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'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain' [2r] (18/494)
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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all things essential that higher education in these parts
should be strictly utilitarian, and v/e must avoid like the
p lague the c reation of an unemployable intelligentsia. I
agree with Belgrave that it would be unsafe to anticipate
that Bahrain could provide permanent employment — in
viovernment institutions and in commercial firms —for more
than a dozen educated young men annually. This as a steady
average. Assuming that the College course will last three
years this means en enrolment of 36 Bahrain boys at any one
time ('taking,of course, three years to work up to this
j.igure;. And probably this figure represents fairly closely
the number of parents who — at any one time — could afford
and would want to pay, say Rs.30/~ permensem for higher
e ucaoion j-or their children* Add two or three young men
oi Shaikhly families and we get a maximum figure of 40. These
would all be day-students. Bahrain parents would demand this,
and uhere are many reasons — building coats, water, lighting,
proximity to the technical school and so on — why the College
should be built within close range of Manama.
o. it is more difficult to estimate the number of boys
<■111 rti'imui nwaattfn" wmn m
^■no aigtit eone iivcn. other bulf States. From Vallence 1 s
post-script it appears that Kuwait has about 25 boys being
educated now in Iraq and Syria; and Kuwait might therefore
send 20 in future to Bahrain. Muscat and the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
might produce 10 between them. Of audi Arabia I feel quite
hopeful, and I do not think it would be unreasonably optimist
ic to expect that in the third year from its foundation the
j^ ahrain College would be appr oaching a total enrolment of
60 j?oreign boys. For their future employment Bahrain wob M
of course accept no responsibility, but for their training as
decent citizens a very heavy r esponsibility would devolve
on Bahrain.
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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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- 'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:6v, 17v:27v, 32r:35v, 37r:40v, 44r:51v, 52ar:52av, 127r:128v, 131r:155v, 159r:159v, 193r:197v, 210r:237v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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