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'File 4/16 Director of Education; Bahrain' [304r] (607/654)
The record is made up of 1 file (327 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1939-20 Jun 1944. 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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that it was no worae than that in neighbouring countries,
where the only decent schools are those conducted by foreign
anterrjriae. Wakelin does not get a great deal of support
from Belgrave, and has a very discouragiiig row to hoe. if
he is retained at the end of this year, or if he is succeed
ed by another British Director of Education the conditions
will gradually improve until we have one decent secondary
school ard are able to send boys to Egypt or Palestine with
sufficient grounding to benefit by further training, if he
goes and is not replaced then we shall find ourselves back
again where we were in 1932.
4. It is very disappointing that Bahrain has not yet
been able to produce its own secondary school teachers, as
the 'imported ones are tiresome in many ways, and this is partly
due to the poor salaries which the Bahrain Government have
hitherto paid. 1 think that Bel grave's ideas of finance
are unduly conservative, and that he is still unconsciously
guided by the corditiona that prevailed during the early
years of his service in the Gulf. Hickinbotham is however
pursuing the mat ter, and I hope that conditions will gradually
improve. I visited the secondary school and one of the
village schools during my last tour and agree generally with
Hickihbotharo' & remarks, but it is very difficult for me nowa
days to give any time to these matters and 1 feel that we
must leave it to V/akelin to introduce what improvements he can,
as he can.
I am sending a copy of this letter without l&a
enclosures to Peel. *
lours sincerely,
Sd • GEOFFREY PRIOR.
* sent under P.L. 324-b dated
6/4/44 e
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This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to the development of Education in Bahrain and Kuwait.
Specifically, the correspondence relates to the appointment of C R L Adrian-Vallance as Director of Education in Bahrain in 1939 and the appointment of his successor, F J Wakelin in 1941.
The performance of both Adrian-Vallance and Wakelin is also discussed at length. An assessment of Adrian-Vallance's tenure written by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain is contained on folios 169-173.
The file also contains a report on education in Kuwait written by F J Wakelin in 1942 (ff 232-240).
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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 additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-312; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Pagination: the index section at the back contains a pagination sequence in pencil between ff 315-322.
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- Title
- 'File 4/16 Director of Education; Bahrain'
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- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 19r:24v, 27r:32v, 42r:49v, 50v:102v, 104r:109v, 114r:117v, 120r:124v, 126r:126v, 128r:128v, 130r:130v, 132r:141v, 144r:147v, 149r:152v, 154r:156v, 159r:162v, 164r:165v, 167r:167v, 174r:174v, 178r:182v, 189r:193v, 197r:198v, 201r:206v, 208r:210v, 212r:214v, 216r:221v, 224r:227v, 229r:230v, 241r:242v, 245r:249v, 251r:260v, 262r:269v, 272r:277v, 279r:280v, 282r:282v, 284r:295v, 297r:305v, 307r:326v, back-i, back
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