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EDUCATION
Boys’ Schools

(From the report of Mr. Ahmed A1 Umran, Director of Education.)
SCHOOL STATISTICS :
Number of Boys.
i st Term 2nd Term
Infants :
Manama East Primary School I30')
Manama West Primary School 234 79l
Muharraq Primary School 287 >1,169 45*
Hedd Primary School...................... 243 129 r 9*8
Muharraq Infants' School
275 J 259 J
Prlipary :
East Primary School...................... 132
West Primary School...................... 1181 639 170
Muharraq School ...................... 287 29711.192
580
Hedd School...................................
102 145 J
Secondary School ........................
122 125
Village Schools
East Rafaa .................................
West Rafaa................................. 109l IOO
Budeya............................................ 72
Sitra............................................ 1,6 Y 457 120 r 550
Khamis............................................ 118 112
"4 J i46j
Total
2.387 2,785
Foreign Teachers
32 40
Bahrain Teachers
64 80
Total
96 120

Muharraq School It ” u* * Sch°°ls' II ,s ProPosed in 1369 to add more class rooms to the
schools if all H k "°U ° C°UrSC’ bc Poss,blc t0 accept all the boys who apply for entrance to the
“chool ‘ 7 °VCrCr°LWding Were d,srcgarded- At present many of the lower classes in the
should This sit »* ^ 7^ Ch,ldren’thc h,8hcr cIasses. however, do not contain as many boys as they
nBahrain"Z l “ ,0n* » therc is » urgent demand for semi-educated youths both
hhhtrTu^n fn',g 8 C°UntriCS* 11 was found ** in spite of the incentive of scholarships for
Station mCn thC SCC°ndary Sch°01 vo,uatccrcd t0 ^ter the Teachers
Training
boys in the schnnl • ° CCOnUng leacbcrs ,n tbe Government schools. The question of accepting more
easily provided than ** w °nC W*UC*1 dcpcnd3 uPon accommodation only, accommodation can be more
East countries • in v U* • tcach,n8- This is a problem not only in Bahrain but in most Middle
are being engaged
men who arc suitable or desirous of teaching in the schools in their
countries.
Staff
Out of the 120 school teachers employed by the Bahrain Government in the boys’ schools, 40 were
foreigners; these included 20 Egyptians, xo Palestinians, 5 Syrians, 3 Indians and 2 Lebanese.