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Ordinary
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Personnel Department
Number /: 11781
Date /: 14 / 8 / 1957
Administrations of schools associated with this directorate for boys and girls of all
various levels.
We record for you below the text of the Ministry of Health statement No. 11973 dated 30 / 4 / 1957
communicated to us by the letter of the Directorate of General Education / Records No. 17945 dated
7 / 8 / 1957, for your information.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to /
Directorate of General Education / Records / Your letter referred to above
Assistant Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar
Personnel Department / To notify all officials and employees of this directorate of its content.
Text of the Statement
Based on the requirements of the public interest, we have decided to name the Maternity and Childhood Hospital
as (Children's Hospital in Sheikh Omar)
Minister of Health
Dr. Abdul Amir Al-Allawi
Fursan /
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad District / Center
⟦Personnel⟧
Number / 11475
Date / 14 / 5 / 1957
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Schools
All
Subject = " Opening a Library
The Presidency of the General District Council / Baghdad District Governorate informed us in its statement No. 5606
dated 7 / 5 / 1957 that a public library has been opened in (Adhamiya Subdistrict) by them to spread knowledge
* and culture, hoping for your review and benefit.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad District
Center
A copy to = "
Presidency of the General District Council / Baghdad District Governorate / Your statement above
For your kind review
Assistant Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar / Please be informed
All departments of this Directorate / For information
Qais / 9 of it
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Liwa / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Ordinary
Number / 3476
Date / 12 / 5 / 1957
To all administrations of official, private, and foreign schools associated with this Directorate
Subject: Painting Exhibition
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the British Council Institute in Baghdad
(Waziriyah) numbered D / 641 / 3 and dated 8 / 5 / 1957. Please inform
those concerned and take the necessary action.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Liwa
Center
A copy to /
Directorate General of Education
Presidency of the General Liwa Council / Baghdad Liwa Governorate
British Council Institute - Waziriyah
Assistant Director Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar
Department Personnel Office
Private and Foreign Education Personnel Office
Copy of the letter
The British Council Institute Club - Waziriyah will hold a painting exhibition by Iraqi
and British artists in the club hall from 15 / 5 until 24 / 5 / 1957. His Excellency
Mr. Khalil Kannah, Minister of Finance, will open the exhibition at six o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, 14 / 5 / 57.
The club invites all those who teach painting, as well as male and female teachers and students,
to visit this exhibition at the times mentioned below. It is preferred that students visit
the exhibition in groups accompanied by a male or female guide.
Viewing the exhibition accompanied by an artist
An artist will accompany groups of students in the morning, explaining the displayed paintings
if requested. Therefore, please contact the Institute at telephone 83155 for this purpose a day in advance.
Exhibition opening hours
Daily from nine in the morning until one in the afternoon, and from four in the afternoon until eight
in the evening, starting from Wednesday 15 / 5 / 1957 until Friday 24 / 5 / 1957.
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Ordinary
Number / ⟦3476⟧
Date / ⟦14 / 5 / 1957⟧
To all administrations of official, private, and foreign schools affiliated with this directorate
Subject: Art Exhibition
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the British Council Institute in Baghdad
(Waziriyah) numbered ⟦M D⟧ / 641 / 3 and dated 8 / 5 / 1957. Please inform
those concerned and take the necessary action.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to /
Directorate General of Education
Presidency of the General Provincial Council / Baghdad Provincial Governorate
British Council Institute - Waziriyah
Assistant Director Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar
Department Personnel Office
Private and Foreign Education Personnel Office
Copy of the Letter
The British Council Club - Waziriyah will hold an art exhibition featuring works by Iraqi
and British artists in the club hall from 15 / 5 until 24 / 5 / 1957. The exhibition will be opened by His Excellency
Mr. Khalil Kannah, Minister of Finance, at six o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, 14 / 5 / 57.
The club invites all those who teach drawing, as well as male and female teachers and students,
to visit this exhibition during the times mentioned below. It is preferred that students visit
the exhibition in groups accompanied by a male or female guide.
Viewing the exhibition accompanied by an artist
An artist will accompany groups of students in the morning, explaining the displayed paintings
if requested. Therefore, please contact the institute at telephone 83155 for this purpose before the day
of the exhibition opening.
Exhibition opening times
Daily from nine o'clock in the morning until one o'clock in the afternoon, and from four o'clock in the evening until eight o'clock
in the evening, starting from Wednesday 15 / 5 / 1957 until Friday 24 / 5 / 1957.
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad District / Center
Certificates
Number / 4 1147
Date / 14 / 5 / 1957
Administrations of Private and Foreign Primary, Intermediate, Secondary, and Preparatory Schools
for Boys and Girls
We transmit to you a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education / Examinations No. 16969 dated
27 / 4 / 1957 regarding the disapproval of advancing the examination dates for non-final classes for private
schools. Please act accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad District
Center
A copy to: -
Directorate of General Education / Examinations / For your kind
information
Assistant Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar
Certificates Observation
((( Copy of the Letter )))
Reference to your letter No. 10396 dated 23 / 4 / 1957.
Regrettably, we cannot approve advancing the examination dates for private schools, but they may
agree with you on organizing the postponement of these dates in a manner that does not conflict with the duties of official teachers
towards their examinations or the general examinations.
On behalf of the Director of General Education
Qais 9/ of it
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Liwa / Center
Certificates
Number / 4 / 1147
Date / 12 / 5 / 1957
Administrations of Private and Foreign Primary, Intermediate, Secondary, and Preparatory Schools
for Boys and Girls
We transmit to you a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education / Examinations No. 16969 dated
27 / 4 / 1957 regarding the disapproval of moving up the examination dates for non-final classes for private
schools. Please act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarqouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Liwa
Center
A copy to:
Directorate of General Education / Examinations / For your kind
information
Assistant Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar
Certificates Observation
((( Copy of the Letter )))
Reference to your letter No. 10396 dated 23 / 4 / 1957.
We regret that we cannot approve moving up the examination dates for private schools, but we can
agree with you on organizing the postponement of these dates in a way that does not conflict with the duties of official teachers
towards their exams or the general examinations.
For the Director of General Education
Q.S. / 9 of it
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Records
Number / 10998
Date 6 / 5 / 1957
122 / 5 / 7
Ordinary
To the Principals of Secondary Schools
and Intermediate Schools, Official, Private, and Foreign
Subject - Regarding a book.
Reference to the letter of the Directorate of General Education - Curricula and Books - Number
1247/3/10 dated 25 / 4 / 1957.
The entry of the book "Solutions to Geometric Results" for the three intermediate grades
into your school is prohibited, and it is not to be circulated by students as such books create a spirit
of dependency among them and deprive them of the benefits of research, scrutiny ⟦and deduction⟧.
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Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:
Secondary Education Accountant - for information.
Records Clerk - for information.
Rox / H
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Records
Number / 10998
Date / 6 / 5 / 1957
22 / 5 / 7
Ordinary
To the Principals of Secondary Schools
and Intermediate Schools, Official, Private, and Foreign
Subject - Regarding a book
Reference to the letter of the Directorate of General Education - Curricula and Books - Number
10 / 3 / 1247 dated 25 / 4 / 1957.
The entry of the book "Solutions to Geometric Results" for the three intermediate grades
into your school is prohibited, and it is not to be circulated by students as such books create a spirit of
dependency among them and deprive them of the benefits of research, scrutiny ⟦and deduction⟧.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:-
Secondary Education Accountant - for information.
Records Clerk - for information.
Rox / H
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Records
Number / 10997
Date / 5 / 7 / 1957
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Ordinary
Subject - Regarding library books
To -
Administrations of all public, private,
and foreign schools.
Reference to the letter of the General Directorate of Education - Cultural Relations -
Numbered 16138 and dated 18 / 4 / 1957.
There is no objection to students acquiring the books listed below, provided that this is
optional and of their own free will.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
| Fils
History of Iraq between two occupations | 500 per volume
Tribes of Iraq | 500 " "
Journey of the Baghdadi Founder | 200
Collection of Abdul Ghaffar Al-Akhras | 250
A copy to -
Inspectors (male and female) of the Directorate - For your information.
Secondary Education Accountant - For information
" " Primary - "
Records Clerk - "
Rox / 5
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number /
Date /
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Administrations of all private and foreign schools and private institutes
for special studies associated with this directorate.
Subject / Warning to a private institute
We convey to you below the text of the final warning No. 17120 dated 28 / 4 / 957
issued by the General Directorate of Education and addressed to the administration of the Iraqi Private Institute
for Special Studies based on its violation, hoping that this will be a lesson to violators.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to: -
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education - Private.
General Education Inspectorate.
Statistics and Certificates Observation.
Personnel of Private and Foreign Education.
⟦line⟧
The Iraqi Private Institute
Based on the proof of your commission of the violations below, which showed your lack of interest in the laws,
regulations, and instructions issued by this Ministry, we have decided to give you a final warning to avoid
these deficiencies in the future. Upon proof of your commission of any violation, we will reconsider your appointment
to manage this institute and the institute's license, in order to preserve the interest of the students and in care
of the public interest.
1 - Your failure to obtain the necessary approval to open the preparatory physics course.
2 - Your failure to obtain the necessary approval for your management of the institute for the current year 956
- 957.
3 - Allowing Mr. George Kabak to give lectures in your institute without obtaining approval.
4 - Your failure to obtain the necessary approval for the continuation of English language courses
for the current academic year.
5 - Failure to record the name of Mr. Behnam Awad, the teacher on the primary staff, in the staff form,
whom we allowed to perform clerical and accounting work only, provided that he does not perform assistant duties
as his certificate does not allow that, which indicates your circumvention in how to obtain approval for him for the purpose
of employing him in assistant duties.
General Director of Education
Copy to: -
General Education Inspectorate / Reference to the above Directorate's letter No. 9539 dated
13 / 4 / 1957.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center - Reference to your letters No. 9538 and 9539 on
13 / 4 / 1957. Please circulate the warning to all private and foreign schools associated
with your directorate.
Personnel of Private and Foreign Education / For follow-up.
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Records
Number / 1286
Date / 1 / 4 / 957
Subject / Booklet Schedule
22 / 4 / 57
To /
Administrations of all official, private, and foreign primary schools
The Directorate of ⟦Libraries⟧ informed us in No. 1678 dated 15 / 4 / 957 that there is no objection to the entry of
the booklet (Fifty Questions and Their Solutions) by Mr. Shammar Mudhafi to your school and its acquisition by students of their own free choice
and without compulsion or coercion in that, noting that the price per copy is (50) fils. Please refer to us for those who did not mention that.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Send a copy
To state that the booklet is to be used if they
have an occasion
A copy of it to /
The Assistant, Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar - Please be informed
Inspectors (male and female) of the Directorate - Please be informed
Personnel - For information
Primary Education Accounting / For information
Records Clerk - For information
M / Al-Awaji 1 / 2 / 4
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Number / 7712
Center / Administration
Date / 4 / 1957
To /
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Administrations of official and private primary schools for boys
and girls affiliated with this entire directorate
Those who received drawing boards, handicrafts, and illustration
aids to Al-Mansur Primary School are requested to return them from there and deliver them
to the receiving committee at Al-Amal Institute in Al-Masbah
1/ Receiving from Al-Mansur School will be on Monday, 29 / 4 / 1957
and Tuesday, 30 / 4 / 1957
2/ Delivery to the committee at Al-Amal Institute will be Sunday and Monday, 5 and 6 / 5 / 57
from eight o'clock until twelve o'clock in the morning.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy of it to /
Inspectors of this directorate
Mr. Sadiq Hassan, Director of Al-Mansur Primary School
Members of the committee
The inspector, Ms. Shahkan Hamoudi
Ms. Rose Kello, Director of Al-Amal Institute
Mr. Sadiq Hassan, Director of Al-Mansur Primary School
Mahdi / M / 28
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education Personnel
Number: 7705
Date: 4 / 1 / 957
Subject: Warning to a private school
To /
All administrations of private and foreign schools associated with this directorate
We convey to you below the text of the final warning numbered 16746 and dated 24 / 4 / 957 issued by
the General Directorate of Education to the administration of the Presentation Sisters Private Secondary School in Bab Al-Sharqi based on its violations, for
information and action accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education - Secondary Education - Private
General Education Inspectorate
General Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Baghdad Provincial Governorate
Statistics and Certificates Observation Office
Private and Foreign Education Personnel
M/ Al-Araji 28 / 4
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Warning ⟦line⟧
Based on what was stated in the school report submitted by the specialist inspector, Mrs. Maliha Al-Hakim, numbered
1 and dated 13 - 15 / 3 / 957 regarding your school, which includes proof of your commission of the following violations:-
1- Your failure to obtain the necessary approvals for the male and female lecturers at your school for the current academic year
despite most of it having ended.
2- Your exceeding the prescribed percentage for the number of lecture hours.
3- Allowing Mrs. Robinson to teach without obtaining the necessary approval.
4- Failure to notify the Provincial Directorate of Education of the departure of Miss Hajo Al-Kanaani, who was appointed at your school and was later appointed
in official schools, and the appointment of Suad Yusuf in her place for the purpose of considering the aforementioned as part of
the permanent staff.
5- Failure to keep a copy of your letters issued to the Directorate, which indicates a lack of organization in the correspondence register.
6- Failure to organize the registers and their lack of signatures ⟦line⟧.
7- Your failure to organize the library, and there is no list in it indicating the names and number of books.
8- The lack of clarity in your school's budget in its departments (Kindergarten, Primary, and Secondary), which indicates a failure to show its reality.
Based on the above violations of the laws, regulations, and instructions of this Ministry, we give you a final warning
of the necessity to remedy these deficiencies immediately. In the event that any violation is proven by you in the future, we will reconsider
the matter of your appointment to manage this school and the school's license, in order to preserve the interests of the male and female students
and in consideration of the public interest.
Signature / Dr. Muhammad Hamid Al-Ta'i
Director General of Education
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Center / Administration
Number / 10285
Date / 4 / 4 / 1957
Very Urgent
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22 / 4 / 157
To /
Administrations of Private Primary Schools
This Directorate will hold a general exhibition for drawing, handicrafts,
and teaching aids, and it is pleased to have your schools participate in displaying the products
of your male and female students and teachers in this grand exhibition at the Al-Amal Institute
in Al-Masbah.
Please submit the best of what you select, no matter how few the pieces are,
and send them immediately to Al-Mansour Primary School for Boys, opposite the
Iraqi Broadcasting House.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to /
All male and female inspectors of this Directorate
Directorate of Al-Mansour Primary School for Boys
Mr. Muhammad
For information, Mr. Tawfiq Al-Ansi
22/4/957
Mahdi / M / 22
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⟦22/4⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Center / Administration
Number / 10194
Date / 21 / 4 / 957
(Very Urgent)
Administrations of all private primary schools belonging to this directorate
This directorate is pleased to involve its private schools with the official schools
in presenting the activities that will be shown in King Faisal II Hall, and therefore we hope for immediate initiative
by informing us of the type of activity you will present.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to /
All female inspectors of this directorate
Mahdi / M / 21
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Examinations
Number / 1049
Date / 4 / 7 / 957
Very Urgent
Instructions regarding the examination of external students in the final exams for intermediate studies
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Clarification of the first paragraph of our instructions No. 14210 dated 20 / 6 / 957.
Students who passed the second intermediate grade (and failed the third grade)
who are not registered or attending any school this year are entitled to enter the final exams
for the third intermediate grade as external students.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to /
Directorate of General Education - Examinations / its letter No. 16642 dated 23 / 6 / 957.
Directorate of General Education - Secondary
Directorate of General Education - Primary
General Education Inspectorate
Presidency of the Higher Committee for the Management of General Examinations
Administrations of official and private intermediate schools for boys and girls
Assistant Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar
Personnel - Mr. Hassan Al-Saffar - Acting Officer for External Students (Male and Female)
Statistics and Certificates
Reformatory School Administration
Notice Board
M / Al-Araji 24 / 4
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center Number / 10185
Private and Foreign Education Personnel Date 20 / 4 / 1957
Subject - Personal and School Report.
To /
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
A - We are sending you herewith a copy of the remarks of the inspector, Ms. Fakhriya Ismail, regarding the principal of your school
Mr. Abdullah Oweidia; please inform him of them, with our great thanks to him for his efforts in
the progress of the school and raising its standard.
B - We list for you below a summary of what was stated in the school report submitted regarding the
primary section of your school by the same aforementioned inspector; please review it and take the necessary action.
1 - The school facilities are good, healthy, and well-maintained.
2 - The school laboratory is complete and the extent of benefit from it is good.
3 - The school library is well-stocked.
4 - The records are complete and organized.
5 - The academic level of the students is very good in the basic subjects, and there is a slight weakness in
social studies.
6 - Attendance is excellent, discipline is good, and order prevails in the school.
7 - The cleanliness and general health of the students are very good.
8 - There is complete harmony among the members of the teaching staff.
(Signature)
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Copy to /
Directorate of General Education - Private Education - Primary
General Education Inspectorate
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate
Ms. Fakhriya Ismail Haqqi - Acting Inspector / with reference to her school
and personal reports numbered 3 and 4 and dated 5 / 3 / 1957.
Private Education Personnel.
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Full name of the principal: Mr. Abdullah Obeidia, Frank Iny School, Baghdad District
Inspector's notes and recommendations communicated to the principal:
You deserve thanks and admiration for raising the scientific and social level in the school.
Also, your good treatment and wise actions have had the greatest impact on the harmony existing between
the members of the teaching staff. I wish you continued success for the sake of the public interest.
Date of writing the report: 10 / 4 / 1957
Signature of the ⟦illegible⟧
Mrs. Fakhriya ⟦Stephen⟧