'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain' [‎181r] (378/494)

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tradition of industry and teclmibal education. In Bahrain the
Technical School cannot be conceived on exactly the same lines as
nv existing modelo It must develop as something quite individual,
ssociated with a set of conditions which are nowhere else to toe
fnimd in the same combination* Although the project is not at
L* s eHt a very large one 3 the pioneer work of building up such a
Lhool cAuld only be done successfully by a tnan with exceptional
vision and enterprise in addition to good professional experience.
In my opinion the following qualifications are essential to the
principal of the School#
1. A varied and successful teach- ALIFI CAT 10H3
ing experience 9 with a knowledge of OF THE PRINCIPAL,
craft instruction.
2c Acquaintance Mth the modern practice of the
engineering ? electrical and woodworking tradeso
So A personality which combines the qualities of ,
patience and tactfulness with an ability to maitltain strict
discipline among the staff and students*.
4* A real command of the English language^
5o Ability to conduct the official business of a
technical school, including the specification of equipment
and the control of contract work.
6c A capacity for establishing proper contacts with
European and American residents in Bahrain.
It is hardly to be expected that all, ^ESIRABILITY OF A
or even the majority of these qualifications
would be found together in a man of any - l C® THE bwHOO .
eastern nationality. Therefore there seems . . p r i nc i Tia i.
to be no alternative to the appointraentofaBritisnWinciraJ..
Not only does Great Britain, a f ^rd a wide ran^e of onoice^of^well
qualified young men, but this country could p • candidate
help and advice in the matter of selecting a suitable candidate
for the post should that be necessary^
I am aware that there ^^difficulties in the way ^of^ad^ng^
to the number of British officials m 1 " „ soeoial attention
would point out; however, that this ca ? e of the ^mploy-
because of its direct bearing on the whoia question oi tm ampxoy
meat of foreigners in Bahrain, The re ^ a "f n-i i else-
Bahrain subjects, both in the service oft a oroper system
where in the State, is a process which ^ inoed i hs required
of technical training; and since, as 1 J 01 v^nrHncr Its or^anisa-
standard of training can only be ensured by p ia • be
tion in the hands of a British official, this appointmen^ xs w
regarded as exceptional. Vihile I 8111 no ^ on tie general
certain knowledge of public opinion in Bahrain on tne^geneiii
question of InSn^naSonal-
experience that elsewhere 1 ^ 1 Jl that they had been deprived
ism prevails, the public would were TJ t, in charge
of the bast if such work as Recently been told by
of anyone but a British specialist. palcine - from his experi-
^high official in the Colonial Service, of all
eaoe in India, Ceylon, and various parts of in those
the kinds of administrative and soc ■ 0 ut of
Parts, technical education will be one of the xas.
British control into native hands.