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The number of students .it the beginning of the Autumn term was as follows .
Aisha Om al Moaminccn (Manama Old School) 353
Khadijah al Kubra (Muharraq Old School) 3*9
Fatimah al Zahra (Manama New School).. 234
Muharraq New School ......................... 236
Hcdd School .................................... 110
Rafaa School .................................... 104
Total ».356

Staff:
Inspectress 1
Foreign staff 9
Local staif 54
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TECHNICAL SCHOOL

(From the report of Mr. Said Tabbara, Headmaster, Technical School.)
The total number of boys registered at the school in 1368 was 60. Twice this number of students
could be taught at the school with the present equipment and staff, but technical education is not popular
in Bahrain; it is the ambition of most boys to learn to become clerks, not to train as mechanics or
carpenters. The school programme was the same as during the previous year with the exception of four
extra Arabic periods which were added to the programme of Class II.
An ex-student was appointed as an assistant teacher in the carpentry section and another old student
was given the post of storekeeper. Arrangements were made for a teacher from another school to give
Arabic lessons at the Technical school. The students at the Technical school do not work only at mechanics
and carpentry, etc., they continue to do a certain amount of ordinary school work. It is considered
essential that they should have a certain amount of general education and that they should learn English,
in addition to their specialised training.
Ten students graduated at the end of the school year, three were from the carpentry section and
seven were from the mechanical section. After leaving school, with school certificates, four of the boys
obtained employment in the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s workshops, two were employed in the school,
one in the Government Machine shop, and two in Saudi Arabia and one in the Petroleum Concessions
Limited garage. The average pay of these boys was Rs. 210 per month, yet the satisfactory situations
which can be obtained by boys who have passed through the school seem to offer little inducement to
other boys to enter the school.

In addition to the school work the boys visited the Bahrain Petroleum’s workshops, the Government
Garage and Machine shop and the Power House. They took an active part in sports and produced several
good teams.
At the annual school show the Technical school exhibited furniture and metal work ; all the
furniture was sold and realised the sum of Rs. 2,250.
Attendance at school was good and the health of the boys was satisfactory.