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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Examinations
Number: -
Date: 7 / 4 / 959 ⟦7⟧
(( Examination Statement ))
1- It has been decided that the general examination centers for the three studies for the first session of the year
958 / 959 academic year shall be according to the attached schedules; therefore, please note the designated headquarters for performing
the examination for your students and inform them of this from now on.
2- School administrations whose buildings have been designated as examination centers must prepare their school desks,
halls, and classrooms for the aforementioned purpose at an appropriate time before the examination.
3- School administrations whose students will take exams in places far from their school headquarters,
such that it requires traveling to the examination center and staying overnight, must nominate one of the teachers from now on to accompany
the students on their journey and supervise their overnight stay, housing, and behavior during the examination period so that
the administrative order for them can be issued. Also, the accompanying teacher must inform his students of the necessity of bringing pillows
and the necessary covers for their sleep and bringing their books.
4- Confirming the second paragraph of our letter No. 1 dated 7 / 3 / 959, we would like to remind you that the date
for sending lists of the names of male and female students who are entitled to participate in the general examinations
for the three studies (for the first session) for the year 958 / 959, along with the lists of annual effort averages, is on
or before 10 / 5 / 959. All lists sent now are considered cancelled because it is not permissible to provide them to us
before 1 / 5 / 959. It is also required that the list of names be clear, written in ink, with a line between each line,
and serialized according to the alphabet, including the name, father's name, grandfather's name, and surname according to the
1947 census book.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy to: -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations
Directorate of General Education - Secondary
= = = Primary
= Administration = Accounts
Presidency of the Higher Committee for the Management of General Examinations - Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys - in four copies
Student Health Directorate with (15) copies. Please kindly send a copy of this statement to every student
health doctor for health supervision of the mentioned examination centers, noting that the primary school examinations
begin on 29 / 5 / 959 and the preparatory and intermediate on 6 / 6 / 959.
Presidency of Health of Baghdad Province - Please kindly inform the clinics and health centers where
student health clinics are not available for the purpose indicated in the margin above.
Baghdad Province Police Directorate - Please be informed that some examination centers are in dire need of allocating police
personnel to maintain order and the safety of examinations, and we will inform you in another letter of those centers and their locations.
All examination center managers - via Secondary Personnel with 121 copies
Assistant Mr. Jamil Nassif
= = Ghanim Hamdoun
Records Supervisor - to prepare the halls and their desks and prepare the examination booklets and the center name lists
Secondary Accounting
= Primary
Secondary Personnel
= Primary
Certificates and Statistics in two copies.
Nouri 6 All school administrations associated with this directorate
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Examination Committee
Number -
Date - ⟦24⟧ / 3 / 1959
To - Administrations of all Secondary and Intermediate Schools
Subject - Examination of non-final classes for external students
Based on the letter of the Directorate of General Technical Affairs No. 14544 on
14 / 3 / 1959 .
The participation of external students in the examinations of non-final classes
(the first and second intermediate classes) is accepted as before during this school year
provided that the grade is calculated for them out of (100). Please announce this to the students of
your school and in the surrounding area as much as possible.
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Nassif
For the Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to -
Secondary Personnel
Professor ⟦illegible⟧
Please mark this with you
when any student inquires regarding this matter
⟦signature⟧
29 / 3 / 1959
Qais Ahmed
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel
Number -
Date - 16 / 3 / 1959
⟦24⟧
To -
Administrations of secondary and intermediate schools affiliated with this
Directorate, both official and private, all
Subject - First Preparatory Grade Examination
for the second session
We record for you below the text of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs No. 14374
on 14 / 3 / 1959, requesting you to review it and act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Nassif
Jamil Nassif
For the Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations
Secondary Education Supervisor
Private Education Supervisor
Certificates Supervisor
-/ Copy of the Letter /-
The Arab Cultural Unity Agreement stipulated that the examination for the first grade
of preparatory (First Intermediate) shall be one session, meaning there is no makeup, but we noticed
that some students may miss the final exam due to illness accompanied
by a medical report. Therefore, we presented the matter to the Council of Education, and it decided in its fourteenth
session held on 7 / 3 / 1959 the following:
(Approval to grant a second opportunity to take the exams for sick students who
present a medical report according to the regulations).
Therefore, please circulate the matter to all relevant schools affiliated with you
to act accordingly.
Signed for the Director General
Dr. Abdul Qadir Ahmed
Q / 16 / 3
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The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel Department
Number /:
Date: 21 / 3 / 1959
Administrations of Secondary and Preparatory Schools only
Subject - Examination of Fifth Grade Literary Students.
Based on the letter from the Directorate of Technical Affairs No. 14375 dated
14 / 3 / 1959.
The amendment that took place in the curriculum of the Fourth Grade Literary for this year
does not apply to male and female students of the Fifth Grade for the academic year 1958 / 1959
but they shall be examined in the previous curriculum, please inform the students of this.
Jamil Nassif
On behalf of the Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to -
General Directorate of Technical Affairs - Examinations.
Secondary Personnel Department.
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3 - What applies to graduates of the House of Arabic and Religious Sciences, as well as the five-year religious secondary school
after primary education, applies to graduates of teachers' training institutes for men and women; they are allowed to participate
in the general examinations for preparatory studies free of charge and without passing the special exam for external
students if they are in the teaching service at the Ministry of Education or other ministries. However, if they
are not teachers at the Ministry of Education or other ministries, they are treated as external students <del>only</del> regarding
fees and the school examination.
4 - Students of the College of Sharia who have passed the general examination for intermediate studies or the
entrance exam for the branch they wish to participate in, and two years have passed, are allowed to participate in <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the general
examinations for preparatory studies as external students, meaning they must take the school examinations but
are exempt from fees.
5 - Graduates of the Primary Teachers' Training Institute for the year 927 are allowed to participate in the general examinations for the purpose
of obtaining the secondary certificate.
6 - Only teachers who have previously passed the entrance exam for the branch they wish to participate in
one year prior may be allowed to participate in the general examinations for preparatory studies; non-teachers are not included in this.
7 - Students of the Institute of Fine Arts are exempt from general examination fees and must take the school
examinations if they have not previously taken them. As for those who have taken them, they are exempt from school examinations
and their ministerial exam is conducted as external students, provided they have completed the legal period that entitles them to do so.
8 - Graduates of the three-year Elementary Teachers' Training Institute after primary education are allowed to participate
in the general examinations for preparatory studies as external students.
9 - Please acknowledge receipt of this letter.
Director General
Mohsen / 12
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District No. / 12241
Certificates Date / 14 / 3 / 1959
To / -
Administrations of official, private, and foreign secondary and intermediate schools for boys
and girls.
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations. Please act accordingly.
⟦illegible⟧
p.p. Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to / -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations - Your letter 12645 on 3 / 3 / 1959
Certificates
- Copy of the Letter -
The Council of Education decided in paragraph 18 of its 13th session held on Tuesday corresponding to
24 / 2 / 1959 to cancel the exemption from final examinations for some or all subjects, provided that this
also includes teachers' training institutes, educational, intermediate, agricultural, and home arts courses -
Therefore, please circulate this to all concerned parties to act accordingly starting from the current
academic year / 1958 - 1959.
p.p. Director General
Aziz / 13
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Examination Committee
Number / 3
Date / 7 / 3 / 959
To all school administrations in the district
Subject / General examination schedule for the three levels of study
⟦line⟧
Based on the letter from the General Directorate of Technical Affairs - Examinations - No.
11711 on 26 / 2 / 1959.
1- General examinations for primary education begin on Saturday, May 30, 59
at exactly eight o'clock in the morning according to the attached schedule.
2- General examinations for intermediate and preparatory education begin on Saturday
June 6, 959 at exactly eight o'clock in the morning according to the attached
schedule.
⟦illegible⟧
Hussein Nassif
For/ Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to -
General Directorate of Technical Affairs - Examinations - your above letter.
Directorate of Primary Teachers' House for Boys in Adhamiya.
" " " " " " Abu Ghraib.
Directorate of Primary Teachers' House.
Directorate of Western Intermediate School for Boys.
Directors of examination centers - via Secondary Personnel with (100) copies.
Primary Personnel.
Secondary Personnel.
Certificates Observation Office.
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General Examination Schedule for Primary Education
First Session 958 / 959
Day | Date | Subject
Saturday | 30 / 5 / 959 | Arabic Language
Sunday | 31 / 5 / 959 | English =
Monday | 1 / 6 / 959 | Arithmetic and Geometry
Tuesday | 2 / 6 / 959 | Social Studies (History, Geography, Religion, and Duties)
Wednesday | 3 / 6 / 959 | General Science and Health
General Examination Schedule for Intermediate Education First Session 58 / 959
Saturday | 6 / 6 / 959 | Arabic Language
Sunday | 7 / 6 / 959 | English =
Monday | 8 / 6 / 959 | Social Studies (History, Geography, and Duties)
Tuesday | 9 / 6 / 959 | Mathematics (Algebra and Geometry)
Wednesday | 10 / 6 / 959 | Natural Sciences (Physics and Health)
General Examination Schedule for Secondary Education First Session 959
Day | Date | Subject
Scientific | Literary | Commercial
Saturday 6 / 6 / 959 Arabic Language | Arabic Language | Arabic Language
Sunday 7 / 6 / 959 English = | English = | English and Commercial Methods
Monday 8 / 6 / 959 Solid Geometry | Islamic and Modern History | English, Shorthand, Secretarial, and Laws
Tuesday 9 / 6 / 959 Biology (Zoology and Botany) | Geography (Physical and Economic) | Geography
Wednesday 10 / 6 / 959 Algebra and Trigonometry | General Science | Economics
Thursday 11 / 6 / 959 Physics | General Mathematics | Commercial Arithmetic and Mathematics
Saturday 13 / 6 / 959 Chemistry | Economics for Boys / Child Rearing for Girls | Bookkeeping
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
Number /: 12494
Date /: 9 / 3 / 1958
Administrations of Secondary, Intermediate, and Primary Schools, Official, Private, and Foreign
for Boys and Girls.
Further to our letter No. 1064 dated 24 / 2 / 58
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations No. 11243
dated 28 / 2 / 58. Please review it and act accordingly by sending tables with the names of students
and their results instead of the general registration records.
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Naheef
p.p. Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to / - Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations, your referred letter
Secondary Personnel
Certificates
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
Your letter No. 3 / 10 / 2852 dated 22 / 2 / 58
The intent of our two letters No. 7334 and 2250 dated 5 / 2 / 58 regarding
the end of each school year and after the makeup exam is tables including the names and results of all students
to the Directorates of Education to be kept by them, and this requires large spaces to store these grades
Therefore, please instruct the schools concerned to follow this starting from the current school year 57 / 58.
p.p. Director General
Mohsen / H
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Examination Committee
Number / 1
Date 7 / 3 / 1959
To all school administrations associated with this directorate
Subject / Duties of male and female school principals in the general examinations
for the three levels of study
There is no doubt that you appreciate the precision and importance of the general examinations and the necessity of complete care in completing
their requirements by the scheduled dates, because a delay in the response of a single school is sufficient to obstruct the organization of the lists
required for all schools in the district. Therefore, we hope for full cooperation from all of you in studying the following points and implementing
what is stated therein, each in its due time: -
1- Providing us, immediately upon receipt of this letter of ours, with a table containing the estimated number expected to participate
in the general examinations for the three levels of study, provided that the number of males is separated from females (for
the primary and intermediate levels) and the number of students in the scientific branch from the literary and commercial branches (for
preparatory schools).
2- Providing us with the results of the annual effort averages for students in the final grades, provided that a list is attached to them
containing the names of students who are entitled to participate in the general examinations so that we can audit
the results with the list of names, on the condition that the list of names includes the student's name, father's name, grandfather's name,
and surname written clearly and based on the students' civil status records for the 1947 registration, provided
that the response to this paragraph reaches us on or before 10 / 5 / 1959.
3- After your implementation of the second paragraph above, we will provide you with printed lists containing the examination number for each student
with his name, father's name, and grandfather's name or surname. We will also provide you with cards for the permit to participate in the general
examinations. Upon receipt of the lists and cards, please audit the lists and then organize them for your school's students
who will participate in the general examinations after requesting a clear photograph and a revenue stamp
of (50) fils from the student, and paying full attention to transferring the correct examination number to the participation card and informing us
of the existence of any error in the name related to the student's name.
4- A special paragraph for primary schools for boys - providing us from now with the names of the teachers who
teach the curriculum subjects to the sixth-grade students in your schools with the names of the subjects that
each of them teaches according to the model below.
Teacher's Name | Subjects taught in the sixth grade
Copy to: -
Directorate of Technical Affairs ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ in response to our receipt of your letter numbered 11960 on 28 / 2 / 59
and please be kind enough to review.
Secondary Personnel - for consolidation and taking necessary action.
" Primary.
Certificates Registry.
Western Intermediate School for Boys - for the same purpose above, please.
K / 7
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The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Examination Committee
Number / 4
Date / 7 / 3 / 959
Directorate of the Industrial Secondary School for Boys ⟦line⟧
Home Arts Schools ⟦line⟧
Subject / Instructions regarding the participation of vocational school graduates and students
in the general examinations for intermediate studies
Below is a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Technical Affairs (Examinations) No. 11710 dated
26 / 2 / 959, requesting you to review the first paragraph thereof and circulate it to the students of your school so they may be
aware of it, and for those who wish to participate in the general examinations for intermediate studies after visiting this Directorate.
⟦Jamil Nassif⟧
On behalf of the Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to :-
All primary school administrations. - To notify the second paragraph of the letter below to those who meet
the conditions specified therein among the male and female teachers of your school.
Secondary Personnel.
" Primary.
Certificates Observation.
1 - Students registered and attending the following schools who have passed or are incomplete
in the annual average (i.e., the daily effort average before adding the final exam grade to it) are allowed -
to participate in the general ministerial examinations for intermediate studies free of charge and without passing the special exam
for external students, based on the following :-
Students registered in | Those who passed and those incomplete in the annual average
Industrial School ⟦line⟧ | In the third and fourth grades
Home Arts ⟦line⟧ | Third, fourth, and fifth grades
2 - Former graduates of the Teachers' Training Institute supplement or the first distinguished section of them who wish
to participate for free in the general examinations for intermediate studies and without passing the special exam for students
externally are allowed, provided they are still in the teaching service at the Ministry of Education or other ministries; however, if
they are not, they shall be treated as external students.
K / 7
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Examination Committee
Number:
Date: 3 / 1959
To:-
All school administrations affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / Conditions for participating in general examinations for the three levels
for external students
We list below the conditions for participating in the general examinations for the three levels for external
students, requesting you to review them and announce them to your school students and in the vicinity to enable
those interested to visit this Directorate to submit the required documents until April 11,
1959.
Jamil Nassif
Acting Director of Education for Baghdad District
A copy to:-
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations - We confirm receipt of your letter 11531 on
25 / 2 / 1959
Secondary Personnel - To unify applications and submit the necessary schedules from them.
Certificates Office
Primary Personnel
-/ Copy of the Letter /-
We list below the conditions for participating in the general examinations for the three levels for external
students, requesting their application and compliance.
1- Students who failed in the annual averages for the fifth, third intermediate, and sixth
primary grades are not allowed to participate in the general examinations as external students in the year of their failure.
2- Students enrolled in a grade lower than the final grade are not allowed to participate in the general examinations
as external students for that year.
3- If a student fails in a certain grade and leaves school, he is not entitled to participate in the general examinations as an external
student except after a period equivalent to what he should have spent in school to reach that
stage of the general examinations has passed.
4- An external student is not allowed to participate in the general examinations:
A- For preparatory studies except after two years ⟦more⟧ have passed since obtaining the intermediate
study certificate.
B- For intermediate studies except after three years ⟦more⟧ have passed since obtaining the primary
study certificate. In both cases, he must not have attended a school and left it; in case
he left school with a legitimate excuse, the period is counted for him. However, if his excuse was not legitimate or he failed
in any of the grades, the years of leaving school or failure are not considered within the aforementioned period
previously.
5- The external student must fill out the special form for the application to participate in the general examinations
and submit it by April 11, 1959, to the Director of Education in the district. Applications
will not be accepted after the mentioned date.
6- The decision regarding the acceptance of external students for the general examinations for intermediate and preparatory studies
is made by the Presidency of the High Committee. Directors of Education in the districts must forward to the
mentioned committee all these applications accompanied by the complete necessary documents after auditing them and stating their opinion
on each student individually. As for the matter of external students for primary studies, it is decided by the
Director of Education in the district.
- To be continued -
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7- External students for preparatory studies are examined before participating in the general examinations
in the subjects of the fifth secondary grade except for (drawing, physical education, anthem, home management, and needlework
work) according to their branch, preceded by an examination in the following additional subjects:-
Scientific Branch (boys and girls)
Biology, Botany, Trigonometry, Algebra, Physics
Literary Branch (boys and girls)
General Science, General Mathematics, History of Islamic Civilization, and Physical Geography
As for students who have previously passed the fourth secondary grade examination successfully and then left
school, they are examined in the subjects of the fifth secondary grade only, each in their branch
8- If the external student passes or is eligible for a re-sit in the examinations stipulated in paragraph seven of
these instructions, they become eligible to participate in the general examinations, and their examination is conducted in the province in which
they submitted an application for participation, whether it was in the first session or the second session examination. It is not permissible to transfer
the student's examination, whether they are (external or non-external), to another examination center except in
emergency cases
The decision regarding this transfer rests with the presidency of the High Committee for the Administration of General Examinations, and the
Directorate of Education must refer such requests to the aforementioned committee, attached with the necessary
documents, along with a statement of their opinion regarding each student individually
9- a- All those who have acquired the right to participate in the general examinations for past years, whether
⟦they participated⟧ in them and failed or did not participate, have the right to enter the general examinations in their branches as external
students without being required to pass the examinations stipulated in paragraph seven of the instructions
Excluded from this are students who lost this right by returning to study, as they became registered
students in one of the grades, and then they are treated as students in that grade are treated.
b- If a student registered in school leaves for any reason, they are prohibited from participating in the general
examinations for that year as an external student unless they or their guardian informs the school administration of that
at the time in writing, accompanied by reasons that the school administration, the Directorate of Education
in the province, and the presidency of the High Committee are convinced of their legitimacy
10- The Directors of Education in the provinces, in agreement with the directors of the schools assigned to conduct the examination
of external students therein, must announce a detailed schedule including the dates of those ⟦examinations⟧ before
their conduct by a suitable time, and no external examination is allowed for those who fail to attend those dates regardless
of the reasons
11- The subjects of the final grades and the additional subjects are considered as subjects of one grade for the purpose of passing, re-sitting,
and failing, provided that the average of the General Mathematics examination (for the literary branch) and Algebra (for the scientific
branch) and Physics and Chemistry for the fourth and fifth grades is taken and considered as one subject when calculating the bases of
passing, re-sitting, and failing
12- External students for primary and intermediate studies are examined before their participation in the general examinations
as follows:-
a- Primary schools: they are examined in the subjects of the fifth and sixth grades except for physical education, anthem, drawing,
and manual work, and the bases for passing, re-sitting, and failing are calculated according to the relevant materials of the
primary school system currently in force
b- Intermediate schools - they are examined in the subjects of the three intermediate grades except for physical education, anthem, drawing,
home management, and needlework, and those who ⟦passed⟧ the second intermediate grade examination
successfully and then left school are exempted from the examination in the subjects of the first and second grades
If the student passes or is eligible for a re-sit in these examinations, they become eligible to participate in the general ⟦examinations⟧
12- Please acknowledge receipt of this letter of ours
Signed .. p.p. Director General
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number /: ⟦ن⟧ 129
Date /: 3 / 1959
To /
Administrations of official, private, and foreign secondary, intermediate, and primary schools
for boys and girls.
1- Final examinations for non-terminal classes in primary schools begin on Saturday
corresponding to 16 / 5 / 1959 and continue for six days.
2- Final examinations for non-terminal classes in secondary schools begin on Saturday
corresponding to 16 / 5 / 1959 and continue for ten days.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to /
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations / Your letter 11783 on 28 / 2 / 1959
Assistants of this Directorate
Secondary Personnel
Primary Personnel
Secondary Accounting
Primary Accounting
Certificates in three copies
Fursan / 4
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Certificates
6206
4 / 2 / 195
Number /:
Date /:
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
We are sending herewith the primary school completion certificates numbered from (29190)
to number (29215), totaling (26) certificates, requesting their verification and the necessary action
and returning them to us.
Attachments
Number of certificates: 26
For the student: Please take the necessary action
Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to: - Certificates Department.
Mohsen / 14
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number /: ⟦1050⟧
Date: 2 / 2 / 1959
Administrations of Secondary and Intermediate Schools
Official, Private, and Foreign
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations - 9032
dated 14 / 2 / 1959, please act accordingly as our directorate will apply it literally.
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations - your letter referred to above.
Directorate Assistants
Secondary Personnel
" Primary
Certificates - in three copies.
Directors of Education in all provinces
Subject - General Registration Record for Primary Schools
Intermediate, Preparatory, and Technical Schools
All official, private, and foreign ones.
We have noticed recently that some schools have lost their general registration records
for students, either as a result of fire, drowning, or as a result of the negligence of school administrations, and it is no secret what
this loss causes in terms of damage to the public interest and the interest of students at the same time. To preserve these
interests, we have decided that all school administrations referred to above shall submit a true
copy of the general registration record for students in every academic year, after the completion exam.
The Directorate of Education in the province, starting from this year, provided that these
records are deposited in a safe place with the employee specialized in certifying documents and school
certificates. Please circulate this to all schools affiliated with you to act accordingly and instruct
the specialized employee to organize a special register for school names according to the alphabet
for ease of identifying the schools that sent these records and those that are late, provided that
the employee specialized in this matter is responsible for any deficiency or loss in these records.
Director General
A copy to:
General Inspectorate of Education - we request instructing the specialist inspectors
to note this and provide information about the defaulting schools.
General Directorate of Education
Directorate of Examinations
Directorate of Secondary Education
Directorate of Primary Education
All schools associated with the Diwan.
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Professor ⟦illegible⟧
Please take into account what was stated regarding the lessons of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ in your school on the side and act accordingly ⟦illegible⟧
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
Number - 9
Date - 2 / 2 / 1959
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To - Administrations of all schools associated with this Directorate
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Technical Affairs regarding the general examinations
for the three levels of study. Please review it and inform the male and female students, each according to
what concerns them.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to -
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations / Your letter No. 10/63 dated 2 / 2 / 959
Directorate Assistants - for information
Secondary Personnel
Secondary Accounting
Primary Personnel
Certificates - in three copies
- Text of the Letter -
We record below the text of the sixth paragraph of the decision of the Council of Education taken
at its eleventh session held on Sunday, 15 / 2 / 1959, hoping for your review
of it and its circulation to all schools. The decision shall be implemented starting from the current academic year
58 / 1959.
- Text of the Paragraph - Signed ... Director General
General Examinations -
A- Primary Stage
1- The Ministry of Education shall conduct a general examination for this stage, and the questions shall be
unified and set by the Ministry.
2- As for the examination of the exam booklets, it shall be conducted for this stage in the district centers according to
instructions issued by the Directorate of Examinations, and the question setters must prepare
model answers with grades distributed over the answer points, according to which the booklets
shall be examined.
3- The examination subjects shall be as follows -
Arabic Language - English Language - Arithmetic - Social Studies - General Science
and Health
4- A student who obtains the minimum passing grade, which is 50% for each exam subject, is considered successful.
A student who fails in one or two subjects is considered to have a makeup exam, and is considered to have failed if they fail in more than
two subjects.
5- Regular students in this stage shall be examined in the subjects of the sixth grade only.
Regular students who pass or have makeup exams in their annual averages are entitled to
participate in the general examination. As for external students, they must pass
a preliminary examination in the curricula of the fifth and sixth grades, and those who pass
or have makeup exams among them are entitled to participate in the ministerial examination with the regular students.
- To be continued -
Qais Ahmed
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
59/2/2
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Follow-up No. (2)
6- ⟦A second exam shall be held⟧ for those who have incomplete requirements at the end of the summer vacation, the date of which shall be determined
⟦by⟧ the Ministry.
B - Intermediate Stage (Preparatory)
1- The Ministry of Education shall conduct a general examination for students of the third
intermediate (preparatory) classes.
2- As for the examination of the exam booklets, it shall be in the center of each district according to instructions issued by
the Examinations Directorate, and the question setters must provide model answers whose marks are distributed
over the points of the answers, and the booklets shall be examined accordingly.
3- The exam subjects shall be as follows: -
Arabic Language - English Language - Social Studies (History, Geography,
Civics) Mathematics (Algebra and Geometry) Natural Sciences (Physics and Health)
The exam is conducted in the subjects of the third grade only for regular students who passed
and those with incomplete requirements in the annual effort. As for external students, they must pass an exam
at school in the curriculum of the three intermediate classes, and those who were successful or had incomplete requirements
among them are allowed to participate in the general exam. The success conditions applied to
sixth-grade students shall apply to them.
4- A second exam shall be held for those with incomplete requirements at the end of the vacation, the date of which shall be determined by the Ministry.
C - Secondary Stage -
The general examination for secondary studies remains as it was, and the minimum passing
grade is considered 50% in all subjects.
Qais Ahmed
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
Number /:
Date /: 2 / 2 / 1959
Administrations of Secondary, Intermediate, and Primary Schools, Official, Private,
and Foreign, for Boys and Girls.
Please provide us with the number of male and female students expected to participate in the general examination for the three
studies for the academic year 58 / 59, taking into account the following:
1 - Regarding preparatory study, separate the Scientific from the Literary,
Arabic Commercial from English, while separating males from females.
2 - Regarding primary study - separate males from females.
3 - Regarding intermediate study, separate males from females.
3 - Please state the school's phone number and its location so that we can take this into account when organizing the examination
centers.
4 - Please list the mentioned information accurately and send it to us as quickly as possible.
5 - Please officially confirm receipt of this letter of ours.
F 44 / 59 on 1 / 2 / 59
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Nassif
Acting Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy of it to / -
General Directorate of Technical Affairs - Examinations, your letter numbered 10804 and dated 2 / 2 / 59
Assistant Mr. - ⟦Nabil⟧ Nassif
Assistant Mr. Abdul Hamid Abdul Karim
Secondary Personnel
= Primary
Certificates with the attachment in three copies.
Number of Female Students | Number of Male Students |
8 Females | 18 Males | Preparatory Scientific
12 Females | 43 Males | Intermediate
21 Females | 14 Males | Primary
Mohsen / 25
⟦signature⟧
⟦Tahir Maqbool⟧ ?
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News
Decision of the Council of Education Regarding Examinations
How Ministerial Examinations are Conducted in the Three Stages
The Council of Education decided | the Ministry conducts the summer vacation exam, the date of which is determined by
in its last meeting that the | general for students of the three grades before the Ministry. A student is considered
general examinations shall be as follows: | intermediate and their booklets are graded | successful if they obtain the minimum passing grade
1 - Primary Stage: The | in the center of each district. It is conducted | which is fifty percent for each
Ministry of Education conducts a | examination in the subjects of the third grade | subject, and is considered a makeup student if they fail
general exam for this stage and the | only for regular students | in one or two subjects,
questions are unified, set by the | who passed or have makeup exams in | and is considered failing if they fail in more
Ministry, and grading is done in the | annual effort. External | than two subjects, in both the primary
district centers according to instructions issued by | students pass a | and intermediate stages.
the Examinations Directorate. Regular | school exam in the curriculum of the three | 3 - Secondary Stage - The
students are examined in this | intermediate grades. Those who pass | general exam remains as it was
stage in the subjects of the | or have makeup exams may participate in | and the passing grade is considered fifty
sixth grade only. Those | the general exam. Also, a | percent.
who passed or have makeup exams in the annual | makeup exam is conducted at the end of
averages among regular students are entitled
to participate in the general exam.
As for external students, they must
pass a preliminary exam
in the curricula of the fifth
and sixth grades.
Those who pass or have makeup exams
among them are entitled to participate in the
ministerial exam. A second exam
is conducted for makeup students at the end of the summer
vacation.
2 - Intermediate (Preparatory) -
x x x
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The Trend
The trend toward democracy is repeated
in Latin America as a natural trend
that inspires optimism in an era facing
in which the principle of democratic rule faces
an increasing challenge
Military dictatorships had reached
at one time a development
a fixed and stable form of life in this
political [context] in this continent, but in
the union only three of them remain now
which are Cuba and Nicaragua and
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was weak and collapsing.
Newsweek magazine says that
under the title America
is waking up, that the scope of
Latin America -
has been strengthened and expanded since
the year 1955, but
Beirut may start
around twenty
of the racial interpretations
Opinion
Passengers spoke about facilitating bus lines
Interest in the problem of blockage
Allocating grades for patching in the budget
Public salaries, general clarification, maternity leaves, setting grades
for employees and workers
Readers spoke about the lack of... continued on p. 7
from one of the residents of the area
in which a new bus line was established
similar to the bus line
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
Number: 542
Date: 1/28/1959
To -
Administrations of Primary Schools for Boys and Girls
Official, Private, and Foreign
Grades are distributed among the Arabic language subjects for primary
education as listed below.
Reading | 30 %
Grammar | 10 %
Composition and Expression | 30 %
Memorization | 10 %
Dictation and Calligraphy | 20 %
Jamil Nassif
p.p. Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations - Your letter 4763 on
1/24/1959
Primary Personnel
Certificates
Mr. Ahmed
Please inform the Arabic language teachers of the content of the letter
1- Mr. Al-Souri
2- Mr. Abdul Majeed Saeed
3- Mr. Yousef Malko
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2/1/1959
Qaisar / 28
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number /: 7242
Date /: 7 / 2 / 1959
Administrations of Secondary, Intermediate, and Private Schools only
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations 7334
on 5 / 2 / 1959, requesting the application of its contents with full accuracy starting from the current
academic year 1958 / 1959
On behalf of the Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to /
General Inspectorate of Education
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations
Directorate of <del>Secondary</del> / Private Education
Mr. Assistant / Assistant for Certificates
Certificates Observation Office in (5) copies
Copy of the letter
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In view of the loss of general registration records for students in the majority of private
schools, we have decided that private school administrations shall make two copies of this
record every academic year for all students. One copy is to be sent to the Directorate of Education in the
Province after the completion exam within a suitable period and deposited with the official in charge of documents and certificates,
and the second copy remains in the school. Therefore, please circulate this to all private schools affiliated
with you to act upon it in the current academic year 1958 / 1959.
⟦line⟧
General Director
Fursan / 8