'File 19/176 I (C 39) Bahrain Finances' [‎181r] (386/654)

.^rcmosed P.efor^ The chiof fault in edtioetion uptill
now h&s been «n etteprnt to teach too wsny end too advcnced
subjects, which even if they are understood will be of no
use to boys who will mostly become 'livers, boat owners
or petty shopkeepers.
The present ctirrioulum includes: A1 ^ebra , 'geometry,
Chemistry, hysics, -'usic and English in five out of eight
classes. iot only are these subjects useless but in most
cases the teaching of them is badly dene.
ohaikb - bdu lah, who, althoti^h he has only the elements
of education himse f, is a raan of unusual intelligence,
in consultation with the Inspector of education and myself
has decided to make radical changes at the beginning of
the next school year. The services of raost of the present
foreign masters will bo dispensed with. By "forei^
is meant persons from outside the Gulf. They will be
replaced by four o? the young Bahrain iarn ho ure bein^
educated at 'Overnnent expense at Beyrout TT niversity«
Two new headmasters will be imported for ?^8nanah end
uharrak, if possible one of tnese will be an n Aalim n
of some reputation but holding modern views. The na es
of two well known religious and educational persona^es in
Syria have been mentioned. The rest of the masters will
be local mipil teachers from the schools t /xemselves.
Lfforts are being made to obtain a man to teach practical
caroentry and another to teach agriculture.
^nglish will only be taught in the two or three top
clases, the other subjects will be religion, xrabic
grammar, reading and writing, history, ^o^iaphy, arith
metic drawing and singing. Scouting will be introduced
int the Maiia&ah and Muherrsk schools. The programme in
the smaller schools will be more simple consisting of religion,
rordim', writing and arithmetic.