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la this 3.1 oo tho unav/or to tho critioioms of our lack of
entorprioo In not toaohing typing, and othor ooorotnrlal and
oojranoroial subjects. Oo muo. loowny has to bo mado up in tho
aubjooto of the Primary School that it is no yot impossible
to ruuke additions to tho syllabus. In a vory fow yoaro timo
wo shall find boys in Porn 1 who uro more advanood than those
in our present Third Form.

Tho Hootol.
Tho aooomjaodation in tho hostol lino boon oonsidorably
increased. Eight now rooms have boon added to tho G original
and tho kitohon, bathrooms and latrinos ooraplotoly rebuilt.
Thoro aronow G dormitories to acoommodato 35 boys (2 dining
rooms - one for tho staff), u.largo gamos room, a library, a
staff sitting roon, 2 stuff bedrooms, an offioo and a mosque.
Tho boarders aro under oonstant ouporvioion and are
oxpootod to take thoir part in kooping tho building oloan.

Village Sohools,
Thoro are threo in number. In all oobos tho standard is
doplorable. Wo have now overcome tho difficulty of ovororowding
by adding two of more olass-rooms to euoh oohool. WJiora fonuerly
GO - 90 ohildren wore sitting on tho floor of ono room, each
olaos has ito own classroom und tho maximum number is reatrictod
to 40 per olaso. In only' 3 olasooB out of 15 aro thoro moro
thud 25 por olass.
It 18 impossible to reoruit suitablo local staff, and teaohor
from the t«na naturally rofuso to reside in tho villages, We
therefore provide transport for tho staff of these schools.
Two boys from eaoh of the village sohools are living in tho
Hostel attending tho Manama Primary Sohools. In this way wo hope
to train thorn as toaohors so that in your3 to oorao they may return
to thoir villages as sohool motors.

Tho prverty of tho villagers -is lamontabJo . They aro under­
fed, aisorably olad and oarry the dirt and disoaae of yoara. To
alleviate“this we provide every village schoolboy with four
loaves of bread per day and have during the year issued two sots
of olothing to them.

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In August 1943 tho Director of Education visited Jerusalem
und Deirut in search of touching staff, He was unable to induoe
anyone to servo in Bahrain as the salarios in thoir own ooun'rios
wo so much highor than tho Govornmont of Bahrain oould pay.
During the year wo loot four of our foreign otaff, two
Palestinians and two Syrians. In throe oaueo tho reason was tho
attraotlon of very well paid jobs in thoir homeland. The fourth,
the. Headmaster of the Seoondary Sohool, reslgnod because of the
ill-health of his irjLfe. There aro no looal men who eon roplaoe
th3m.'

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