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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎14v] (28/642)

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The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1949-13 Apr 1950. 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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- 6 -
RMPR
the same' time to meet emergencies such
abnormal Nile flood of 1946, Revenue
unfavourable: given internal harmony,
material progress are bright.
as that caused by the
prospects are not
the hopes of further
7. Communications
(a) toil. The state-owned railways had in 1947 a total
length of 2,325 miles: the system comprised a North-South
route from Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haifa to Sennar, with a main Eastern branch
from Atbara to Port Sudan on the Rod Sea and two other branch
lines.
(b) Steamer . The state- owned steamer services cover 2,056 miles
on the Nile and its tributaries.
(c) Port. Port Sudan is a fine and up-to-date port.
(d) Air . Steps have been taken by the government to form
the Sudan airways, which will provide regular internal
services.
8. Social Development
(a) Educatl on
When the Sudan Government first took over the
administration of the Sudan there were no schools or
hospitals in the country. All that then existed wore a
few native Koranic schools which were run on the narrowest
of curricula, and. in deplorable conditions. These wore
later developed into village or sub-grade schools, and some
239 of these now exist.
Elementary schools have also been pushed ahead. There
are at present 156 elementary schools for boys and 101
for girls. Intermediate education is catered for by 16
Government schools for boys, at the present time. There
are now only 3 Intermediate schools for girls. The amended
ton-year plan for education covers the years 1949-1956 and
has received the approval of the executive Council. It
concerns only education in the Northern provinces: a plan
for the Southern provinces will be submitted during 1950.
The plan includes provision for:
U) Expansion in the training of teachers
(ii) Elementary schools. By the end of 1956 there
should bo 200 additional schools for boys and 110
additional schools for girls.
(iii) intermediate and secondary schools. It is
proposed to open 15 more for boys and 8 more for
girls by 1956. •
(iv) Adult education.
(v) Extension of 4 technical training, etc.
If the proposals are put into full operation, the recurrent
cost of education in the Northern Provinces will rise from
£841,320

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The file contains papers relating to the Working Party of the Middle East (Official) Committee. It mainly consists of Working Party papers received by the Commonwealth Relations Office, and a register of these papers with notes at the back of the file.

The file includes agendas for meetings of the Working Party. It also includes papers circulated to members of the Working Party for consideration at meetings, relating to the following subjects: economic and social development in the Middle East in general; the Iraq Central Development Board; the question of an International Bank Loan for Iraq; a visit to Bahrain in January/February 1949 by Matthew Thomas Audsley; the Persian [Iranian] Seven-Year Plan; employment of British experts in the Middle East; a survey of the oil resources of the Middle East; and economic factors in Middle East development.

In addition, the file includes papers relating to economic and social development of the following places: Iraq; Greater Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; Saudi Arabia; Cyrenaica, Tripolitania [Libya], Eritrea, and Somalia; the Colony of Aden and the Aden Protectorate; the Lebannon; Ethiopia; Sudan; and Yemen.

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1 file (320 folios)
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The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Numbers in red pen on the top right hand corner of items in the file refer to entries in the register of papers received by the Commonwealth Relations Office at the back of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 320; 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.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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