ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ACHIEVING INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE IN BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN IN LIGHT OF OMAN VISION 2040

The study aimed to determine the level of organizational learning and institutional excellence among primary school principals in the Sultanate of Oman. It also aimed to reveal the existence of a statistically significant effect of organizational learning on achieving institutional excellence in primary schools. The study population consisted of all teachers in the Al-Buraimi Governorate and the North Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The study sample included (372) teachers. The study adopted the descriptive approach as the study methodology and used the questionnaire as the study tool. The study concluded that the level of organizational learning and institutional excellence among primary school principals in the Al Buraimi and North Al Batinah Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman, in light of Oman Vision 2040, and from the teachers' point of view, achieved a high level of response. It also revealed that there is a statistically significant effect of organizational learning on institutional excellence, as the value of (R) was (0.961a) with a significance level of (0.001b). Moreover, Organizational learning explains 92.3% of the variance in institutional excellence according to the value of (R2). The study recommended strengthening continuous training programs for teachers and administrators to deepen organizational learning skills and apply them to develop school performance.