The study aimed to uncover the expected school and family roles in the learning of general education diploma
students in the Sultanate of Oman considering the Covid-19 pandemic from the students' point of view. The study adopted
the descriptive, analytical, and qualitative approach, and the study sample reached (220) male and female students for the
academic year 2020-2021 AD, and the study tool consisted of a questionnaire divided into two parts. The general diploma
in the distance, in addition to the researchers' use of the interview method to find out the challenges that students face in
distance learning, and the results of the study showed: that the expected level of the school's roles in learning for general
education diploma students from a distance in the Sultanate of Oman in light of the Covid-19 pandemic from the point of
view The students themselves were to a large degree and with an average of (4.59), and the roles of the family in the
learning of students of general education diploma remotely in the Sultanate of Oman in light of the Covid-19 pandemic
from the viewpoint of the students themselves was to a large degree and with an average of (4.48). The results also showed
that there are no statistically significant differences in the total score in the general diploma students 'perceptions of the
expected roles of the family and the school according to the variable of gender and educational governorate and that among
the most important challenges facing the success of the distance education experience in light of the Corona pandemic from
the students' point of view are: Internet (its services - availability - its cost), and hardware (availability - its cost), and the
results revealed ways to overcome previous challenges, including strengthening the link between school and home to
achieve cooperation in activating distance education, providing devices (laptop computer - Smart device) for students at
nominal prices with support for their purchase. Improving the infrastructure and its technical and technological equipment
in public schools.