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'File 19/248 III (C 88) Education at Bahrain' [10r] (28/610)
The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 4 Dec 1941-13 Aug 1945. It was written in English and French. 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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Mr. C, R, L. Adrian-Vallance held the post
of Director of ifidu cation in Bahrain from November
19559 till July 1941. Ee tendered his resignation
at the end of the school term in July 1941.
During the school term of 1^40-41 Mr. Vallance
instituted and carried out a number of improvements
in the govcmmunt schools mostly on tne lines of
the recommendations which ne made to the Bahrain
government and which are described in his compre
hensive report on education in Bahrain which he
made in 1939 before his appointment to the post.
Vhe jaost important changes wiiicU he made were
the reorganisation of all village schools and the
institution of the Secondary School or the Kulliyah.
In addition he regularised the teachers into different
grades and organised the distribution of school books
and material, he raised the age of admission to the
3chools and eliminated the over aged young married
men who previously monopolised the upper classes.
Mr. Vallance continually stressed the necessity for
better teaching in the junior classes which had
previously been regarded as needing the least quali
fied teachers. He visited Palestine and obtained
the services of a number of well qualified teachers
recomuBnded by the educational authorities in that
country and also enlisted several better educated
Bahrain Arabs to teach in the schools. He instituted
daily physical drill in the schools and regular visits
from —
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This file contains correspondence and reports regarding the development of the education system in Bahrain.
The correspondence is primarily between the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and the British Council in London.
The file contains a report regarding the work of C.R.L Adrian-Vallance during his tenure as the Director of Education in Bahrain (November 1939 until July 1941) and correspondence about (and from) Adrian-Vallance’s successor, F.J Wakelin. Wakelin’s contract and expenses details are also enclosed.
The file contains correspondence regarding the difficulties of recruiting teachers locally and encouraging teachers from abroad as well as more general discussions about education in the region.
The file also contains correspondence between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat regarding the behaviour of six students from Muscat who were enrolled in secondary school in Bahrain and subsequently sent back to Muscat for misbehaviour.
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- 1 volume (301 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Originally a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose. The file's complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, near the centre, at the top of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 301, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. There are several incomplete foliation sequences and one complete sequence in the volume.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/375
- Title
- 'File 19/248 III (C 88) Education at Bahrain'
- Pages
- 8r, 10r:14r, 16r, 20r, 21r, 29r, 32r, 35r, 51r:52r, 64r, 85r, 88r, 109r, 113r, 152r, 239r
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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