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to com hmli "’ages ftS mechanics. Tho boys of Bahrain might havo
been told ' .V the schoolmasters how tho builders of the world’s groat bridgos,
huious railway*, giant liners, aud so on, all started their carcors iu °tho
Ycrnlls of •simple workmen, aud how, even aftor they had becomo famous
engineers, they were not ashamed to work, side by side with their own
employees, with their hands. If only our schoolmasters would speak to
their boys on theso lines, wo should havo no shortago of applicants for
places at the Technical School. And side by 6ido with this kind of instruc­
tion should go repeated warnings and reminders to tho boys that it is no
part of tbo duty of tho Government to provide boys with employment
after they leave school, aud that tho vacancies in Government offices are
strictly limited.
I suggest that your Highucss should issuo instructions for a definito
propaganda in favour of tho Technical School to bo instituted iu all tho othor
schools without delay, and also for all the schoolmasters to combiuo in
trying to bring about, by means of quiet talks, a wiser framo of mind in
tboso of their pupils who consider manual work as bciug beneath thoir
dignity, and a littlo moro foresight in those who aro too eager to oarn
immediate wages as soon as thoy loavo school.
I further suggest to your Highness that the whole quostion of tho
expansion of technical training in Bahruiu should be reconsidered.

(Thuro is one serious impediment to tho fullest success of bho Teohnical
School, and that is the very poor kuowlodgo of mathematics found in the boys
who cuter it from tho other schools. Tho improvement of tho mathemati­
cal standard in tho schools of Bahrain has alroady boon discussed, but I
mention tho matter again hero iu order to oraphasiso its urgent necessity.).