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teaching methods were held and resulted In a distinct
Improvement In the standard of teaching.
Girls* Section

I Progress was satisfactory and there was an Increase
In the number of students. During the year the schools

arranged entertainments In aid of the Persian Gulf Fighter
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Fund and of local orphans and poor students.
Technical Section

The new Technical School was completed during the
year and good progress was maintained under the direction
of the Principal, Mr. Hutching3, who visited India early
in the year and purchased equipment to the value of

Rs.25,000/. The first batch of five students from Kuwait
completed their training and returned to Kuwait. Three
Bahrain students left the school during the year to take
up an advanced engineering apprenticeship with the Bahrain

Petroleum Company. The number of students in the school
was 55.
General
The following statistics are of interest
Number of schools in existence on 1st January 1942 13
Number of schools opened during 1942 Nil
Number of schools closed during 1942 Nil
Number of students on the rolls on 1st January 1942 1946
Number of students on the rolls on 31st December
1942 2168
Number of teachers on the rolls on 1st January 1942 90
Number of teachers on the rolls on 31st December
1942 102
17. The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited
(i) Chief Local Representative

Ur. M.H. Mpp was General Manager and also Chief
Local Representative from the beginning of the year until
the 21st March when he proceeded on leave* Mr. Ward P.
Anderson was appointed In his place on the 26th March 1942

and