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IJA 3709

School Materials, Correspondence with Iraqi Ministry of Education, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These documents include school materials such as exams, curricula, syllabi, and teacher's guides for an English course. The item also contains notifications put out by the Iraqi Ministry of Education concerning regulations for test administration, hiring approvals, requests for information concerning schools' students and graduates, and instructions for filing and transferring students' records.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3709
Item Number
6832
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Teachers, Ledger, Typed, Iraqi Government, English Literature, Primary School, School Material, Ministry of Education, Ink Stamp, Receipts, Letterhead, Frank Iny School, University of Cambridge, Standardized Test, English Language, Photograph, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Education, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 51-75

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Certificates
Number / 11128
Date / 7 / 5 / 1957
127
5/9
Administrations of all official, private, and foreign primary, secondary, and preparatory schools, day
and evening, for boys and girls, belonging to this Directorate.
Subject: - Lists of Names
In view of the approaching date of the general examinations for the primary and preparatory studies, please provide us
with the names of the successful and re-sit students among the male and female students of the final classes (Sixth Primary and Fifth
Preparatory) in your schools, while observing the following points with full accuracy.
1- Arrange the names according to the alphabet, and they must be complete and matching the students' civil status records.
2- Two copies of the ⟦lists of names⟧ shall be sent / /
3- The mentioned lists must not be delayed beyond the day 12 / 5 / 1957
4- No student's name will be added after the mentioned day, so please study and audit the lists
and send them in the final form that does not accept crossing out or addition.
5- In mixed schools, the names of female students are listed in one list and the names of male students in another list,
likewise for preparatory schools - the scientific branch separate from the literary branch - the Arabic commercial branch
separate from the English commercial branch.
6- Next to the name of each student, the word 'successful' or 're-sit' shall be listed along with the name of the subject in which they re-sit,
in the special field for remarks.
7- It is preferred to write the names in ink, provided the writing is clear, easy to read, and separated from each other
(between one line and another).
8- The lists of names shall be arranged according to the following model, provided the examination number field remains empty.
Note: Lists of preparatory study students are to be delivered directly to the Personnel Department against a signature by the <del>recipient</del>
receiver Mr. Abbas Naji.
Note: Lists of primary study students are to be delivered directly to the Statistics Department against a signature by the receiver
Mr. Abdul Ahad Nano.
Sequence | Examination Number | Student Name | Remarks
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to /
Preparatory School of Commerce (
Al-Najibiya Religious Secondary School (
Primary Teachers' Training Institute ( for the same purpose
Home Arts School in Karrada (
Al-Saadoun Model School (
= Al-Karkh Model School (

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True Copy
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center No. / 14864
Private and Foreign Education Date 17 / 6 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Subject / Summer Session
Reference to your two letters numbered 28 and 37 and dated 13 and 29 / 6 / 1957
The Directorate of General Education has approved your opening of a summer session for middle school students
In accordance with what was stated in your two letters referred to above, and we hope you act accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to /
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private / Reference to
Its letter numbered 24019 and dated 13 / 6 / 1957
General Education Inspectorate
Private Education Personnel Office

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True Copy
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 14946
Date / 18 / 6 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private School.
Reference to your two letters numbered F/121 and 135 dated 15 and 29 / 5 / 1957
The General Directorate of Education has approved your opening of a summer course for primary school students
In accordance with what was stated in your two letters referred to above, please observe the instructions for special courses
notified to you.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Primary Education (Private) reference to its letter
Numbered 23934 and dated 13 / 6 / 1957.
General Education Inspectorate
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate
Private Education Personnel Office.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad District
Center / Private and Foreign Education
Number / 11717
Date / 14 / 5 / 1957
Subject / Conditions for opening summer courses in private schools
To all administrations of private and foreign schools associated with this directorate
Confirming our previous instructions, we list below some of the conditions for opening summer courses in
private schools, and we hope you take note that any school proven to have violated the
mentioned conditions, including other conditions notified to you, will expose itself to penalties, as
these courses will be subject to inspection as before, and we will apply the provisions of the General Education Law
against violators.
1/ The necessity of obtaining approval to open the course.
2/ It is not permissible to start opening the course, announcing it, or receiving fees before notifying the school
administration of the necessary approval.
3/ The necessity of providing all necessary ventilation and cooling means in the building.
4/ The course staff must be from within the approved private school staff, and any excess requires the approval of
the Ministry of Education. Furthermore, it is absolutely not permissible to allow others to teach before the necessary
approval.
5/ The number of female and male students in any class must not exceed forty.
6/ Also, the fees must not exceed one dinar per month, and this must be announced in a
suitable place in the school to be visible to all.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad District
Center
A copy to /
Directorate of General Education / Private and Foreign Education /
Inspectorate = = / Inspection
Presidency of the General District Council / Baghdad District Governorate /
Each of the male and female inspectors of this directorate
Private Education Personnel
Mr. Ahmed
Request to open a summer course
For physical education teachers and other subjects
⟦illegible⟧
15 / 5 / 1957
Mahdi / M / 13

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124
22
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Examinations
Number / 10144
Date / 20 / 4 / 957
Instructions regarding the examination of external students in the final examinations for the
Intermediate study
1- Students who have passed the second intermediate grade and are not registered or attending a school
this year have the right to enter the final examinations for the third intermediate grades as
external students, provided they pay the prescribed fees (the fees determined by the system for intermediate study)
and they are assigned to official schools whose teaching staff will be relied upon.
2- Students who have passed the first intermediate grade and are not registered or attending a school
this year have the right to enter the final examinations for the second intermediate grades as external students
provided they pay the prescribed fees and they are assigned to official schools whose teaching staff will be relied upon
and upon passing, these individuals have the right <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> to apply for the final examinations for the third intermediate grades
in the future as external students.
3- Students who have completed primary education and are not registered or attending a school
this year have the right to enter the final examinations for the first intermediate grades as external students
provided they pay the prescribed fees and they are assigned to official schools whose teaching staff will be relied upon
and upon passing, these individuals have the right to apply for the final examinations for the second intermediate grades
in the future as external students.
4- No one other than those mentioned above has the right to enter the final examinations as an external student for any grade.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education / Examinations
General Directorate of Education / Secondary
" " " / Primary
General Inspectorate of Education
Chairmanship of the Higher Committee for the Management of General Examinations
Administrations of official and private intermediate schools for boys and girls
Assistant Mr. Ihsan
Personnel / Mr. Hassan Al-Saffar
Statistics and Certificates
Notice Board
Incoming / 20 / 4
Administration of the Preparatory School

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Administration
Ordinary
Number /: 9788
Date /: 11 / 4 / 1957
To the administrations of all secondary, intermediate,
and primary schools affiliated with this Directorate
Below are the dates for the final and general examinations notified to us by the letter of the Presidency of the Higher Committee
for the Administration of General Examinations No. 33 dated 10 / 4 / 1957.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to: -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary.
" " " / Primary
General Education Inspectorate
Presidency of the Higher Committee for the Administration of General Examinations - College of Engineering - General
Examinations -
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate -
Student Health Directorate
Directors (male and female) of examination centers for preparatory and primary studies.
Assistant Mr. Ihsan Muhammad Ali Al-Mukhtar.
Personnel Department
Mr. Hassan Al-Saffar, in charge of external students (male and female)
Certificates and Statistics Department
Records Section
Notice Board
Administration of the Preparatory School of Commerce
Administration of the Primary Teachers' Training School for Women
Al-Najibiya Secondary School
Administration of the Western Intermediate School
Administration of the Home Arts School in Karrada Al-Sharqiya
Copy of the letter
All Provincial Directorates of Education
1- Final examinations for non-terminating classes of primary schools begin on Saturday
corresponding to 1 / June / 1957 and continue for six days; however, it is permissible to conduct
oral examinations on the 29th and 30th of May / 1957 if necessary.
2- Final examinations for non-terminating classes of secondary schools, as well as for the
third intermediate classes, begin on Saturday corresponding to 8 / June / 1957 and continue for six days as
previously announced.
3- General examinations for primary and preparatory studies begin on Monday coinciding with
17 June / 1957 at eight o'clock in the morning according to the attached schedules.
4- As for the entrance examinations for secondary schools, they will be announced later.
5- Please acknowledge your receipt of this letter of ours.
Chairman of the Higher Committee
(Saadi Al-Dabbouni)
Rox / 10
⟦illegible⟧ / 4 / 12

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Presidency of the Higher Committee for the Management of General Examinations
– College of Engineering –
Schedule attached to the letter numbered (23) dated 10 / 4 / 1957
1 – General Examination Schedule for Preparatory Studies – First Session
Day and Date | Scientific | Literary | Commercial
Monday 17 June 57 | Arabic Language | Arabic Language | Arabic Language
Tuesday 18 thereof | English Language | English Language | English Language and English Commercial Methods
Wednesday 19 thereof | Solid Geometry | Islamic and Modern History | Commercial Arithmetic and Financial Mathematics
Thursday 20 thereof | Biology | Physical and Economic Geography | Geography
Saturday 22 thereof | Physics | General Mathematics | Economics
Sunday 23 thereof | Algebra and Trigonometry | General Science | Commercial Methods and Laws
Monday 24 thereof | Chemistry | Economics (Child Rearing for Girls) | Bookkeeping
2 – General Examination Schedule for Primary Studies – First Session
Monday | 17 June / 1957 | Arabic Language
Tuesday | 18 thereof | English Language
Wednesday | 19 thereof | Principles of Science and Health
Thursday | 20 thereof | Religion and Duties
Saturday | 22 thereof | Arithmetic and Measurements
Sunday | 23 thereof | Social Studies (History and Geography)
Rox / 10
⟦illegible⟧

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True Copy
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 8718
Date 2 / 4 / 1957
Subject / Final Examinations
To -
Management of Frank Iny Private School
Reference to your letter No. F/67 dated 18 / 3 / 1957.
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the General Directorate of Education - Examinations - No. 12462 dated 27 / 3 / 57
And we request that the necessary action be taken.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Private Education
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Examinations
General Inspectorate of Education
Personnel of Private and Foreign Education
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter No. 7823 dated 21 / 3 / 1957.
This Ministry has no objection to holding the end-of-year examination for classes that do not have a ministerial exam in
Frank Iny School on Thursday, 20 / 6 / 1957.
As for the classes that have a ministerial exam, the applicable instructions shall be followed.
Signed
On behalf of the Director General of Education

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(True Copy)
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province No. 4288
Certificates and Statistics Date 14 / 2 / 1957
Very Urgent
Administration of Frank Eini Intermediate School
Your letter No. 57 dated 30 / 1 / 1957.
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education - Examinations -
No. 6232 dated 10 / 2 / 1957 regarding the start date of the mid-year exam.
(Signature)
For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Ihsan Muhammad Ali Al-Mukhtar
A copy to:-
Directorate of General Education - Examinations -
Its letter referred to above - for your kind information.
Certificates Observation Office.
(Copy of the Letter)
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / The Center
Reference to your letter No. 3499 dated 5 / 2 / 57.
We approve setting the start date of the mid-year exam for <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> for Frank
Eini Intermediate School on Friday, 8 / 3 / 1957, and ending on Friday,
15 / 3 / 1957 - please inform the school administration accordingly.
Director General of Education
A copy to:-
General Education Inspectorate
Examinations Directorate - with attachment
Secondary Education Directorate.

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(True Copy)
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 3666
Date 7 / 2 / 1957
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Reference to your letter numbered F / 24 / 57 and dated 21 / 1 / 1957.
We transmit to you below the text of the General Directorate of Education letter numbered 5353 and dated
4 / 2 / 1957 regarding what was stated in your aforementioned letter, and please be informed.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy of it to:-
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Private Education Personnel
(((( Copy of the Letter ))))
Your letter numbered 2425 and dated 26 / 1 / 1957.
Based on the fact that the Shamash and Frank Iny schools have been co-educational for a long time, there is no objection to them remaining
in their current status.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province (True Copy) Number / 3499
Center / Certificates and Statistics Date 5 / 2 / 1957
Directorate of General Education / Examinations /
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the administration of Frank Iny Intermediate School No. 57 dated
30 / 1 / 1957. Please kindly take the necessary action.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province Center
A copy of it to /
Administration of Frank Iny School, its letter referred to above / for information
Certificates Observation
Copy of the Letter
Reference to your letter No. 2677 dated 27 / 1 / 1957
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday corresponding to 16, 17, and 18 / 1 / 1957 happen to be religious holidays
during which our school is closed, and the mid-year examination for intermediate and preparatory classes falls
during these days. In view of the keenness of this school's administration to economize on school holidays
on one hand, and given the preference for giving the holiday immediately after the mid-year examination
instead of giving it before the examination on the other hand, please approve ⟦starting⟧
the mid-year examination in our school on Friday, March 8, and finishing it on Friday, March 15,
noting that the examination week will also include a holiday on the 9th of Sha'ban.
Please accept our highest respect.
Signature / The Director

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad District / Center
Personnel Department
Number / 2560
Date / 22 / 9 / 956
2027
Administrations of Official Primary Schools for Boys and Girls
and Private Day and Evening Primary Schools
for Boys and Girls ⟦line⟧
Please provide us as quickly as possible and upon receipt of our letter ⟦line⟧
this with the name of the English language teacher in your schools and mention ⟦line⟧
the number of fifth and sixth grade sections present in your schools
and if there are no fifth or sixth grades in your schools, please
indicate that.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad District
Center
Copy to :-
General Inspectorate of Education / Reference to your letter No. 2858 on ⟦line⟧
20 / 9 / 956
General Education / Primary . - For your kind information ⟦line⟧
Kadhim / 28

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225
9 / 2
(( Secret ))
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Center / Certificates
Number / 618
Date / 1 / 10 / 1956
Administrations of official, private, and foreign preparatory and secondary schools for boys only
We emphasize our letter No. 845 dated 16 / 8 / 1956 and request that you provide us with four copies of the lists
containing the names of students who completed preparatory studies for all branches for the year 1956 / first
session, mentioning the full address next to each of their names. We also request sending four copies of the lists of names
of graduates from your schools for the second session as well, as soon as possible.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Copy to /
Directorate of General Education / Examinations / Reference to your secret letter No. 2133/24/14
dated 26 / 9 / 1956 / for your kind information
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Personnel and Statistics Observation
Mr. Abdul Qadir / for investigation
Preparatory School of Commerce
Religious Secondary School
Send the lists
The Fourth Core
Qaisar / Ahmed / 29

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Presidency
Examination Committee
Baghdad
⟦21 / 12 / 5⟧
Number / 461
Date / ⟦17⟧ / 9 / 1956
To /
Director of the Entrance Examination Testing Center at the College of Engineering
Please make the following corrections in the entrance examination lists for the second session.
⟦signature⟧
Chairman of the Committee
⟦Anwar Rashid Al-Hanoudi⟧
Examination Number | School | Incorrect Name | Correct Name
7502 | Frank Iny | Edmond Selim Radwan | Edmond Selim Shamshoum
6402 | Samarra Intermediate School | Sahib Abdul Hamid Al-Abbas | Sahib Hamid Al-Abbas
6409 | " | Younis Mohammed Al-Samir | Younis Mohsen Al-Samir
9052 | " | Rajab Abdul Wahab Al-Musalli | Rajab Abdul Wahab Al-Mu'alli
7331 | Presentation Sisters in Bab Al-Sharqi | Vera Arto Johnson | Vera Arthur Johnson
7332 | " | Salma Dawood Al-Dosha | Salma Dawood Dosha
7098 | Scientific Institute Secondary School | Mohammed Turki Younis | Mohammed Zaki Younis
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> |  |  |
9360 | Al-Hariri Secondary School | Nada Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim | Nada Abdul Aziz Al-Mutair
9110 | Houses of the Nation Association Secondary School in Kadhimiya | Abdul Amir Mohammed Hussein Nabil | Abdul Amir Mohammed Hussein Bleibel
7541 | Al-Nu'man Intermediate School for Boys | Hatem Karkis Dawat | Hatem Karkis Dwaf
A copy to -
Presidency of the High Committee for General Examinations    Administration of the Scientific Institute Secondary School
The Assistant                                        Administration of Al-Hariri Secondary School for Girls
Administration of Frank Iny                                Administration of the Houses of the Nation Association Secondary School
Samarra Intermediate School                                  in Kadhimiya
Presentation Sisters in Bab Al-Sharqi                 Al-Nu'man Intermediate School for Boys
Ahmed / 15

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Written Examination Schedule for the Third Grade (Second Session)
Intermediate 1955 - 1956
Day | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday
Date | 5/19/56 | 5/20/56 | 5/21/56 | 5/22/56
First | Physics | Geometry | Algebra | Arabic ⟦Religion⟧
Second | Arabic Language | English Language | History | Health
Third | Duties |  |  |
Note :-
The first lesson exam begins at eight o'clock in the morning
And the second lesson at nine-thirty
And the third lesson at exactly eleven o'clock
Please be informed of this ⟦...⟧ students of your school

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282
8/27
Presidency of the Examination Committee in Baghdad
Number:
Date: ⟦21⟧ / 8 / 1956
To the Administration of Al-Nahda Private Secondary School for Boys
With reference to your letter No. 315 dated 18 / 8 / 1956, the
necessary correction has been made.
⟦signature⟧
Chairman of the Examination Committee in Baghdad
A copy of it to: -
1- Central Secondary School for Girls - your letter No. 298 dated 21 / 8 / 956
Baghdad College - your letter No. 342 dated 16 / 8 / 1956
To the Eastern Secondary School for Boys - your letter No. 395 dated 16 / 8 / 1956
Al-Mansour Secondary School for Girls - your letter No. 401 dated 20 / 8 / 1956
Al-Adhamiya Secondary School for Girls - your letter No. 2033 dated 21 / 8 / 1956
Shamash Preparatory School - your letter No. 128 on 16 / 8 / 1956
Samarra Intermediate School - your letter No. 458 dated 16 / 8 / 1956
For your kind information
Correction of the name Hasina Mustafa
and Victoria Yusuf

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Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / ⟦illegible⟧ / 56
Date: <del>8/8/1956</del>
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 19222 dated 8/6/1956.
We have previously provided the Baghdad Examination Committee with our letter No. F / 165 / 56 dated 6/26/56
the information requested in your letter referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

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Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / 56
Date: 8 / 8 / 1956
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 19222 dated 8/6/1956.
We have previously provided the Baghdad Examination Committee, via our letter No. F/165 dated 6/26/56,
with the information requested in your above-mentioned letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F/56
Date:
Date: 6 / 8 / 1956
Presidency of the Baghdad Examination Committee
Greetings.
With reference to your letter numbered 309 and dated 31 / 7 / 1956.
We inform you that we have received your letter referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Second Session Examination Schedule

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F/ 56/ ⟦...⟧
Date: 6 / 8 / 1956
Presidency of the Baghdad Examination Committee
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 309 and dated 31 / 7 / 1956.
We inform you that we have received your letter referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Isaac⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

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Directorate of Education for Baghdad District:
The Center / Certificates:
Number /: 20794
Date /: 1 / 8 / 956
2 - 2
820
To the administrations of public, private, and foreign middle and high schools
for boys and girls affiliated with this directorate, all
Further to our letter No. 19630 dated 13 / 8 / 56, the makeup exams for non-final grades shall begin
on the morning of Saturday, 1 / 9 / 956, in accordance with Article 5 of Secondary School Regulation No.
954. Please be advised accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education for Baghdad District
The Center
Copy to /
Directorate General of Education / Examinations /
Assistant Mr. Abd al-Sattar al-Qarah Ghuli
Department of Certificates and Statistics
Mehdi / M / 28

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Center/ Certificates
Number /: ⟦illegible⟧
Date /: 20711 / 1956/8/21
Administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and preparatory schools for boys
and girls affiliated with this directorate, al⟦line⟧l
Following up on our letter No. 19630 dated 1956/8/13, the supplementary examinations for the
non-final classes will begin on the morning of Saturday, 56/9/1, in accordance with Article Five of the Secondary Schools
Regulation No. 51 of 1954. Please be informed accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Examinations
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Certificates and Statistics Department