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Education. -2-

occur in the Government service invariably selects
candidates who hove been locally educated and who have

obtained leaving certificotes from the schools*
Enthusiasm for games, especially for football, con­

tinues to increase and matches are played between the
various schools. This keenness for games among the

young men in Bahrain has only developed during the
last few years, It has now become a definite part

of life in Bahrain in spite of the fact that many of
the older generation regard it as dangerous and un­

necessary and altogether undesirable, because, as they
say, they never used to play such games themselves.