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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number / 7265
Date / 2 / 2 / 1959
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign
Intermediate and Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs; please
review it and act accordingly.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to /
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Your letter 7114 on 4 / 2 / 1959
Certificates
Copy of the Letter
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Your letter 532 on 29 / 1 / 1959.
This Ministry does not certify documents translated by school administrations, considering
that this violates the instructions issued in this regard. The student's guardian must obtain a document
in Arabic from the school administration and have it certified by the Directorate of Education in Baghdad,
and then submit a request to the Directorate of Examinations at the Ministry's office for the purpose of translating and certifying it
duly. Therefore, please be informed; you will find enclosed the original documents sent with your letter
referred to above.
Director General
Professor Ahmed Al-Khafaji
Please note the entity to which documents
should be addressed at the Ministry of Education,
and the entity to which documents should also be addressed for translation, and inform the schools.
Fursan / 9
⟦illegible signature⟧
15 / 2 / 59
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
Number - ⟦54/2/8⟧
Date - 21 / 1 / 1959
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To -
Administrations of official, private, and foreign
intermediate and secondary schools for boys and girls
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs
No. 5171 dated 26 / 1 / 1959. Please act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Nassif
p.p. Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - your letter referred to above
Certificates
-/ Copy of the Letter /-
Your letter 1073 dated 19 / 1 / 1959.
If the student in the first preparatory grade (first intermediate)
obtains the grades proposed in the letter of Kirkuk Secondary School for Boys No. 58 on
- 17 / 1 / 1959.
First half average | Mid-year | Second half average | Final exam
1.4 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 5.38
All these grades are summed up; if the remaining fractions resulting from the
addition process are more than half, it is rounded up to one, and if less than half, it is ignored. Please
circulate this to all schools affiliated with you to act accordingly.
Signed. p.p. Director General
Professor ⟦illegible⟧
Please review ⟦...⟧
Qaisar / 29
⟦signature⟧
Girls
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
Number: -
Date: 22 / 1 / 959
To -
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools
For Boys and Girls
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations regarding
calculating the grade for the month of January of the first term for the fifth and sixth primary grades:
Jamil Nassif
p.p. Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations - for your letter 3246 on 17 / 1 / 959
Assistant Mr. Jamil Nassif
Primary Personnel
Certificates .
(( Copy of the Letter ))
The Primary Schools System No. 12 of 1950 specified the months included in the average of
the first half, which are October, November, and December. Since the mid-year exam for this year
was held in January 59, therefore, when calculating the average grades for the second half for the fifth
and sixth primary grades, a grade for the month of February shall be placed. Please circulate this to the schools affiliated with you.
Nouri 21
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Certificates
Number /: 4046
Date /: 1 / 1 / 1959
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign
Intermediate and Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls.
The grade for the First Administrative Class (First Intermediate) is considered 100% in each
subject during grading, and after that, the prescribed percentage is extracted according to the Cultural
Unity Charter sent to you in our letter 45153 on 27 / 12 / 1958.
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12 / 20
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad District
A copy to /
Assistant Mr. Jamil Nassif
Secondary Personnel
Primary Personnel
Certificates in three copies
Rox / 19
The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
2 8 9 8
19 / 1 / 1959
Number /: 2898
Date /: 19 / 1 / 1959
To all school administrations associated with this directorate
Further to our letter No. 46286 dated 12 / 18 / 1958, second paragraph thereof, the spring
break begins on the morning of Thursday, 1 / 22 / 1959, and classes resume on the morning of Saturday,
2 / 7 / 1959. Please act accordingly.
⟦illegible⟧
Jamil Nassif
On behalf of the Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to /-
Assistant Mr. Jamil Nassif
Secondary Personnel
Primary Personnel
Certificates in three copies
Mohsen / 19
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Certificates
Number /: 1711
Date /: 1 / 1 / 1959
Administrations of Public, Private, and Foreign
Primary Schools for Boys and Girls
The mid-year exam will be held on the scheduled date 1/15/1959. As for
schools that share premises with themselves or with others, the exam will be held
during their respective shifts during the exam week.
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Nassif
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to /
Administrative Assistant Mr. Jamil Nassif
Primary Personnel
Certificates
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel
Number /
Extremely Urgent Date / 1 / 1959
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11/1/59
⟦illegible⟧
To all primary school administrations
Subject / Regarding Examinations
Further to our letter No. 45153 dated 12/27/1958 and based on the letter of the Directorate
of General Technical Affairs No. 753 dated 1/4/959
The examination system in your schools remains as it was previously. Please act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Ali Al-Shouk
Acting Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to:
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations
Directorate of General Education - Primary
Inspectors of the Directorate
Assistant Mr. Jamil Nassif
Certificates and Statistics Observer
Primary Personnel
Private Education Observer
Secondary Personnel
Mr. Ahmed
Please be informed regarding letter No. 45153 dated 12/27/58
⟦illegible⟧
M. Hassan / 7
Mr. Ahmed
Please act accordingly
1/17
(( Republic of Iraq ))
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Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province | Number 210
Certificates | Date 7 / 1 / 1959
To /
Administrations of all schools associated with this Directorate
We attach below the examination instructions; please apply them literally and inform all those concerned with these
directives, as this Directorate will take the necessary steps to monitor their implementation.
Jamil Nassif
Acting Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy to /
Assistant Mr. Jamil Nassif
Inspectors (male and female) of this Directorate - please note this when visiting schools
Secondary Personnel
= Primary
Certificates
- Directives -
Subject / Examination Directives
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In view of the importance and responsibility of examinations, we request attention to the following points -
A - Examination Schedule
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1 It must be organized at least two weeks in advance
2 Lessons and their proctors must be specified in it
3 The grade is considered as one unit, so it is not permissible to set a lesson for each section of the grade
4 The start and end of the exam shall be determined to be at 8:30 AM for the mid-year exam
and at 8:00 AM for the final exam.
5 All difficult subjects must be distributed over all days of the examination period; it is not permissible for
all subjects to be in the first days while the last day is occupied by drawing and sports
nominally.
B - Absences
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Absences must be recorded daily throughout the examination days in a special notebook, signed next to
the name of the absentee by the proctors, then they must be recorded in the daily attendance register.
C - Examination Booklets
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1 They must be placed in a locked cabinet to prevent them from being handled by janitors and students
2 They must be stamped with the school seal.
3 They must be handed over to the proctors by count and received from them by count, and the same applies when handing them over
to the teacher for grading purposes, and this shall be recorded in a special notebook for this purpose.
D - Grades
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1 They must be recorded in blue ink, and avoid recording them in colored pencil, lead, or -
white-out.
2 The Director, the Assistant, and whoever the Director assigns among the teachers shall record the grades in
their specific registers, and no one else is allowed to interfere in grading matters
To be continued
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Continuation of examination recommendations
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such as students and janitors.
3 Recording the grades of the primary grades in register ⟦1⟧ and the teacher must submit
his signed grade lists to the class advisor, who in turn submits them to the administration
in unified signed lists.
4 It is not permissible to delay the announcement of results to parents after the first week of resuming studies
(mid-year exam) or after one week from the completion of the final exams.
5 Scraping, crossing out, or altering is absolutely not permitted, and if an oversight occurs in transferring grades,
it should be crossed out, written in red ink, and signed.
6 Grade registers for primary grades and monthly averages are specifically for turnover and delivery,
and the receiving director (successor) is considered responsible for any deficiencies unless he informs
the department of that.
7 Extracting the percentage of success for each class in the final exam.
E- Correction
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1 Correction must be based on the model answers.
2 Errors must be clearly marked.
3 Grading shall be based on the points required in the answer, taking into account the steps
of the solution and the result in mathematics.
4 The grade is placed inside the notebook in both numbers and words, then transferred to the cover in numbers and summed,
and the total is written on the cover in numbers and words, supported by the signature of the teacher who performed
the summation.
Aziz / 7 / 1 / 1959
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel
Number / 45262
Date / 28 / 12 / 1958
⟦10/1/1⟧
Extremely Urgent
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Administrations of all official, foreign, and private
secondary and intermediate schools
Subject / Distribution of Arabic language subject grades
Based on the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Examinations -
Numbered 59871 and dated 22 / 12 / 1958.
The grades for Arabic language subjects in the first preparatory (intermediate) classes
previously are distributed as follows:-
Subject | Grade
Grammar and Application | 20%
Composition | 20%
Reading | 30%
Texts | 10%
Calligraphy | 10%
Dictation | 10%
Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to:-
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Examinations.
General Inspectorate of Education.
Assistants of this Directorate.
Certificates and Statistics Section.
Secondary Personnel
Ms. Sarvin
Please inform the Arabic language teachers of this circular
⟦Haibat Ouda⟧
4 / 1 / 959
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⟦illegible⟧
Professor ⟦illegible⟧
Has a statement been issued regarding failure and success
in the first intermediate grade?
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel
Number /: 45152
Date /: 27 / 12 / 1958
((Extremely Urgent))
To -
Administrations of primary, secondary, and intermediate study schools associated with this directorate
Subject / School hours and examination instructions
Further to our circulars numbered 35991 and 42868 dated 20 / 11 and 18 / 12 / 1958
and to clarify some paragraphs mentioned in the instructions recorded therein and based on what was stated in the letters of the Directorate
of General Technical Affairs / Curricula, Books and Illustration Aids / and / Examinations / numbered 59055,
59657 and 59947 dated 20, 22 and 23 / 12 / 1958 respectively.
Please follow the following instructions with full precision.
First - Regarding primary schools only
1 - The number of weekly hours for regular primary schools ((non-double shift)) during
both shifts (winter and summer) shall be thirty (30) periods per week according to the lesson distribution schedule number
(1) attached herewith.
2 - The number of weekly periods for double-shift primary schools with themselves or others during the winter
shift shall be twenty-seven (27) periods according to schedule number (2) attached herewith.
3 - When the double-shift school attends (5) lessons in the morning, the school paired with it
or the second part of the double-shift school itself attends (4) lessons in the afternoon only.
4 - The school hours in all primary schools, whether double-shift or non-double-shift, shall be as follows:
A - Lesson duration is (40) minutes.
B - Break duration is (5) minutes except for the long break which shall be (15) minutes during the winter shift for schools
both double-shift and non-double-shift alike. The long break shall be after the third lesson when
the number of lessons is five, and after the second lesson when the number of lessons is four.
C - Morning inspection duration is (10) minutes for the morning shift and (5) minutes for the afternoon shift
in both double-shift and non-double-shift schools alike.
D - The period between the end of the shift in the first double-shift school with itself or others and the start
of the shift in the second school shall be (25) minutes during the winter shift.
E - Winter shift refers to the period from the opening of schools until March 31st, and summer shift refers to
school attendance starting from the morning of April (1st) until the end of the academic year.
F - Morning attendance during the winter shift in double-shift and non-double-shift schools begins with the morning
inspection starting from (8:20) AM.
Khalid / To be continued 2
Table No. ( 1 )
Lesson distribution table for primary schools following the full-time system (winter and summer)
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Subject | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth
Religion and Quran | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3
Arabic | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6
English | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6
Arithmetic | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5
Objects | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
Social Studies | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4
Assignments | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1
Drawing and Crafts | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
Sports and Anthem | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1
Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30
Table No. ( 2 )
Weekly lesson distribution table for primary schools — double shift — (( for winter session only ))
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Subject | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth
Religion and Quran | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2
Arabic | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5
English | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6
Arithmetic | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5
Social Studies | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4
Objects | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
Assignments | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1
Drawing and Crafts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1
Sports and Anthem | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
Total | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27
Khaled / 25
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5 - Based on the decision of the Council of Education No. (40) taken at its session held on
12/24/1958. We confirm our circular No. 37342 dated 11/26/1958 regarding the continuation
of double-shift schools for three days in the morning and three days in the evening, then vice versa. In the case of a
double-shift school operating with another school or by itself for (5) hours in the morning, the attendance of the
second part that attends in the evening shall be (4) hours only, and so on.
6 - All previous instructions related to attendance times in all primary schools are hereby canceled.
Second - Regarding preparatory (intermediate) and secondary (preparatory) schools only
1 - The duration of the lesson shall be (40) minutes and the duration of the break (5) minutes, except for the long break, which shall be (10)
minutes in all secondary and intermediate schools, whether they are double-shift or non-double-shift.
2 - The number of weekly periods in double-shift and non-double-shift schools is (33) hours, and it is absolutely not permitted
to complete them as (30) hours in double-shift schools with themselves or with others, as has been observed.
3 - When double-shift schools attend in the morning for (6) hours, the evening attendance shall be (5) hours, and vice versa.
4 - The previous system regarding examinations applies to all grades in secondary and intermediate education, except for
the first intermediate grade, for which the article contained in the Cultural Agreement applies, and the grades are distributed as follows:
A - The first semester average is calculated, which is the sum of the total averages for the first half, and its grade is
at a rate of 8 percent.
B - The mid-year exam, and its grade is at a rate of 14 percent.
C - The second semester average is calculated, which is the sum of the total averages for the second half, and its grade is
at a rate of 8 percent.
D - The end-of-year exam, its grade is at a rate of 70 percent.
5 - Based on the letter from the Secretariat of the Council of Education, Secret No. 20/2/3341 dated
12/4/1958, and in implementation of Article Four of the Charter of Arab Cultural Unity.
It was decided to make the study six years in the general preparatory stage, three years of which are for the
preparatory stage (formerly intermediate) and the other three years for the secondary stage (formerly preparatory), starting
from the first preparatory (intermediate) grade from this year, and continuing until secondary education becomes
six full years gradually.
6 - Based on the decision of the Council of Education No. (40) taken at its session held on
12/24/1958. Double-shift schools remain as they are in terms of alternating attendance (three days
in the morning and others in the evening), with the exception of special cases where the nature of the schools requires that
the attendance of the first part be continuous in the morning and the second part continuous in the evening. In such a case, it is necessary
to obtain our approval for that.
To be followed 3
Khalid /
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Third - General paragraph regarding all schools: primary, intermediate, and secondary
Another circular will reach you soon regarding the detailed explanation of passing grades
for various stages of study.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
A copy to: - General Inspectorate of Education
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations /
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Curricula, Books, and Illustration Aids /
General Directorate of Education / Secondary /
General Directorate of Education / Primary /
Secretariat of the Council of Education
Presidency of the General District Council / Baghdad District Governorate /
All inspectors (male and female) of the Directorate
All assistants of this Directorate
Statistics and Certificates Office / four copies /
Secondary Personnel Office / two copies /
Primary Personnel Office / four copies /
Khaled / 25
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 11281
Date / 21 / 4 / 1956
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Subject - Delaying the final exam
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Reference to your letter No. F/6/89 dated 10 / 4 / 1956.
The Directorate of General Education "Directorate of Examinations" has approved that the final exams for the
non-final classes in your school begin on 6 / 6 / 1956 and end on 20 / 6 / 1956 - please take the necessary action.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:-
Directorate of General Education "Directorate of Examinations" reference to its letter No. 16620 dated
16 / 4 / 1956.
Directorate of General Education "Secondary Education / Private"
General Education Inspectorate.
Private Education Personnel.
Nasser / 19
575
Three the Mo⟦...⟧
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Number /
1 / 5 / 31 Date /
In the name of the Creator, Almighty, and in His name, the Most Holy
And with His help, and by His might and power, we have sought help
Da
Night of 12 Rajab II, year 1415
Tuesday night, 17 Nisan - 5755
10 / 3 / 95 Day Sh at exactly 5 / 28 / 7 o'clock, 41 minutes and 11 seconds
Hour of prayer for washing the hands three times, three times as in the explanation of "We have sought help" at the beginning of the Presentation Prayer
"And building for him, success is hoped for..." 1 / 3 / 86 / 5 in the order of Day Sh 1 / 3 / 86 / 3, which is Saturday without restriction or conditions, he succeeds
In the name of the Creator, Almighty, and in His name, the Most High
In the name of the Creator
Sh at exactly 6 / 32 / 5 time of the Barooka prayer and Ha in the Sha "three times as in the explanation of "We have sought help" at the beginning of the Presentation Prayer
1 / 5 / 31 / 2
"And building for him, success is hoped for..." Night of 12 Rajab II and in His name, the Most High "We have sought help" at the beginning of the Presentation Prayer and for him
* We have sought help at the beginning of the Presentation Prayer and for him
* Night of 12 and in His name, the Most Holy
1 / 5 / 31 / 2
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Records
Number / 42109
Date / 20 / 9 / 1959
Administrations of Preparatory, Secondary, Intermediate, and Primary Schools
For Boys and Girls
We attach herewith a list of the names of the English language books prescribed for the academic year 59 - 960
Please be informed.
⟦signature⟧
Ghanim Hamdoun
p.p. Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to :-
Directorate of General Administration - Supplies - your letter No. 70440 on 6 / 9 / 59 - for your kind information.
Records - for follow-up - with the original letter.
K / 16
⟦signature⟧
M. Lucil
English books prescribed for primary and secondary schools for the academic year 1959/1960
ENGLISH BOOKLIST FOR PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE
AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
1959—1960
Primary:
Fifth Year Fifth Primary
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book One.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book One (for teachers).
3. Reading Cards for use in oral lessons. (for Teachers).
Sixth Year Sixth Primary
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Two.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Two (for Teachers).
Two
Two
Two
Intermediate.
First Year First Intermediate
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Three.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Three (for Teachers).
3. Tom and Carl.
Second Year Second Intermediate
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Four.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Four (for Teachers).
3. In Search of Aladdin's Lamp (Iraq Edition).
Third Year Third Intermediate
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Five.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Five (for Teachers).
3. Emil and the Detectives.
4. English-Reader's Dictionary.
Secondary:
Fourth Year Fourth Preparatory
1. Grammar and Idiom (Iraq Edition).
2. The Stories of Shakespeare's Plays 1.
3. A Tale of Two Cities.
4. English-Reader's Dictionary.
Fifth Year Fifth Preparatory
1. Grammar and Idiom (Iraq Edition).
2. Bright and Nicholson: Precis Practice for Overseas
Students. (Pages 1—46, and selected passages from
pages 47—77).
3. The Stories of Shakespeare's Plays, Volume 2.
4. English-Reader's Dictionary.
5. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, (L. G.).
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Secondary Warehouse
Number: 42197
Date: 24 / 9 / 1959
To - Administration of Mahmoudiya Secondary School for Boys
Subject / Prescribed Textbooks
Reference to your letter No. 298 on 14 / 9 / 1959
We requested in our letter No. 41928 on 19 / 9 / 1959 from the Directorate of Technical Affairs at the Ministry of Education
to provide us with a ⟦...⟧ list of the names of the prescribed textbooks for the current academic year 1959 - 1960
and upon receiving it, we will supply you with what you requested.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy of it to -
All Directorates of Secondary and Intermediate Schools / for information
Secondary Warehouse Supervisor
Aziz / 24th of it
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Secondary Warehouse
Number / 42197
Date / ⟦21⟧ / 10 / 59
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Al-Mahmoudiya Secondary School for Boys
Subject / Prescribed Textbooks
Reference to your letter No. 308 dated 14 / 10 / 59
We requested in our letter No. 41338 on 15 / 10 / 59 from the Directorate of ⟦Secondary Education⟧
at the Ministry of Education to provide us with a list of the names of the prescribed textbooks for the current academic year
59 / 960 and upon receiving it, we will inform you of what you requested
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to :-
All Directorates of Secondary and Intermediate Schools - for information
Secondary Warehouse Supervisor
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Primary Accounts
Number / 18229
Date / 22 / 3 / 1959
Administrations of all primary schools for boys and girls and
kindergartens
Subject / English Reading for the Fifth Grade
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Curricula and Books
13869 on 10 / 3 / 1959, requesting review and action according to its contents.
Ghanem Hamdoun
For / Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to /
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Curricula and Books / Your aforementioned letter / For your information
Observation of the Books and Stationery Warehouse / Northern
" " " / Southern
Primary Accounting / Mr. Saeed Mohammed Jawad
Copy of the Letter
Reference to your letter 10678 on 24 / 2 / 1959
Regarding the teaching of the previous edition and the revised edition of the prescribed English Reading book
for the fifth primary grade, please work on distributing one edition of the book
to a specific school, and if that is not possible, the teaching should rely on the new
revised edition of it.
General Director
Professor Ahmed
Please review ⟦to ensure the arrival of the subject⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
Fursan / 31
5 / 4 / 59
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel Department
Number / ⟦21042⟧
Date / 3 / 1959
To all school administrations
affiliated with this Directorate.
Subject - English Language Books.
Below is a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Technical Affairs (Curricula, Books, and
Illustrations) No. 13870 dated 10 / 3 / 1959, please review it
and notify the English language teachers (male and female) and provide us
with their responses as quickly as possible.
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Nassif
For the Director of Education for Baghdad District
A copy to:-
General Directorate of Technical Affairs - your letter above.
Primary Personnel Department - to consolidate the responses of your schools and send them to the General Directorate
according to the procedures.
Secondary Personnel Department - to consolidate the responses of your schools.
Copy of the Letter
To all Directorates of Education
Subject - English Language Books
We request that you ask the English language teachers in primary,
intermediate, and secondary schools in your district to provide us with their suggestions for
deletions, modifications, and refinements to the English books currently in use,
noting what should be done to the aforementioned books if the number of weekly
English language periods for the fifth and sixth primary grades is set to (4) four periods
per week instead of six.
For the Director General
Dr. Taha Al-Haj Elias
A copy to:-
General Inspectorate
Directorate of Secondary Education
" " Primary Education
" Curricula, Books, and Illustrations
Schools affiliated with the Ministry's Office
Rox / 22
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2/2/59
The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District:
Primary Personnel:
Number /: 509
Date /: 27 / 1 / 1959
To /
Administrations of all ⟦mixed⟧ primary schools in this Directorate
The topics included in the English language book currently prescribed for the fifth
primary grade are to be taught in their entirety in the aforementioned grade. Please act accordingly.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to / -
General Inspectorate of Education - for information
General Directorate of Education / Primary
Directorate of Curricula, Books, and Teaching Aids - your letter No. 4250 on 21 / 1 / 1959
All male and female inspectors of this Directorate
Primary Personnel
Inspection
Aziz / 26th of it
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Warehouse / Secondary
Number /: ⟦262⟧
Date /: ⟦5/1/1959⟧
To all school administrations associated with this Directorate
We attach herewith a corrected copy of the list of English books prescribed for primary,
intermediate, and secondary schools for the year 958 / 959, and we request you to rely on it when requesting
English books for your schools instead of the previous list sent to you with our letter numbered
37872 and dated 27/11/958.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad District
A copy to:-
Directorate of General Administration - Supplies - referring to its letter No. 60102
dated 23/12/958
Secondary Book Warehouse Observer
" " " Northern with a copy of the aforementioned list.
" " " Southern
Mr. Mahmoud Al-Shukriji
Please inform Mr. Iny and Mr. Munir Lil-Ahr, provided that a copy of the prescribed books is kept in the file
⟦illegible signature⟧
5/1/59
Mohsen / 31
1- Mr. Munir Lil-Ahr
Mr. Iny
To them
English books prescribed for primary and secondary schools for the academic year 1958/1959
ENGLISH BOOKLIST FOR PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE
AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
1958—1959
Primary:
Fifth Year | Fifth Primary
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book One (2nd Edition).
2. Teacher's Notes to Book One (2nd Edition for teachers).
3. Progressive Writing Books, One and Two.
4. Reading Cards for use in oral lessons. (for Teachers).
Sixth Year | Sixth Primary
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Two.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Two (for Teachers).
3. Progressive Writing Book Three.
Intermediate:
First Year | First Intermediate
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Three.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Three (for Teachers).
3. Tom and Carl.
4. Progressive Writing Book Four.
Second Year | Second Intermediate
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Four.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Four (for Teachers).
3. Stories from the Near East.
Third Year | Third Intermediate
1. Oxford English Course for Iraq, Book Five.
2. Teacher's Notes to Book Five (for Teachers).
3. Emil and the Detectives.
4. English-Reader's Dictionary.
Secondary :
Fourth Year | Fourth Preparatory
1. Grammar and Idiom (Iraq Edition).
2. Hill: Comprehension and Precis Pieces (Selected).
3. The Stories of Shakespeare's Plays 1.
4. English-Reader's Dictionary.
Fifth Year | Fifth Preparatory
1. Grammar and Idiom (Iraq Edition).
2. Bright and Nicholson: Precis Practice for Overseas
Students. (Pages 1—46, and selected passages from
pages 47—77).
3. A Tale of Two Cities.
4. The Stories of Shakespeare's Plays, Volume 2.
5. English-Reader's Dictionary.
Notes:
1 — The teaching of the book "Stories from Near East"
in the Second Intermediate class will be cancelled starting from the academic year 1959/1960 and the book
"In Search of Aladdin's Lamp" (Iraq Edition) will be prescribed instead.
2 — The student is given once each book prescribed for more than one class and it remains
with him until the final class.