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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Examinations
Number / 6124
Date / 29 / 1 / 961
To - All school administrations
Subject - Conditions for participating in general examinations
for the three levels of study
We attach herewith a copy of the letter from the Chair of the High Committee for General Examination Management
numbered 1 on 22 / 1 / 961, requesting you to review it and announce it to those concerned.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to:
1- Chair of the High Committee for General Examination Management / 1- Your above letter; on this occasion
please inform us of the conditions for an external student's participation in primary education, and whether
it is sufficient to have reached twelve years of age in the event of not attending any school, or if it is required
that they have actually attended a primary school and passed from the fourth grade to the fifth grade,
as your above letter did not address this aspect.
2- Please amend the last sentence of paragraph (18) Primary (as stated in Articles Fourteen
and Fifteen above) to become ( ⟦as an external student in primary education⟧ ⟦pursuant to⟧ Articles Sixteen and Seventeen above)
as Articles Fourteen and Fifteen have no relation to the basis for success and completion calculations.
3- Please inform us if an intermediate student must take a school exam in second intermediate
grade subjects even if they had previously passed the mentioned grade and left school, as paragraph
(d) of the previous article of your above letter did not address this aspect.
Certificates Supervisor
Bulletin Board
Administrative Personnel
Secretary of the Examinations Committee - ⟦Saeed⟧ Khalid Abdul Halim /
Mr. Hassan
What are these materials?
⟦For filing⟧
⟦Duplicate⟧
22 / 1 / 61
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Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
Presidency of the Higher Committee
for the Administration of General Examinations
Number / 11
Date: 20 / 1 / 1961
Mr. Anwar
Please note this letter and act
accordingly in the future
⟦signature⟧
21 / 1 / 961
To - All Directors of Provincial Education Offices.
Subject - Conditions for participating in the general examinations for the three levels of study.
We list below the conditions for external students to participate in the general examinations for the
three levels of study, requesting their application and compliance: -
1) Students registered in any of the final grades are not allowed to participate in the general examinations
as external students for that year.
2) If a student fails in a grade and leaves school, he is not entitled to participate in the general examinations
as an external student until a period equivalent to what he should have spent in school to reach that
stage in the general examinations has passed.
3) Students who failed in the annual examinations for the fifth secondary, third
intermediate, and sixth primary grades are not allowed to participate in the general examinations as external students in
the year of their failure.
4) A - External students are not allowed to participate in the general examinations for preparatory study
except after the passage of two years or more since obtaining the intermediate school certificate.
B - External students are not allowed to participate in the general examinations for intermediate study except after
the passage of three years or more since obtaining the primary school certificate, and in both cases
he must not have attended a school and left it without a legitimate excuse; if his excuse was not legitimate or he failed
in any of the grades, the years of his leaving or failure shall not be considered within the mentioned period.
5) The external student must fill out the special application form to participate in the general examinations
and submit it with all his papers before 1 / 4 / 61 to his provincial education directorate; applications will absolutely not be accepted
after this date.
6) If a registered student leaves school and submits a request for approval to count the academic year in which he was registered
as a non-failure year considering he did not benefit from it, and the Examination Directorate approves his request,
he is entitled to participate in the general examinations as an external student, provided he takes the
school exam according to the proper procedures.
7) A - External students for preparatory study are examined before participating in the general examinations
in a school exam that includes all subjects of the fourth and fifth secondary grades except (drawing, sports,
singing, home management, and needlework, and according to the branch the student chooses).
B) Students who have previously passed the fourth secondary grade exam and then left school
are examined in the fifth grade subjects only, each in his branch.
C) External students for intermediate study are examined in the subjects of the first, second, and third grades;
if the student passes or completes the requirements, he is entitled to participate in the general examinations.
D) Students who have previously passed the first intermediate grade exam and then left school
are examined in the second and third grade subjects.
8) If the external student passes or completes the school (preliminary) examinations, he is entitled to participate
in the general examinations only.
9) The results of the school examinations for external students are considered for the purpose of participation or non-participation in the general
examinations only. The external student shall not be provided with a school document regarding the result of his school exam for any
other purpose.
10) It is not permitted to transfer the examination center for external and non-external students for the intermediate and secondary studies
except in emergency cases and with the approval of the Higher Committee for the Administration of General Examinations. As for
transferring the examination of primary school students, they are transferred from one center to another for emergency reasons
within the province or outside it with the approval of the Provincial Director of Education, provided a copy of the issued order is given.
To be followed, please
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External students shall be tested in school examinations for primary and intermediate studies before
their participation in general examinations as follows:
Primary
In the subjects of the fifth and sixth primary grades (except for physical education, anthem,
drawing, home economics, and handicrafts), and the bases for passing and completion are calculated as stated in Article
fourteen and fifteen above.
Intermediate
In the subjects of the first, second, and third intermediate grades (except for physical education, anthem, home
management, drawing, and needlework). Those who have successfully passed the second intermediate grade
examination and then left school... etc., are exempted from the examination in the first and second grade subjects.
If the student passes or is considered completing in these examinations, they become eligible to participate in the general examinations.
(18
The correction of examination papers for external students in school examinations shall be confidential by the subject
committees, similar to final school examinations, and these papers shall be kept in the school for a period of six months
and destroyed with the approval of the Directorate of Education of the Brigade.
(19
Please confirm ⟦line⟧ the receipt of this letter of ours.
20)
Head of the High Committee for the Management of
General Examination ⟦line⟧ s
Khazaal Mahmoud
Professor Ahmed
Please inquire about the conditions for student participation in ministerial examinations regarding the calculation of
their averages, whether the average is 50% for all studies or for some of them only, as this
point is not clear in these instructions.
Bakr
1/21/961
A copy thereof to:
Directorate of the Pri ⟦line⟧ vate Office
General Education Inspectorate
Head of the High Committee for the Management of General Examinations with 5 copies
Directorate of General Education
Directorate of Examinations with 10 copies
Schools associated with the Diwan
Secretary of the High Committee for the Management of General Examinations
Directorate of Inquiries to publish it in the newspapers and broadcast it from the wireless broadcasting station several times and at different ti ⟦line⟧ mes.
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Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate - Rusafa
Private Personnel Department
Number: 4081
Date: 22 / 1 / 1961
57
22/1/21
Subject
To: Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Reference to your letter No. F / 365 / 60 dated
18 / 12 / 1960.
We record for you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs
- Examinations, No. 3460 dated 14 / 1 / 61
for your information and to adhere to its contents.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education for Baghdad / Rusafa Governorate
A copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations
Private Personnel Department
Professor Naeem
Upon the arrival of a letter regarding the final exams later,
please refer to this letter when renewing
the request at the appropriate time.
Yahya
26/1/22
- Copy of the Letter -
Reference to your letter No. 54583 dated
27 / 12 / 1960 and its attachment, the letter from Frank Iny Private School
No. F / 365 / 60 dated 18 / 12 / 960.
We approve what was stated in the first paragraph of the letter from Frank
Iny Private School referred to above, that the mid-year exam
in the aforementioned school shall begin on Sunday, 5 / 2 / 1961.
As for what was stated in the second and third paragraphs,
we will consider them at an appropriate time.
Signed. Acting Director of General
Technical Affairs
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Certificates
Number / 2976
Date / 19 / 1 / 1961
To - Administrations of public and private primary schools
for boys and girls affiliated with this Directorate, all of them
We convey below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs
- Examinations - Number 475 dated 15 / 1 / 1961, requesting
perusal and compliance with it.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education, Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Archiving
To be acted upon in the future
⟦illegible⟧
22 / 1 / 961
A copy to
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations, your letter referred to above
Primary Personnel Division
Certificates
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Reference to your letter No. 19089 dated 18 / 12 / 1960
1 - It is permissible for students of public evening primary schools to transfer to public
day primary schools, provided that transfer certificates are organized for them according to the rules.
2 - It is permissible for students of private primary schools to transfer to public primary schools
provided that a special school examination is conducted for them in accordance with the provisions of Article (19) of the
Primary School Regulations No. (12) of 1954, taking note of the age as stated in Article
(18) of the aforementioned regulations.
Please act accordingly.
For the Director General of Technical Affairs
Muhammad al-Khalidi
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Certificates
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to -
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations and Certificates
Reference to its letter No. 78758 dated ⟦...⟧
Certificates Observation
Al-Tamimi / 3
Mr. ⟦...⟧
Please sign for receipt for the Director
⟦...⟧
14 / 1 / ⟦...⟧
14 / 7 / 60
564 / 7 / 14
27
15 / 7 / 1960
⟦...⟧
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Certificates
Number / 9 - 120
Date / 8 / 1 / 961
Urgent
⟦illegible⟧ 1/7/61
To: Administrations of secondary, intermediate, and primary schools, public,
private, and foreign, for boys and girls.
We convey to you below the letter of the General Directorate of Technical Affairs
Examinations No. 50 on 1/1/61, requesting review and compliance accordingly
literally only.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education for Baghdad Province / Rusafa
A copy to:
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations for information
Inspectors of the Directorate, please note this during your school visits during the mid-term
year exam.
Secondary Personnel
Primary Personnel
Certificates
Mr. Ahmed
To act accordingly
⟦illegible⟧
1/14/961
(( Copy of the letter ))
In order to proceed with mid-year exam matters with all precision, please instruct the implementation of
the instructions listed below to all schools associated with you to follow them and adhere
to what is stated in them literally and inform us.
1 - The number of questions the student answers for each subject must not be less than four questions.
2 - The examination time for each subject must not be less than an hour and a half except for the subjects of Arabic
and English, which must be two hours for each of them for intermediate,
secondary, and primary schools that operate on a double-shift basis.
3 - Work must be done to control these exams, ensure the accuracy of grading, control the grades and record them,
and not allow any erasure or scratching in them.
4 - Every teacher (male and female) must submit the mid-year exam grades
to the administration immediately after the end of the spring break.
5 - School administrations must notify students of the grades within a week of their submission.
6 - School administrations must notify students of their grades in writing and not
orally, meaning recording these grades on special cards and signing them by
the principal or his designee, because notifying students orally creates many problems.
7 - Students on medical leave with medical reports shall be examined one week after the end of
the spring break.
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Certificates
Number / - 20557
Date / 21 / 12 / 960
⟦64⟧
⟦61/1/5⟧
To all school administrations affiliated with this directorate
We transmit below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs (Examinations)
Numbered 78543 on 25 / 12 / 960 regarding instructions for issuing documents and certificates
And their translation, requesting you review it and act accordingly with full accuracy only.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations / Your letter referred to above.
Certificates - in three copies.
⟦line⟧
We attach herewith a copy of the instructions for issuing documents and certificates and their translation
Requesting they be circulated to all intermediate and secondary schools, both public and private
And foreign schools affiliated with you, to proceed according to them and adhere to what is stated literally.
General Director of Technical Affairs
Professor Lami'
This letter has been reviewed
So please leave it with me temporarily
⟦illegible signature⟧
961/1/8
Professor Ahmed
Is there anything new regarding our school
Especially regarding students who wish to travel to study abroad
Please confirm
⟦illegible signature⟧
961/1/9
K / 28
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21 -- It is not permissible to provide the student with more than one certificate regardless of the reasons and circumstances, and in case of its loss, it shall be compensated for
the certificate by providing him with a school document only.
22 -- The source of the documents is the school and the Directorate of Education of the province (Liwa), and the Examinations Directorate does not issue any document at all
directly by itself.
23 -- The Directorate of Education of the province shall send a sample signature of the Director of Education or his designee to the Examinations Directorate and re-
send it when changing the director or his deputy.
24 -- If the school document registers are exhausted, the school administrations must reproduce them using a typewriter or roneo machine as a true copy
of the new documents currently in use in handwriting and provide the students with them.
25 -- The document shall be invalid after one year from the date of its issuance, and it must be returned to the school administration to organize a new
document and cancel the old document, and refrain from registering students who carry such old documents.
26 -- It is not permissible to change the address of documents and transfer certificates by the administrations of schools to which the student is transferred except through
the original schools from which these documents and certificates were issued, or through the Examinations Directorate or the Directorates of
Education of the provinces.
27 -- The correction of names must be done through the conciliation courts or through the census records for the general brain registration
for the year 1947 and Iraqi nationality certificates. The correction is carried out according to the court decisions or the census records and certificates of
Iraqi nationality or both, according to what is recorded in them, provided they are confirmed by the school principal and the Director of
Education of the province.
28 -- It is not permissible to provide the student with the grades of the class in which he failed and re-registered in it again, but rather he is provided with the grades of the class
before it, i.e., the grades of (the year preceding his failure), unless he had left the school after the year of his failure and did not register,
then there is no objection to that.
29 -- It is not permissible to provide students who have previously severed their relationship with their schools by graduating from them or transferring from them
to another school or institute with school documents, but rather they must refer to their schools they are currently in to provide them with documents
for the last class they are in, and the date of their graduation from primary or intermediate study shall be listed as a note, provided that it is signed and stamped
that note by the school administration.
30 -- The date of student graduation for the three studies (primary, intermediate, and secondary) is considered to be 1/8 if he passed
in the first session of the general examinations, and on 1/10 if he passed in the second session of the general examinations of each year.
31 -- It is not permissible to address school documents or certificates to any institute, college, or school in a foreign country outside Iraq,
but rather they are addressed to (Ministry of Education -- Examinations Directorate) only.
What kind of documents is meant?
32 -- The student's name is recorded in school documents and certificates according to what is stated in the results of the general examinations.
33 -- The Directorates of Education of the provinces provide external students who pass the general examinations for the three studies
with school documents according to what is stated in these instructions.
34 -- The Directorates of Education of the provinces keep a special register in which all documents certified by the Director of Education are registered,
containing the number and date of the document, the issuing authority, the addressee, and the number and date of certification.
35 -- The grades of the student who was exempted from the final and general examination and was included in the crawl for the academic year 57/58 remain as they are
in the grade register, and no modification is made to them, and it is indicated that he passed by a decision of the Council of Ministers in this regard.
These instructions are considered effective from the date of their issuance, and hereby all previous instructions are cancelled, and all documents contrary to
what is stated in these instructions will be rejected, and everyone who neglects their application will be held accountable. We request that they be circulated to all official,
private, and foreign schools affiliated with you to act according to them and adhere to what is stated in them. The school principal and the Director of Education of the province will be responsible
for the application of these instructions.
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Instructions for issuing and translating documents and certificates ⟦line⟧
1 - The full name (name, father's name, grandfather's name, and surname) must be written according to the census book and the general registration record in the school.
2 - The employee responsible for organizing documents in the school compares the student's photo with the photo in the school's
general record, and he is directly responsible for any discrepancies that occur in the photos.
3 - The photo is stamped with the school stamp and signed by the principal or his authorized representative after re-auditing the document and comparing the photo
again.
4 - The round in which the student passed must be mentioned, and if his success was in the second round, the subjects in which he was incomplete
must be mentioned, along with the reason for the incompleteness (illness or failure).
5 - The grades in which the student failed must be mentioned, the number of years of failure in each, whether he was attending the school
or if his connection to it was severed, when he left the school, whether he was provided with a document to any entity, and the number and date of these documents.
6 - When referring to the subjects in which the student was incomplete, the phrase (by medical report) must be mentioned if the student was incomplete
due to illness.
7 - Reference should be made to the student's behavior and the regularity of his attendance at school, along with the date he left the school.
8 - The principal's clear name must be written under his signature, as well as the name and signature of the clerk who organized the document.
9 - Grades are listed in the specified register for each grade in the document, and a line is placed in the blank spaces. As for the grades that do not have scores,
a large X mark is placed on them to fill the space.
10 - It is not permissible to include annual effort averages for the sixth primary, third intermediate, and fifth preparatory grades in
school documents except with the approval of the Directorate of Examinations; rather, the grades achieved by the student in the general
examinations are included.
11 - The Directorate of Examinations and Certificates in the Ministry of Education authenticates all documents addressed to foreign colleges and institutes
outside Iraq and documents issued by schools linked to the Office of the Ministry of Education, as well as documents granted
to applicants for government jobs.
Authentication by the Directorate of Education of the Liwa is sufficient for other documents.
When the document is stamped by the Directorate of Education of the Liwa, the responsible official must sign and write his clear name under
his signature at the bottom of the stamp, and the name of the Director of Education of the Liwa or his authorized representative must be written under his signature.
12 - Documents that require authentication by the Directorate of Examinations and Certificates are sent with an official letter, and the
Directorate will refrain from authenticating any document not accompanied by a letter.
School documents are not handed over to applicants except after they are completely finished, or to school janitors when they visit
the Directorate of Education of the Liwa.
13 - The required information in the document is entered with ink, and it is preferred to be entered on a typewriter.
If damage occurs to some documents as a result of striking through, cancellation, or otherwise, they are sent to the Directorate of Education of the Liwa
in both copies and destroyed by them, provided that the Directorate of Examinations is notified of this with a statement of the number and date of the destroyed document.
The student may be provided with multiple school documents, provided that they have different addresses and are not addressed to a single entity.
A student may obtain a school document that he was previously provided with and was lost or destroyed after verifying the validity of
the student's claim.
20 - It is not permissible to provide the student with transfer certificates (including primary and intermediate school completion certificates) addressed
to several entities for the purpose of study; rather, he is provided with only one transfer certificate addressed to only one entity.
To be continued
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Certificates
No. / 54764
Date / 28 / 12 / 960
To: All school administrations affiliated with this directorate.
We transmit below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Technical Affairs
— Examinations — No. 77791 dated 12/22/1960.
Please review it and act accordingly, noting that the certificates for the studies
Primary and Intermediate have not completed printing ⟦line⟧ until now.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Copy to:
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations / your letter referred to above
Certificates
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Note
Please follow up on obtaining certificates for
preparatory schools for graduates
from last year.
⟦illegible⟧
8/1/61
In continuation of our letter No. 49558 dated 8/2/1959.
1 - Graduation certificates for preparatory, intermediate, and primary studies, and ⟦line⟧
Teachers' Institutes (male and female), agriculture, industry, arts, and others are distributed to the provincial education offices
at a price of 250 fils per certificate, excluding the price of the form, which costs (50) fils
if available, and the accounting procedures previously followed shall be observed in selling those certificates.
2 - Directors of Provincial Education must not provide students with or sign those certificates except after ⟦line⟧
collecting their price with an official receipt.
3 - The content of our letter above shall be implemented from its date.
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Certificates
Number / 588
Date / 2 / 1 / 1961
To -
All school administrations affiliated with this directorate
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations
Number 80400 dated 12/31/1960, requesting you to review and act accordingly.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
A copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations for information
Certificates in two copies
Primary Personnel
Secondary Personnel
- / Copy of the Letter / -
Not to be counted
With reference to your letters numbered 54922 and 44462 dated 28 and 27 / 12 / 1960
respectively.
The examination dates notified to you in our circular number 77783 dated
12/22/1960 must be fixed for all schools in application of the regulation and our aforementioned circular.
This directorate cannot make any advancement or delay to the dates specified in the regulation because
such matters create confusion for the schools. Therefore, please inform all schools that
request a change in the scheduled examination dates of the content of this letter and to act accordingly.
The points mentioned in your two above-referenced letters can be addressed by following what follows:
1 - The classes and sections that were attending before noon are the same ones to be examined before noon. As for
the classes and sections that attend after noon, they are to be examined after noon.
2 - You may examine two types of students in one room, for example, the first and second, or the first
and third, to facilitate their control.
3 - You may set the duration of the examination for one subject to be one and a half hours, except for Arabic and English
language subjects, which must be two hours each.
4 - You may carry out the required repairs on desks unfit for use starting now or
request what the schools need in terms of desks from the directorate.
Signature
p. Director of General Technical Affairs
To be filed
1/8/961
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Ministry of Education:
Education Directorate of Baghdad District - Rusafa:
Iraqi Republic:
Section: Examination Personnel
No.: 40887
Date: 27 / 12 / 1960
Subject:
To: - General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations
We attach herewith a copy of the letter from the administration of
Frank Iny Private School numbered F/365 and dated
18 / 12 / 1960, requesting you to kindly review and take
the necessary action and inform us.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa
A copy to - :
School Administration
Private Personnel
Frank Iny
Hani 24
Professor ⟦illegible⟧
I believe this letter refers to
the final exam dates for girls?
⟦illegible⟧
26 / 12
And they confirmed with us ⟦illegible⟧
9 / 1
11 / 1 / 1
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Frank Issa
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Certificates
Number -: 54255
Date -: 12 / 26 / 1960
To -: All school administrations affiliated with this Directorate
We transmit below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations, numbered 77783 and dated
12 / 22 / 1960, requesting you to review it and act accordingly.
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations -
Your aforementioned letter
Secondary Personnel
Primary Personnel
Inspectors (male and female) of this Directorate
Certificates - in two copies
Copy of the letter
It has been decided that the mid-year examination dates for the academic year 1960 / 1961 for the levels listed
below shall begin according to the dates and periods indicated next to them, noting that these dates are originally fixed in the regulations
and we hope to proceed accordingly in the coming years as there is no need to issue such circulars to you in
the future. Please take the necessary action.
1- Primary education begins on the first Saturday of February 1960/1961 and for a period of
five days.
2- Intermediate and secondary education and schools of home arts begin on the first Saturday of February 1960/1961 and for a period of
one week.
3- Teacher training institutes (male and female) and educational courses begin on the first Saturday of February 1960/1961 and for a period of
one week
4- Agricultural schools begin on the first Saturday of February 1960/1961 and for a period of
one week
Professor Ahmed
1- Please inform the staff from now on of all education correspondence
2- Regarding the mid-year exam, our scheduled date coincides with the date specified by the Education Directorate. Therefore, please
organize the exam schedule accordingly from now and inform me of it.
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1 / 10 / 961
Fadhil 12 / 25
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- Continued 2 -
List of Intermediate Textbooks prescribed for the academic year 1960 - 1961
Intermediate Study
and its edition
Notes
⟦...⟧s
Book | Grade | Edition | Notes
Geography | First Intermediate | First |
Reading Part 1 ✓ | Ditto | Second |
Preparatory Grammar Part 1 ✓ | " | Second |
Literary Texts Part 1 ✓ | " | Second |
Religion and Ethics | " | Eighth |
Principles of Geometry Part 1 ✓ | " | Fifth |
General Arithmetic Part 1 ✓ | " | Fourth |
History of Ancient Times ✓ | " | Seventh |
National Education | " | First |
General Science ✓ | " | Seventh Revised |
Reading Part 2 ✓ | Second Intermediate | Second |
Preparatory Grammar Part 2 ✓ | Ditto | Second |
Literary Texts Part 2 ✓ | " | Second |
Geography of the Arab World | " | Second Revised |
Principles of Plane Geometry Part 2 ✓ | " | Sixth |
Religion and Ethics | " | Sixth |
Islamic History ✓ | " | First |
General Arithmetic Part 2 ✓ | " | Fourth |
Algebra Part 1 ✓ | " | Seventh |
Biology ✓ | " | Seventh |
Elementary Chemistry ✓ | " | Twelfth |
Duties | " | Seventh |
Preparatory Grammar Part 3 ✓ | Third Intermediate | Second |
History of Arabic Literature ✓ | Ditto | Second Revised |
Algebra Part 2 ✓ | " | Sixth |
Principles of Plane Geometry Part 3 ✓ | " | Fourth |
Geography | " | First |
Practical Physics | " | Ninth |
Religion and Ethics | " | Seventh |
Health and Physiology ✓ | " | Ninth |
Duties | " | Seventh |
Arabic Reading | " | In press |
Modern Arab World History | " | Under study |
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List of prescribed preparatory textbooks for the academic year 1960/1961
Book Name | Grade | Edition | Notes
Study of Society and its Problems | Fourth Literary | First | Under authorship
Physical Geography | " | First |
Literature and Texts Vol. 1 | " | Second |
Secondary Reading | " and Scientific | Second |
Rhetoric | Literary | Second |
Preparatory Grammar Vol. 1 | " | Second |
General Mathematics Vol. 1 | " | Eleventh |
General Science | " | Sixth |
Introduction to the History of Civilization | " | First |
Arabic | | |
Economics | " | First | Under authorship
General Mathematics Vol. 2 | Fifth | Fifth |
Literary Criticism | " | Second |
Economic Geography | " | Second Revised |
History of Modern Europe | " | Seventh |
Study of Society and its Problems | " | First | Under authorship
Economics | " | " |
Preparatory Algebra Vol. 1 | Fourth Scientific | Sixth |
Trigonometry | " | Tenth |
Literary Texts | " | Second |
General Chemistry | " | Ninth |
Botany | " | Eleventh |
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
Number -
Date - 26 / 9 / 1960
Urgent
To -
Administrations of all primary schools linked to this Directorate
Subject: Weekly Lesson Schedules
We are enclosing the lesson distribution schedules for double-shift and non-double-shift schools, along with school hours and the distribution schedule
for evening schools as well, requesting that you act accordingly regarding your school.
Attachments
6 - Lists
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs, Curricula, Books, and Illustration Tools / Your letters 43273 and 49375 dated
on 29 / 8 and 22 / 9 / 1960. With a copy of the schedules
General Education Inspectorate - with copies of the schedules | Primary Personnel 51 copies
Directorate Assistants | Secondary Personnel
Certificates Observer | Inspector and female inspectors of this Direct⟦orate⟧
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Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Secondary Personnel Department
Number / 35229
Date / 26 / 9 / 1960
School Administrations affiliated with this Directorate
In reference to our letter No. 34783 dated 24 / 9 / 1960.
The lesson distribution schedule established in our above letter concerns primary schools
with double shifts, please note that, while bearing in mind that the set of schedules for primary
education of all types were circulated to primary schools by our letter 35100 dated
26 / 9 / 1960 and it is the one to be relied upon.
On his behalf
Abdul Khaliq Jalil Ibrahim
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
A copy to:-
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Curricula, your letter 17949 dated
17 / 9 / 1960. The schedule established in your letter concerns double-shift schools
and you did not indicate that, please take note.
Directorate Assistants
Secondary Personnel Department
Primary Personnel Department
Certificates
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Weekly Lesson Distribution Table for Primary Education for Double-Shift Schools ⟦line⟧
Sixth | Fifth | Fourth | Third | Second | First |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Religious Education
6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | Arabic Language and Calligraphy
4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | English Language
5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Arithmetic and Practical Geometry
5 | 5 | 3 | | | | Social and National Education
| | | 6 | 4 | 4 | General Life Information
3 | 3 | 3 | | | | Principles of ⟦H⟧ Science and Health Education
2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Art Education and Manual Work
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Physical Education ⟦line⟧
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Chanting and Music
30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | Total
2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Home Economics (for girls)
32 | 32 | | | | | Total
Note ⟦line⟧ /
In the subject of Social Education, two hours are allocated for Geography and two hours for History ⟦line⟧
and one hour for National Education for each of the fifth and sixth primary grades ⟦line⟧
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Winter working hours from the beginning of the school year until March 31st
Schedule No. (1) for schools attending in the morning
(Double-shift schools)
Minute | Hour | Minute | Hour | To | From | Minute
10 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 20 | Inspection and Anthem
40 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 30 | First Lesson
5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 10 | Break
40 | 9 | 55 | 9 | 15 | Second Lesson
5 | 10 | — | 9 | 55 | Break
40 | 10 | 40 | 10 | — | Third Lesson
10 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 40 | Break
40 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 50 | Fourth Lesson
5 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 30 | Break
40 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 35 | Fifth Lesson
Schedule No. (2) for schools attending in the evening (for double-shift schools)
5 | 12 | 45 | 12 | 40 | Inspection and Anthem
40 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 45 | First Lesson
5 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 25 | Break
40 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 30 | Second Lesson
5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 10 | Break
40 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 15 | Third Lesson
5 | 3 | — | 2 | 55 | Break
40 | 3 | 40 | 3 | — | Fourth Lesson
5 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 40 | Break
40 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 45 | Fifth Lesson
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Table of weekly lesson hour distribution for primary education in evening schools )
Sixth | Fifth | Fourth | Third | Second | First |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Religious Education
5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | Arabic Language and Calligraphy
4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | English Language
5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Arithmetic and Practical Geometry
5 | 5 | 3 | | | | Social and National Education
| | | 6 | 4 | 4 | General Life Information
3 | 3 | 3 | | | | Principles of Science and Health Education
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Art Education and Manual Work
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Home Economics (for girls only)
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
26 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Note
1- Social and National Education classes are merged with Principles of Science and Health Education classes
for the first three grades into one lesson in which general (Life Information) is taught ⟦illegible⟧
the student's daily life. Then the two subjects separate in the fourth grade and are taught as two independent subjects
according to the classes allocated to each of them.
2- The subject (Social and National Education) in the fourth grade is dedicated to giving social information
general information that prepares the student to study social topics in an independent and detailed manner ⟦illegible⟧
in the fifth and sixth primary grades.
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