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'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain' [103r] (222/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 22 Jul 1939-28 Jun 1940. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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47
I do not intend to write much in this Report about Methods of Teaching,
since method, as we have already seen, comes within the province of the
Director of Education, or, if there is no director of education, within the
province of the Inspector. But some of the methods which I saw being
used in the schools of Bahrain were so crude, or so mistaken, that I feel it
my duty to mention them, in order that their future use may be forbidden.
It is much to be hoped that the new controller, whoever he may be, will
make it one of his first duties to carry out a thorough examination of the
methods of teaching now in use in Bahrain, and that he will ruthlessly
abolish all antiquated methods in favour of modern ones.
First about the Teaching of Reading. I saw at some of the schools
numbers of little boys, who had barely mastered their letters, being taught
to read from the Qur'an. But the Qur'an was not written as a reading-book
for little boys. It is not scientifically arranged as a school reader, starting
with simple syllables and easy words, and gradually, page by page,
employing more difficult words, to suit the increasing knowledge and
ability of the pupil. To use a Qur'an as a means of teaching a child to read is
like trying to make him run before he can walk. The fact that this method
of teaching reading has been used in the Arab countries for many centuries
does not make it the right one, or even a successful one : educationally it
is quite absurd. There are published, in all languages, scientifically-designed
and properly-graded reading-books for children, and if we are to have
progress at the proper rate in the schools of Bahrain it is essential that
such books should be used. I recommend that your Highness should abso
lutely forbid the use of the Qur'an as a method of teaching children to read,
and should order that proper reading-books be used. If this is done, it will
be found that the children will derive more benefit in one hour from a
scientifically-designed reader than they could obtain in a week from a book
which was designed for reading by adults.
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This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Bahrain. In particular, the correspondence discusses a proposal by C.R.L Adrian-Vallance to establish a college of higher education in Bahrain for students from all of the Arab states of the Gulf.
Adrian-Vallance proposed this idea as a means to combat Pan-Arab/anti-British sentiment and foster a sense of Gulf identity distinct from a broader Arab identity. A letter (from Adrian-Vallance to Charles Belgrave, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's adviser) that outlines his plan for the college is contained on ff. 7 - 15.
The file also includes a detailed report on government education in Bahrain with proposals for reform (written by Adrian-Vallance in 1939) contained on ff. 52b - 126, a report on technical education in Bahrain (written by Geoffrey E. Hutchings in 1940) contained on ff. 160 - 192 and a report written by Adrian-Vallance in May 1940 that gives an update on the progress made in education in Bahrain since his appointment as Director of Education in the country in November 1939.
The file also contains correspondence regarding Adrian-Vallance's appointment as Director of Education in Bahrain, including a copy of his contract with Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Index numbers corresponding with the index at the back run through the volume; these numbers are written using red crayon and are circled.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume. The main foliation sequence starts at the titlepage and terminates at the 4th sheet from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in pencil and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
An incomplete second foliation sequence (53-119) runs between ff 53-225 with a gap between ff 86-87; these numbers are also written in pencil and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation errors: 1A, 1B and 1C; 52a and 52b.
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- IOR/R/15/1/373
- Title
- 'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain'
- Pages
- 52br, 52bv, 53r:126v
- Author
- Government of Bahrain
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