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thut it is the duty of the government to provide
iheir children with free or almost free education*

;!v:* pi'.'Ctioo which unocl to exist of charging
pi. font 3 for sohool books has now been abolished
Mi;.: .:Ii scnools except the Kulliyah ere free.
j.s is suggested by DumIus that uuy boys should pay
between £il). - • per annum. The Kulliyah boys

;iov. pay iw* o/- per monta for y months. Tho boys
at, the Technical iichool are paid by tho government
!:s. It/- per ienth of which they receive Us. 10/-
,xu* month and the balmioo on leaving, The fees
in the Kulliyah entail serious hardships on some
of the parents and several boys are exempted or

are paying reduced fees, because their parents oun-
not find the money. The fees suggested by Dundas
could not bo obtained from Bahrain parents under
present conditions, Tho ».‘iolo question of zoos
was carefully considered and discussed with ohuikh
aOdulluh Alien the Kulliyah was started aud the fees
hoy; Doing charged were considerod as uiuoli as one

could hope to obtain at present, Tno annual oost
of l/iuiuas’ soheme,if adopted would therefore be.
far iri excess of £82,000* since the expected revenue
of between £6,000. and £10,000* would not materialise•

Id. The time ia not yet ripe l’or considering
scholarships from Bahrain schools to higher.train­
ing colleges abroad. Tho best oduoatod boys are
now at tho Kulliyah and the oldest of them are only
15. The essential pre-requisite for travelling
scholarships is a sound general education whioh these