by Times of Oman

OTI to conduct in-depth computer courses

MUSCAT — Tariq bin Hilal Al Barwani, a top Omani IT expert, will be conducting in-depth computer courses at the Oman Training Institute (OTI).

Tariq, currently here on vacation, has completed his first year in preparation to embark on a Masters programme in computer science in one of the top universities in Canada. Tariq, who was required by the university to score at least B- in all the subject as a pre-requisite to qualify for Masters programme in computer science, has scored As in all the subjects with total 3.84 GPA, a press note said. With these results, Tariq will be considered a teacher assistant at the university this September, it added.

“The computer science programme is not an easy one; it was quite a challenge for me,” Tariq noted.

Tariq and OTI will jointly conduct courses like MS Outlook; MS FrontPage, MS Access, C Language, Programming in C ++, Visual Basic, and Java.

“It is an honour for me to deliver the best of IT for Oman during my vacation, I have always wanted to return to Oman after my education in order to share my knowledge, serve people in Oman and put Oman firmly on the Global World IT Map,” Tariq was quoted as saying in the note.

The OTI was established in 1998 and is considered to be one of the leading institutes in the Sultanate. It has been initiating a series of change and upgrading its programme within the institute since December 2000. Due to the demands of business in the Sultanate, the institute has widened its horizons to include courses such as management training and consulting services available on concept of the “learning organisation” meeting their requirements in every possible way.