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                             The development of education, 1928-1930       637


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                                          Thc con«li l.ion ol' educution in Bahrain
                                       prior to the appointment of the Director
                                       WO8 H in a disturbed state for the
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                                       following reasons.
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            j\i il^Yl jujJL-I 'JU\&\ f>uJ J»   1.  There was no unifoim system
                                                followed in the schools os
                 o,M\ jam y                     noch headmaster used to
                                                follow a system of his
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           irUl^J.Jp tfT 'O    J*- J.J- D  2.  New environments as
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                                                (i) Headmasters used to be
                J* jfS,    Ijl) ',}> J\;  U     dismissed in a short time and
           jJt» jft. jl *-|l^ ^i|*   ^ Uj 0*J-'  new ones onnointed in their
                                                place, and
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                                                (ii) ouch new headmaster used
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                                                to abolish the system of his
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                                                his own system.
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                       y<.\\ »^iii ct«*   3. The books taught in one school
                                                differed from those taught
                  o* cM ^UVI \c%                in the other schools rendering
                                                it difficult for a student
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                                                to move from one to the other.
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                                          4.  The salaries drawn by the teaching
           obl|<<ill| w'hjll ojjj               staff war- not paid according
           y;         .jl o/JCU UL*             to their educational attainments
                                               but were bason according to his
              J^S.*waJV« J. j:r Yj Jjc Yj ciy  personality and his influence
                                               on the member.*' of the education
           cJU       ^tljj   la*)              committee.
                                          5.  Dismissals, promotions, increments
          • iljUA    gijj J -S\ Si\)           in salaries etc. were not based
           lil >, «ilj (fj\     cv             on  just reasons, but likewise
                                 ?             depended on the recommendations
                                               of the favourite tencher.
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          ■ Jr4* Jj; J* >*G t>1 o:U yj   With the introductionof the recent
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                                      reforms, all the above disadvatages
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                                      in the system of instruction in the
                                     schools have been routed out.
                                        The president of the Education Committee
                                     has in view the introduction during the
                                     coming yeur into the curriculum, of ins­
                                     truction in agriculture and manuul training.
                                     This will render it possible for the vast
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