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'File 19/248 III (C 88) Education at Bahrain' [‎175r] (358/610)

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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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(B) All-India Certificate Course in Architecture.
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Every student of this Course is exoected to be a full-time
technical employee or full time day apprentice at a recognised local
firm of builders or architects. If unaoie to do so due to employ
ment on nontechnical work by day, the student must undergo I year
of such training after the completion of the course, before he can
receive the All.India Senior Certificate.
Subjects of Study:
1st Year—Scale Drawing. Freehand sketching. Lettering,
Tracing and Orders of Architecture—(3^, B lildmg Construction (2);
Elementary Mechanics—(Ijj: Solid Geometry and Sciagraphy—(2);
Building Materials—(l|).
3nd Year—Architectural Design—(4): History of Architecture
(2); Building Construction—(2); Applied Mechanics—(§) ; Perspec
tive—ill) ;
3rd Year—Architectural Design and Measured Drawing—(4) ;
Building Corvsiruction-(2i; Applied Mechanics—(|i ; Surveying and
Levelling—(l|): History of Architecture—(2).
(ii) Advanced Grade—2 years (after Senior Grade).
4 t h Year—Architectural Design—(3|); History of Architec
ture (2|) : Building Construction—(l|): Theoretical Construc
tion—Specification— l|);
5th Yearv— Architectural Design and Measured Drawing— (4):
Specialised Study in History of Architecture—^); Building Construc
tion—(l|); Theoretical Construction—(l|) ; Specification and
Quantity Surveying— l |). • %
Architechtural Apprenticeship This consists of (i) Assistant
Overseership or similar experience on BuiUling work —(ii) Junior
Architectural Assistantship in Architects Offices. It is expected
that arrangement for nealy 24 such apprenticeships at a time, will be
made very soon, so that es/ery student of the Architecture Depart,
ment will receive'training, The firms or offices likely to cooperate
are—C. P. W. D„ Delhi. W. W. Wood & Sons, Walter George, and
somefirmsof Building Contractors.
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ings of the world for beauty and grandeur, the work of building
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knowledge of the science. Thus, buildings grow up like mushrooms
without any plan, by Architects, weak in construction and poor in

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Content

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.

Extent and format
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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