Page 222 - Bahrain Gov Annual Reports (IV)_Neat

30
Village Schools.—Village schools were filled to capacity throughout the year and fewer
boys left school before completing their course. Several boys from the village schools made good
progress in the Manamah schools, entering the hostel as boarders and attending the town Primary
and Secondary Schools. One of the objects of the hostel is to enable the best boys from the village
schools to acquire Primary and Secondary education. One student who started in a village school
graduated from the Teachers’ Training Course and started work as a master at Sitra.
Special Course.—In the spring a short course for teachers of English was arranged by the
British Council centre in Basra. The course was held in the hostel and lectures were given by two
officials of the British Council, Iraq, and the Inspector of English Teaching, Iraq Ministry of
Education. The experiment was most successful and was much appreciated by the Bahrain teachers
and students.
General.—Sporting events included inter-school contests in football, volley ball, basket
ball and swimming.
The Secondary School boys held an exhibition of drawing, painting, modelling and map making
during the summer. His Highness the Ruler and H.E. Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa Alkhalifah visited
the exhibition.

During the% Spring Holidays the Director of Education visited Kuwait and Basra to meet and
to discuss educational matters with the local authorities.
In the summer the Director represented Bahrain at the second Cultural Conference of the
Arab States which was held in Alexandria. A comprehensive report dealing with education in Bahrain,
which was prepared by the Director, was distributed to the representatives of the Arab States who
attended the conference. The report included various statistics on education in Bahrain of which the
following arc of interest:—

State expenditure Number of boys and
Year. on education. girls attending
State Schools.

Rs.
1928 30.000 620
1933 48.000 827
1938 • • 64,500 1.9*7
1943 2.43.000 2.253
1948 .. 7.52.000 3.673
1950 • • 11.45.000 4,968
1950-51 • • 15.70.000 5.770

Percentage of population receiving education.
1949-50.
Population of Bahrain............................................ 1,09,650
Number of boys and girls attending State Schools 4.968
Percentage................................................................ 4-53%

Percentage of expenditure on education.
Year 1369 A. H.
Rs.
State Budget, 1369 (Excluding Privy Purse) .. 96.45.000
Expenditure on education including buildings .. 21.20.000
Percentage..................................................... 32%