum in the Sultanate of Oman, considering the goals of Oman Vision 2040. To achieve this, the study employed a descriptive approach to data collection and analysis. The researchers developed a list of the objectives of Oman Vision 2040, drawing on previous research and the Omani Vision 2040, and identified six axes: human capital development, digital skills and technological integration, knowledge-based economy and innovative readiness, social welfare and global citizenship, educational pathways and national values, identity, and culture. The sample consisted of 10 arbitrators with expertise and experience in English, teaching methods, curricula, measurement and evaluation to express their observations about the form in terms of the vocabulary, the alignment to which the criteria belong to the intended objectives, their suitability, accuracy, clarity where the study feedback was carefully considered. Based on the arbitrator's' comments, the list of the final form consisted of six axes which included 30 criteria. This study will be beneficial to the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman by prompting a review of the extent to which the English language curriculum incorporates the criteria of Oman Vision 2040. There are no studies that aimed at evaluating the Omani English curriculum for grade 12 considering Oman vision 2040. Therefore, the curricula designers should study the insertion of Oman vision 2040 objectives in the Omani grade 12 English curriculum's objectives. So, the current study presents substantial criteria for evaluating the current curricula and help develop future English curricula.

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