'File 4/13 II Kuwait Education' [‎261r] (521/844)

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my aummer leave in Cairo I may have the opportunity of seeing what
arrangements are made, I may also be there when the boys arrive.
The Proposed Visit of the Rais Al lfa f aref to the Sudan •
I understand that the British Council are ready at any
time to renew their offer to a end Shaikh Abdullah Jabar on a visit
to the Sudan, Iffr, Dundae thinks that it will be possible to
arrange air priorities and therefore the visit should not take
longer than six weeks, A suitable time would be in October of
this year.
The Replacement of the gudir Al Ma f aref ,
It will be necessary to find a replacement for Abdul
Latif Shimlan as His Highness is dispensing with his services
at the end of the school year, Ur, Dundae is ready to approach
the Governments of Sgypt and Palestine and the American University
of Beiruth, although in his opinion a reasonably qualified Uoslem
educationist will be hard to find. There is one man, a British
Syrian named Khoury, idao is working for the British Council in
Cyprus who might be suitable but there is the objection that he
is a Christian,
It is essential that the ns?/ man have experience of an
efficient educational system and keenness and energy tempered by
patience and tact.
Suggestlons Made in m y Former Report ,
1(d), Head Masters* meetings are held only "as occasion demands"^
Much benefit can be derived from a regular monthly meeting under
the chairmanship of the Mudir Al Ma*aref or Mudir Al Ta t alim. The
aim should be to introduce and maintain uniformity in the schools
and to combat the rivalry and petty jealousies by demonstrating
that in practice the pooling of ideas and experience leads to an
all round improvement. This can only be successful if the Mudir
himself is aloof from the usual intrigues and is working for the
department and not for one particular school or party,
4(a), The suggested club for the staff has not yet come into
being, as no suitable building can be found. This difficulty (
should not be insuperable. The British Council is ready to give
assistance, when the club is running, in the formation of an
English library and the supply of periodicals,
4(b), Regular night classes are now held for the localgfltaff
by the four Egyptians and the Palestinian, The subjects dealt witl
are the teaching of Arabic, English and Hygiene, Two lessons in
each subject are given per week. The lecturers are paid Ra,40 per
month and the classes are compulsory,
4(d), The English books at present in use are to be replaced
at the beginning of the school year by Longmans* New Method Read
ers, as the Egyptian staff have been trained in the use of this
series. They are obtainable in Cairo, Bombay and possibly Bagh-
dad. They should be ordered at once if they are to be ready by i
October,
7, The Chief Local Representative of the Kuwait Oil Company
assured me that the five trainees now studying in Bahrain at the i
Government Technical School will be kept there until the end of *
their course i,e, until June 1945, The Oil Company cannot however
see their way to send further trainees until the Company opens up ;
again, I pointed out once again that this was a very shortsighted
/ policy
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