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The development of education, 1928-1930 641
ru .Tr!!2la*1on ®f,an anonymous letter dateci 16th Jamadiul
Thanl,1349, i.e.6.1 .30, to the Honourable the Political Resident,
Bushire, Persian Gulf, Camp Bahrain.
After compliments etc.,

Being encouraged by the kindness and mercy which is
shown towards the poor and helpless, and the great interest
which is taken to educate the ignorants, by Your most Exalted
and Benign Government, we dare to lay a few words for Your

Honours' perusal which would reveal the hardships and difficulties
which our State Education has been destined to suffer.
The hard blow which this country has received is of a
very serious nature and sufficient enough for the deterioration
of its sons, The result which these circumstances foreshadow is

complete destruction. The bad state of affairs of which we are
complaining, is not one of today's or a recent one, but one
which began last year when Sayyid Uthman and Sayyid 'Umar, the

Head Masters of Muharraq and Manama Schools respectively, were
deported and things were made over to Faiq Adham the Inspector
of Schools.
The said Inspector was appointed by the Bahrain Govern­
ment at a time when the education was flourishing and at its height.

The first thing that he did, after his taking over, was to in­
troduce changes and alterations in the system of teaching, which
created a sort of misunderstanding between himself and the
Headmasters. This was followed by mismanagement and want of

discipline in the Schools. The Inspector requested the Bahrain
Government for their deportation and they were deported according­
ly. The deportation resulted in a great protest from the teachers
and students, who refused to attend classes. The students have
gained nothing during the last year-.

During the summer vacation the Inspector went to Syria
and brought teachers with him who are not trusted by the people,
and consequently the number of students is one fourth of the last
years number. The Moharraq School had 180 students last year

but now there are hardly more than 47. The Government does not
take