Description
This is correspondence from the Iraqi Ministry of Education and Office of Education in Baghdad to all school administrations with regards to public health for students, the battle against illiteracy, school statistics, school inspectors, explaining amendments to the personal status law, the opening of a new school, personnel issues, administrative instructions, school daily and annual calendars, extracurricular activities, transfer of students, exams, curriculum standards, a national anthem contest, book lists, girl and boy scouts, lists of school administrative officials, and field trips. Also included is a list of recent name changes of streets and public square names throughout Baghdad.
AI en Translation, Pages 276-300
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Curricula
Number: 9610
Date: 18 / 3 / 1963
To / Administrations of all official primary schools for boys and girls and kindergartens
Subject / Permission for the entry of books
We record for you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs / No. MB / 15 on 28 / 2 / 1963
regarding permission for the entry of the books listed below into Iraq for review and information.
⟦signature⟧
Fadel Mustafa Al-Saie
On behalf of / Director of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Copy to /
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Curricula
General Directorate of Education / Primary
General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs
Primary Personnel Department
Inspection Division
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Based on what was stated in the statement of the Ministry of Guidance (Press Censorship Authority) No. 935 dated 21 / 2 / 1963
which includes allowing the following books to enter Iraq, all post and telegraph offices in Iraq must not
interfere with them and distribute them according to the observed procedures.
Book Name | Author Name
1 - National Deviation in Iraq | Adnan Al-Rawi
2 - The Launch of Iraq and the Four Near White Ones | Hussein Nouri
3 - Secrets of the Iraqi Revolution: Memoirs of Rashid Ali Al-Kilani |
4 - Unified Nationalism and Socialism -- 22 - Banners of Freedom: Gamal Abdel Nasser | Taha Muhammad Al-Baqi
5 - The Economic Aspect in the Unity of | Michel Aflaq
Egypt and Syria |
6 - Arab Nationalism: Revolution and Construction | Ahmed Said 23 - The New Giant: Dr. Ibrahim Jumaa
7 - President Gamal Abdel Nasser on a visit to | --
the Soviet Union | 24 - Enemies of Arab Nationalism: Jamil Abdel Shafi
8 - The Great Arab State | Mahmoud Kamil, Lawyer
9 - The Union of Arab States and the Republic of | Dr. Jamal al-Din al-Ramadi
New Iraq |
10 - The Arab World | Najla Izz al-Din
11 - The Arab Nation: Its Essence, Its Mission, | Zaki al-Arsuzi
and Its Problems |
12 - The Victory of the Arab Nation | Michel Aflaq
13 - The Sixth Message to Youth | The Martyr Imam Hassan al-Banna
14 - Modern Social Doctrines: | Muhammad Abdullah Annan
Their Political, Economic, and |
Constitutional Care |
15 - The Social System in Islam | Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
16 - Arabism in Its Language | Zaki al-Arsuzi
17 - Hurricanes in Chains (Poetry) | Sulaiman al-Issa
18 - Islam in the Eyes of Communism | Sheikh Ain Amin Hamdoun
19 - Where are the Communists in Iraq Heading? | Issam al-Jundi
20 - The Communist Conspiracy Against Islam | --
21 - Marxism is a Reactionary Movement | Fuad Tarzi
Abdullah / 11
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad / Rusafa District
Primary Personnel Department
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Number -: 9281
Date -: 17 / 3 / 1963
- Urgent -
To = -
All Primary School Administrations
Subject/ Lectures
Desiring to provide the opportunity for all male and female teachers and in line with the plan of the revolution aimed
at working for the happiness of all segments of the people. Therefore, please take care to allow space for
all teachers to benefit from the lectures. This is by not giving those who lecture
in evening schools lectures in morning schools except in necessary cases
hoping that you will implement this letter of ours.
⟦Signature⟧
Fadhil Mustafa Al-Saqi
Acting Director of Education for Baghdad / Rusafa District
Copy to = -
Primary Personnel Department
Primary Accountant
Fadhil 16 / 3
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Artistic Activity
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20/3/963
Number -: 9442
Date -: 17 / 3 / 1963
To -: All school administrations associated with this directorate
We record for you below a copy of the letter from the Ministry of Guidance (Directorate of Technical Cooperation No.
2346 on 6 / 3 / 1963 communicated to us by the letter of the General Directorate of Technical Affairs
No. 12310 on 13 / 3 / 1963 to act accordingly and inform us.
⟦signature⟧
Fadhil Mustafa Al-Saqi
On behalf of the Director of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Copy to -
General Directorate of Technical Affairs - Directorate of Fine Arts: Reference to your letter
mentioned above for your kind information
Artistic Activity
- Copy of the Ministry of Guidance letter -
This Ministry would like to inform you that the General Directorate of Radio and Television is ready
to encourage those with artistic talents by presenting their achievements in the branches of music, singing,
painting, acting, and others on the Baghdad television screen or on the Republic of Iraq radio.
Please circulate this to all institutions affiliated with you and urge them to contact
the aforementioned directorate to present their activities and inform us.
Signature
Minister of Guidance
Dr. Musari' al-Rawi
Fadhil 17 / 3
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad / Rusafa District
Artistic Activity
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Number -: 9442
Date -: 17 / 3 / 1963
To -: All school administrations affiliated with this directorate
We record for you below a copy of the letter from the Ministry of Guidance (Directorate of Technical Cooperation No.
2346 on 6 / 3 / 963, communicated to us by the letter of the Directorate of General Technical Affairs
No. 12310 on 13 / 3 / 1963, to act accordingly and inform us.
⟦signature⟧
Fadhil Mustafa Al-Saqi
p.p. Director of Education for the Baghdad / Rusafa District
Copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Directorate of Fine Arts, with reference to your letter
mentioned above - for your kind information
Artistic Activity
- Copy of the Ministry of Guidance letter -
This Ministry wishes to inform you that the General Directorate of Radio and Television is ready
to encourage those with artistic talents by presenting their achievements in the branches of music, singing,
painting, acting, and others on the Baghdad television screen or on the Republic of Iraq Radio.
Please circulate this to all institutions affiliated with you and urge them to contact
the aforementioned directorate to present their activities and inform us.
Signature
Minister of Guidance
Dr. Musari' al-Rawi
Fadhil 17 / 3
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Primary Personnel
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Number -: 8766
Date -: 12 / 2 / 1963
Statement
Subject / Changing the name of a school
Based on the approval of the Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Curricula in its letter
Numbered 11353 on 6 / 3 / 1963.
It was decided to change the name of Salah al-Din Evening School for Boys to the name of
Arab Unity Evening School for Boys.
Mohammed Ali Khalaf
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to :-
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Curricula
Directorate of General Education / Primary - Supplies
General Inspectorate of Education
Directorate of General Administration - Information
Baghdad Governorate Administration - Local Administration
Directorate of General Accounts
Baghdad Governorate Treasury Directorate
All Directorate Departments
Supplies Department
All Administrations of Official Primary Schools and Kindergartens
Fadel 12 / 2
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Brigade / Al-Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
Number / 205
Date / 3 / 1 / 963
12
For filing
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12 / 3 / 963
"Secret"
Administrations of secondary, intermediate, primary, and vocational schools
for boys and girls, both official and private, all
Subject / Rumors
We provide you below with a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. S / 14 / 1115
dated 11 / 3 / 963 for review and implementation of its contents.
Mohammed Ali Khalaf
Director of Education for Baghdad Brigade / Al-Rusafa
Copy to -
General Directorate of Education
General Administration Directorate
Education Inspectorate of Al-Rusafa
Secondary Education and Administration Personnel
-/ Copy of the Letter /-
We have been informed that some chaotic elements have begun spreading malicious rumors
to incite sedition and chaos among school students to cause brawls
and assaults. Please take the necessary measures to spread the spirit of brotherhood and cooperation among
students and teachers, and monitor suspicious elements seeking to disturb the student
atmosphere, and strike against the hands of saboteurs and rumor-mongers.
Signature
Minister of Education
Dr. Ahmed Abdul Sattar Al-Jawari
Al-Tamimi / 13
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad / Rusafa District
Artistic Activity
For preservation
⟦with it⟧
18/3/1963
Number -: 8570
Date -: 11 / 3 / 1963
To all school administrations
Subject/ School Corner Activities
The Directorate of Fine Arts is preparing three television programs per week for the School Corner, including
various types of artistic activities, including plastic arts, acting, music, and singing,
and entertainment games for children.
School administrations are requested to cooperate by providing ⟦encouragement⟧ to the teaching staff and the school
committee, and to cooperate with us in presenting the aforementioned good activities as a contribution to the benefit of our
students with what is useful and interesting, and presenting what is consistent with the spirit of the blessed revolution of the fourteenth of the blessed Ramadan.
Please note that the school administration will be responsible for all expenses of the activities presented
and will spend them from the artistic activity share.
⟦Signature⟧
Fadhil Mustafa Al-Baqi
On behalf of the Director of Education for the Baghdad / Rusafa District
A copy to -
Primary Education Inspectorate / Artistic Activity.
Directorate of Fine Arts - your letter numbered 10935 on 5 / 3 / 1963.
Curriculum Division in this Directorate
Artistic Activity with the priorities - in five copies.
⟦Signature⟧
Hani 11
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad / Rusafa District
Secondary Personnel Department
Number / 8455
Date / 11 / 3 / 963
Employee
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18/3/963
To - Administrations of official intermediate and secondary schools affiliated with this Directorate
For all boys and girls
Subject / English Language Course
We convey to you below the text of the announcement from the Directorate of General Cultural Relations / Cultural Exchange
No. 76210 dated 4 / 3 / 963, requesting that it be communicated to the English language teacher at your school.
Muhammad Ali Khalaf
Director of Education for Baghdad / Rusafa District
Copy to -
Directorate of General Cultural Relations / Cultural Exchange, with reference to your aforementioned letter for information
Secondary Education Personnel / Mr. Nouri.
(Text of the Announcement)
The Ministry of Education announces its approval for the participation of male and female English language teachers
in the English language course that will be organized in London by the British Council from
June 28 to August 2 / 63, similar to previous courses. Those wishing to participate in
this course should submit their applications to the Directorate of Cultural Exchange through the District Directorate of Education
- according to the conditions set out below, and the acceptance of applications ends at the end of April 63
1 - The candidate must have actual service of no less than (3) years in teaching the English language
2 - Has not previously participated in a similar previous course.
3 - Not a graduate of a college in an English-speaking country
4 - The candidate shall bear the travel expenses to and from
5 - The candidate pledges to observe the course regulations and commit to attendance
6 - The British Council shall bear the costs of accommodation, subsistence, study, and travel expenses within
Britain for study purposes
7 - The candidate must submit a report on the course after completing it.
8 - Candidates will be exempted from official tasks and duties assigned to them at the end of the school year
9 - Candidates must submit a document with their grades from the last higher institute they graduated from.
Yassin / 10
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Secondary Personnel Department
Number / 8449
Date / 11 / 3 / 963
To - Administrations of official intermediate and secondary schools affiliated with this
Directorate for boys and girls
Subject / Two study fellowships
We convey to you below the text of the announcement of the Directorate of General Cultural Relations / Cultural
Exchange No. 763 - 1 dated 4 / 3 / 963, requesting you to kindly notify the teachers of
your school.
Muhammad Ali Khalaf
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to -
Directorate of General Cultural Relations / Cultural Exchange, with reference to your above-mentioned letter
For information
Secondary Personnel / Mr. Nouri.
( Text of the Announcement )
The Ministry of Education announces the availability of two fellowships, the first in Archaeology and the other
in Ethnography, allocated by the Gulbenkian Foundation for graduates of Iraqi
colleges with a Licentiate degree or its equivalent to study in America and obtain a
Master's degree in each of the two mentioned subjects. Those wishing to benefit from these
two fellowships among the employees of this Ministry and its affiliated departments who meet the following
conditions should submit their applications to the Directorate of Cultural Exchange during the period ending at the end of
official working hours on 21 / 3 / 963.
1 - To be a graduate of an Iraqi college with a Licentiate degree in the specialization or its equivalent
and provide a transcript of grades proving that.
2 - To have actual service after obtaining the higher degree of no less than three
years.
3 - To provide a document from his department confirming its approval of his nomination.
4 - To pledge to serve in the Ministry of Education in the place determined for him
by the Ministry.
Yassin / 10
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Artistic Activity
Number: 8722
Date: 12 / 3 / 1963
To be filed
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18 / 2 / 963
To = -
All school administrations
Subject / Entry of a newsletter into schools
We have no objection to the entry of Al-Manar newsletter, issued by Al-Zwiya Second Primary School
for Boys, into your schools, provided that its distribution to students is optional.
Fadhil Mustafa Al-Saqi
p.p. Director of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Copy to = -
Directorate of Fine Arts / Your letter No. 8982 on 17 / 2 / 1963
Administration of Al-Zwiya Second School for Boys - Your letter No. 226 on 28 / 2 / 1963
Artistic Activity
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Artistic Activity
Number: 8723
Date: 12 / 3 / 1963
To = -
All school administrations
Subject / Request for a teacher to make models
We list below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Curricula, Books, and
Illustrations) No. 9893 on 23 / 2 / 1963 to be acted upon.
Fadhil Mustafa Al-Saqi
p.p. Director of Education for Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Copy to = -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs
Curricula, Books, and Illustrations, with reference to your letter above
Artistic Activity
- Copy of the letter -
The Illustration Center in Baghdad needs a teacher who is proficient in sculpting, coloring, casting models,
and making molds from gypsum and other materials, and who possesses specific scientific knowledge in health,
anatomy, and biology to work in the Models Department. Please circulate this to the primary schools
under your jurisdiction. Teachers who find themselves competent and wish to
transfer, after reviewing the conditions listed below, should submit their applications no later than
Thursday, 21 / 3 / 963, through their directorate to the Directorate of Curricula, Books,
and Illustrations at the Ministry of Education. We encourage the submission of samples of their work for
review and to select the appropriate person after conducting an exam at the center for those wishing
to transfer.
Conditions
1 - If the teacher's salary ranges between 18 - 25 Dinars, the promotion period shall be four years
instead of three, according to the Civil Service Council instructions.
2 - If the salary ranges between 28 - 34 Dinars, the previous condition does not apply to them.
⟦...⟧
Fadhil 7 / 3
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Administration
⟦For Schools⟧
⟦1963/3/12⟧
⟦927/3/12⟧
Number: 8945
Date: 12 / 3 / 1963
To / Administrations of all official primary, intermediate, secondary, and vocational schools
Subject / Suspension of Transfers
We transmit to you below a copy of the statement from the General Directorate of Education No. 11437 dated 7 / 3 / 1963
Hoping you will review it and notify all members of the teaching staff accordingly.
⟦Signature⟧
Fadhil Mustafa Al-Saqi
For/ Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Reference to your statement above for your kind information
Secondary Personnel and Administration
Primary Education Personnel
Staffing Division
Assistants of this Directorate.
(( Copy of the Statement ))
Desiring the stability and regularity of studies in all primary, intermediate, secondary, preparatory,
and vocational schools, and out of concern for the interest of our student sons, it has been decided to suspend transfers among teachers and instructors until the end
of the current school year, except for cases of deportation issued by the former Military Governor General.
Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to visit the Ministry's office or the Directorates of Education in the governorates regarding this matter. Those
requesting a transfer must submit their written requests to their competent authorities through official channels so that those authorities
may consolidate and coordinate the requests to enable measures that ensure the interest of all. Violators expose themselves
to disciplinary penalties.
Signature
Minister of Education
Dr. Ahmed Abdel Sattar Al-Jawari
Abdullah / 13
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Mr. Ahmed
I suggest that a letter be sent to the Directorate of Education along with
the amount that the teachers will donate, as a follow-up to our first
letter, and if the letter has not been sent yet, please delay it.
⟦signature⟧
2 / 3 / 963
The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Administration
Number / 7178
Date / 28 / 2 / 1963
To -
All school administrations
Subject / Fundraising
The blessed 14th of Ramadan revolution has risen as a revolution against injustice and falsehood, and in
this blessed revolution, the pure and holy souls of our rising revolutionary youth
and the national armed forces have ⟦ascended⟧, and one of the most important
sacred national duties is to provide a helping hand to the families of the martyrs who
crushed the strongholds of treachery and betrayal with their souls. Therefore, we call
upon you to contribute to this humanitarian project and collect donations
from the members of your schools (the teaching staff, students, and employees)
with whatever their national generosity provides, and send these amounts
along with the names of the donors to the Directorate's accountant in exchange for a receipt and notify us of that.
Muhammad Ali Khalaf
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
A copy to -
Headquarters of His Excellency the Military Governor General
Directorate of General Accounting
Directorate of General Education
Directorate of General Administration
General Inspectorate of Education
Secondary Education Personnel
All departments
Secondary Education Accountant ( )
Primary Education Accountant ( ) to take the necessary action regarding the subject, please.
Al-Tamimi / 24
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa
Secondary Accounts
Number 6925
Date 22 / 2 / 1963
Very Urgent
Respected Professor
Please direct a letter to the Ministry of Education
stating that the Northern Preparatory School ⟦and others⟧ can send
to His Excellency the Dean of Algeria Secretariat to ⟦..⟧ an amount of 80/600 Dinars
before the arrival of this Ministry of Education letter and my review
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of the draft by us
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To / All school administrations affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / Donations
Based on Ministerial Order No. 9488 dated 19 / 2 / 1963.
We request the collection of donations for the families of the martyrs of the blessed 14 Ramadan Revolution from your school staff, and we hope everyone
pays the donations and hands them over to the accountants of this Directorate and informs us.
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Khalil Fayyad Al-Jubouri
For / Director of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa
Copy to / ⟦1 / 2⟧
Directorate of General Administration / Accounts, with reference to the above ministerial order for your kind information
Mr. Tariq Al-Obaidi, Chief Observer in the Examinations Directorate and Chairman of the Committee as per the above ministerial order
For information
All Directorate departments regarding the employees of your department.
Secondary Accounts / Mr. Ali Khudair
Primary Accounts
Abdullah / 23
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11/4/963
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The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Curricula
Number 8122
Date 31 / 3 / 1963
To / Administrations of all schools affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / School Library Books
⟦line⟧
We transmit below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs (Libraries) No. 10271 on
28 / 3 / 1963.
For your information and to act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Fadhil Sidqi Al-Sami
On behalf of / Director of Education for Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Copy to /
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Libraries for your kind information
Curricula Division
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Mr. Fahd Al-Haj Khudair Abbas submitted a request to us regarding the purchase of copies of his book (The Wisdom of Fasting) for libraries
And since we believe in its benefit for students and teachers, we have no objection to purchasing copies of it for the school libraries affiliated
to you from the proceeds of school activity donations designated for school libraries, noting that the price per copy
is fifty fils.
Signature
Director General of Technical Affairs
Abdullah / 5
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Mr. Akram
Please provide me with the answer to this letter
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5/2/964
The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Secondary Personnel and Administration
Number: 7289
Date: / / 1963
Important and Urgent
To -
All Secondary and Intermediate School Administrations
Subject / Vacancies
1- Please provide us with a table including the subjects and the number of vacant hours in your schools
while indicating the number of hours filled by lectures, provided that the table reaches us within
three days of your receipt of this letter of ours.
2- Please send the lesson distribution schedule to us after sending the aforementioned table
in another letter for the purpose of reviewing and auditing it.
3- Please inform us if there are any absent male or female teachers who have not
been suspended from service yet, so that necessary measures can be taken against them while
stating the reason for the absence.
4- Please inform us when any of the suspended individuals resume work after their release from detention
while instructing them to contact the competent authorities to submit an official letter proving there is no
objection to their reinstatement to the position.
Mohammed Ali Khalaf
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
A copy of it to -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary
Directorate of General Administration / Personnel
Inspectorate of General Education
Secondary Education Personnel and Administration - in three copies
Fadhil 2 / 2