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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Administration
Number / 5110
Date / 18 / 2 / 1956
To all administrations of public and private schools affiliated
with this Directorate
We are sending you herewith a copy of the original circular of the Ministry of Education
- Special Office - No. 5922 dated 6 / 2 / 956 for your information
regarding its contents.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to: -
Ministry of Education - Special Office - Please kindly instruct to send
another quantity of this circular so that we can provide all
schools with copies of it, as our schools are no less than 250
schools.
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Inspectors (male and female) of Education of Baghdad Province - Center
Butros 2/10
Ministry of Education
Private Office
Number / 5922
Date 20 / 2 / 1956
Ministerial Circular
To - Leaders of Education and Teaching
We are still receiving various suggestions from all classes of the people, men and women,
regarding the appearance in which many female students and some female teachers appear, along with directives
with which we do not agree in most cases. However, we do agree with them on the necessity of female students and teachers being characterized by modesty
in their appearance and adhering to correct religious manners that are far from rigidity and stagnation, and closer
to progress coupled with balance and good behavior.
This is not a novelty, for civilized nations that know themselves proceed in their lives
according to this upright path. Furthermore, the necessity of this path does not apply only to female students and teachers, but
extends to male students and teachers as well.
Therefore, I ask the leaders of education and teaching, both female and male teachers, to keep this approach
before their eyes. For the rectification of morals is the basis for benefiting from knowledge.
⟦signature⟧
Minister of Education
Munir al-Qadi
Muna'im / 19
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center / Administration
Number /: 5162
Date /: 8 / 2 / 1956
To - Administrations of Secondary, Intermediate, and Primary Schools, Official, Private, and Foreign
For boys and girls belonging to this Directorate, all of them
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the General Inspectorate of Education No. 767 dated 12 / 2 / 1956
Hoping to notify all teaching and educational staffs to proceed accordingly with all precision
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
8 / 2 / 56
A copy of it to /
Directorate of General Education
Inspectorate = = / referring to its letter notified above
Presidency of the General Provincial Council / Governorate of Baghdad Province /
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghuli
Inspectors (male and female) of Education of Baghdad Province / The Center /
Copy of the Letter
⟦line⟧
It is understood from the reports of inspectors and specialists submitted to us that the majority of teachers do not keep notebooks
for (daily lesson preparation) and do not use them despite the warnings issued to them on various occasions
regarding the necessity of the existence of such a record, to which great importance is attached to ensure the proper course of study
and to be reassured that it is proceeding on its correct path.
The task of the (teacher) differs from the task of the (book) in that the teacher clarifies the points of the lesson
which are mentioned in the book in a sentence and it may be difficult to detail them, and he also highlights the elements of the lesson
by arranging them in sequence, linking them to the student's information, deducing them from him, and then recording them in a (blackboard) summary.
Clarification may require examples and simplified drawings that differ from what the books draw, and explanatory phrases free from
the embellishment that books adhere to. Therefore, for the last time, we emphasize the necessity for (teachers) and (instructors)
to record the lesson plan in the daily lesson preparation notebook according to the following main steps
without which scientific information cannot be delivered to the student's mind clearly and simply: -
First: Recording the prominent elements of the lesson according to the sequence that matches the student's information and readiness.
Second: Referring to the teaching aids he used.
Third: Marking the teaching aids he devised or when arranging them.
Fourth: Fixing the illustrative examples he extracted from the environment in which the student lives and which books cannot
encompass.
Fifth: Fixing the illustrative drawings he drew on the blackboard.
On this occasion, we draw the attention of the administrations of secondary, intermediate, and primary schools belonging to you
(official, private, and foreign) that they will be responsible before the specialist inspectors and provincial education inspectors
for this subject, in addition to the responsibility of the teacher and instructor, while noting the following: -
1- The (lesson preparation) notebook is considered one of the official school records that must be kept in the administration
of the school when the teacher is transferred from his school or retires from work for any reason. The teacher
who succeeds the transferred teacher must receive the notebook and use it for the same purpose.
2- At least one page of the notebook is allocated for preparing a single lesson plan.
3- In cases where the teacher or instructor is responsible for teaching more than one subject,
the number of notebooks must be equal to the number of subjects assigned to him - specialist inspectors will
review these notebooks and sign them.
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
"Administration"
Number / 5028
Date / 15 / 2 / 1956
Administrations of official, private, and foreign
primary schools for boys and girls belonging to this
Directorate, all of them
It has been observed that the recording of attendance and absence of male and female students in some
schools takes place after the second or third lesson, which encourages students
to be absent or late for the first lesson. Therefore,
we request that this begins in the morning upon entering the classrooms
during the first lesson.
It is also requested to keep the daily attendance records at the school administration.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to:-
Directorate of General Education.
Inspectorate of General Education.
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Governorate
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli.
Inspector Mrs. Sharifa Al-Turaihi - referring to her numbered memorandum
2 dated 30 / 1 / 956
Inspectors (male and female) of Education of Baghdad Province - Center
Kadhim / 9
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Liwa
Center / Administration
Number / ⟦2/8⟧
Date / 7 / 2 / 1956
To - Administrations of secondary, intermediate, and primary schools, both official and private
For boys and girls, and kindergartens affiliated with this Directorate
All
We convey to you below the text of the flag salute ceremonies, requesting you to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Liwa
Center
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Physical Education / Reference to its letter No. 5407 dated
2 / 2 / 956
General Inspectorate of Education
Presidency of the General Liwa Council / Baghdad Liwa Governorate /
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghuli
Inspectors (male and female) of Baghdad Liwa Education / Center /
Text of the Flag Salute Ceremonies
Please circulate the flag salute ceremonies to the school administrations affiliated with you to be performed on Thursday of
every week during the break between the second and third lessons according to the following method: -
1- Students (male or female) of the school classes gather around the flag in the form of an open circle with a suitable opening
where the school principal, the physical education teacher, and any interested members of the teaching staff stand.
2- The flag is prepared before the meeting begins and is fixed to the flagpole rope, and the pulley fixed at the top is checked so that
the flagpole rope can be moved easily when the flag is raised.
3- Note that the flag must never touch the ground while it is being lowered ⟦line⟧ .
4- A piece of wood (15) cm long with a suitable lathe is fixed to the flagpole at a height of four
and a half feet to wrap the flagpole rope around it while lowering or raising the flag, and for the flag to be folded on it
before and after raising.
5- After the students of the classes gather around the pole in group formation, the physical education teacher instructs the representatives
of the class assigned the task of raising the flag that day to advance to the pole after giving the signal of readiness
to everyone. The student stands near the pole in the position of attention if bareheaded, and performs
the full salute if wearing headgear, then takes a step toward the pole and begins raising the flag. At
this moment, the students are in the position of attention or the full salute position if they are in full
scout uniform, until the flag is settled at the top of the pole. The rope is tied to the wooden piece fixed
to the pole, and the raiser takes a step back to perform the salute if in full uniform, then turns
back and proceeds to his place in the large circle. There, the organizer instructs the singing of the flag anthem (O flag
of the nation, we are with you ⟦line⟧ it is our duty to raise you .... etc.)
6- After finishing the singing of the flag anthem, the students are instructed to take the position of rest, and the
school principal, physical education teacher, or other members of the teaching staff provide the instructions and guidance
prepared for this purpose.
7- The position of attention is given, and the person assigned to raise the flag advances to the pole to lower it in the same manner.
To be continued ⟦line⟧ E
Professor Jumaa
To be kept in the general instructions file
7 / 2 / 956
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Attached to the Education book
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The alarm at its time, then the students are given the signal to disperse by preparing and turning to
the left.
8 - The task of the flag-raising ceremonies is distributed among the school classes so that a schedule is organized for this purpose.
The class assigned to this task must prepare all necessary measures to perform the ceremonies
related to raising the flag.
Note /
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The school's area is taken into consideration, and the school principal acts in gathering the students according
to the situation of the area.
Director of General Lectures
Adib Fahd
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Personnel
8 / 2 / 56
Number /
Date / 21 / 2 / 1956
Very Urgent
To - Administrations of primary, intermediate, and secondary schools, official, private,
and foreign, for boys and girls, all affiliated with this directorate
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. 2 / 12 / 274 dated
30 / 1 / 1956, requesting action in accordance with it.
A copy to / General Directorate of Education / referring to its letter above.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
(( Copy of the Letter ))
There is no doubt that you agree with us that the primary goal of education is - undoubtedly - the development of the student's
capabilities, the refinement of his character, and the planting of virtues in his soul. And building his personality in a sound way. So as to create from him a citizen
useful to himself and to the society in which he lives. And that the basic function of the school is - to prepare a suitable environment in which
the student works. Far from the shameful manifestations of his environment outside the school. So that it does not affect his mental
and moral formation. Using - in order to reach this goal - all educational means.
And we are certain that you also agree with us. In that we do not expect from the student, while he is still in the stage of learning and formation,
to be consciously aware of the results of all his actions and not to perform an act considered in the eyes of the school contrary to discipline
and order, because that is not consistent with the nature of things.
And since one of the most prominent duties of the modern school is to work on avoiding shameful manifestations in the behavior of the unruly student
- if such a student is found in its midst - the Secondary Education Regulation No. 24 of 1954 was enacted, providing it with
the possible means to use in such cases. And it specified the penalties to be imposed on him in the event of
his committing an act considered contrary to the general order of the school and to the etiquette of school conduct.
And we would like to clarify that the legislator's purpose of punishment is reform and that the punishment should be a deterrent, and that the school,
when forced to impose it - must observe "firstly" that the punishment must be proportionate in harmony
with the philosophy of punishment and the legislator's purpose for it, such as imposing the penalty of warning before a reprimand, and this before the penalty of deducting conduct
grades .... etc. The school must exert every effort to straighten what is crooked in the behavior of the unruly student before
resorting to imposing punishment, and should not resort to it except when necessary and at the appropriate time. So that it is received by
the student and his guardians with an open heart and respect. And then its beneficial effect is left in the student's soul.
And we tend not to resort to the penalty of (expulsion) - especially - except in cases of necessity and after exhausting every means
of education to reform the student's affairs, such that his remaining in the school community becomes harmful to this community,
given the serious consequences resulting from it and its impact on his future and his physical and mental formation.
This is what we wish to notify school administrations to work in light of the educational and social principles and foundations
it contains, if we want to avoid haste in deciding on student violations, and what that might lead to
of resentment and regret even by the decision-makers themselves, such that they are forced to reconsider and change it, which
leads to the loss of the desired effect of the punishment and gives a bad impression to the parents and guardians of the students
and what can be inferred from such an action.
And when we request this, we appreciate the magnitude of the vital responsibilities placed on the shoulders of the teaching staff in
such a stage of our society's development. As well as the difficulties they face in performing their educational
mission, and we realize the importance of this mission in creating a new rising generation, strong in body and sound in mind, and the extent
of the sacrifices made in this path.
Director General of Education
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province:
Center / Administration:
Number /:
Date /: 7 / 2 / 1956
To - Administrations of secondary, intermediate, and primary schools, official and private
for boys and girls, and kindergartens affiliated with this directorate
All ⟦line⟧
We transmit to you below a copy of the flag salute ceremonies, requesting that you act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Physical Education / with reference to its letter No. 5407 dated
2 / 2 / 956
General Education Inspectorate
Presidency of the General Provincial Council / Baghdad Provincial Governorate /
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Inspectors (male and female) of Education of Baghdad Province / Center /
Text of the Flag Salute Ceremonies
Please circulate the flag salute ceremonies to the school administrations affiliated with you to be performed on Thursday of
every week during the break between the second and third lessons according to the following method: -
1- Students (male or female) of the school classes gather around the flag in the form of an open circle with a suitable opening
in which the school principal, the physical education teacher, and whoever wishes from the teaching staff stand.
2- The flag is prepared before the start of the meeting and fixed to the flagpole rope, and the pulley fixed at the top is checked so that
the flagpole rope can be moved easily when the flag is raised.
3- Note that the flag must never touch the ground while it is being lowered ⟦line⟧
4- A piece of wood (15) cm long with a suitable hole is fixed to the flagpole at a height of four
and a half feet to wrap the flagpole rope around it while lowering or raising the flag, and for the flag to be folded on it ⟦line⟧
before and after raising.
5- After the students of the classes gather around the pole in group formation, the physical education teacher instructs the representative
of the class assigned the task of raising the flag that day to advance to the pole after giving the signal of readiness
to everyone. The student stands near the pole in the position of attention if bareheaded, and then performs
the full salute if wearing headgear. Then he takes a step towards the pole and begins raising the flag. At
this moment, the students are in the position of attention or in the position of full salute if they are in full
scout uniform, until the flag is settled at the top of the pole. The rope is tied to the piece of wood fixed
to the pole, and the raiser takes a step back to perform the salute if in full uniform. Then the student turns
backwards and advances to his place in the large circle. There, the leader instructs the singing of the flag anthem (O flag
of the nation, we are with you ⟦line⟧ it is incumbent upon us to raise you... etc.)
6- After finishing the singing of the flag anthem, the students are instructed to take the position of rest, and instructions and guidance
prepared for this purpose are presented by the school principal, the physical education teacher, or other members of the teaching staff.
7- The position of attention is given, and the person assigned to raise the flag advances to the pole to lower it in the same manner.
To be continued ⟦line⟧ p
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followed in raising it, then the students are given the signal to disperse by standing at attention and turning to
the left.
8- The task of the flag-raising ceremony is distributed among the school classes so that a schedule is organized for this purpose.
The class assigned to this task must take all necessary measures to perform the ceremonies
related to raising the flag.
Note /
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The school area is taken into consideration, and the physical education teacher acts in distributing the students proportionally
to the layout of the yard.
On behalf of the Director of General Knowledge
Akram Fahmi
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And what is better than this in my view is that the respected General Inspectorate Department should keep the latest copy
of the weekly lesson schedules for all intermediate and secondary schools, teachers' training institutes, and schools of
industry and commerce, so that the inspector can review what he needs from them before his travel to the province, knowing in advance
when and where he will find the subject he is assigned to inspect, on which day and in which class, so that discussion is facilitated and the
need to flip lessons and alter period times on the day of the inspector's arrival at the school is eliminated.
Signature/ ⟦line⟧
Specialist Inspector
Majid / 5 / 1
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Personnel
Number /: 1/21
Date /: 28 / 1 / 1956
To - Administrations of secondary and intermediate schools for boys and girls, official,
private, and foreign, all of them
We list below for you a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education No. 722 dated
4 / 1 / 1956, requesting you to review its contents and work on providing us with the daily lesson distribution schedule for your schools
and to provide this directorate with every schedule in which a change occurs in the future.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy of it to :-
Directorate of General Education - Secondary Education - your letter referred to above - for your kind information.
General Education Inspectorate - for your kind information.
Personnel Affairs Section
(( Copy of the Letter ))
We convey to you below a copy of the memorandum of the specialist inspector Mahmoud Shukri No. 494 dated 20 / 12 / 955. We hope
compliance with its contents while providing us and the General Inspectorate with the lesson distribution schedule.
p.p. Director of General Education
(( Copy of the Memorandum ))
Subject / The importance of reviewing the weekly lesson schedules for schools
You know that some subjects of intermediate and secondary study have few hours per week and are taught in specific classes
such as Physics and Health, as they have three periods and two periods respectively for the third grade, and likewise Chemistry and Biology, three for the
third and for the second two periods for the second grade, unlike language and mathematics lessons, for example, which have many periods in all
classes. It often happens that the inspector reaches one of the district and sub-district schools and does not find, on the day of his arrival, the teacher whom
he came to inspect in the weekly lesson schedule implemented in the school. The inspector is then faced with two options. Either
he decides to return on another day when that teacher happens to be present, and this matter is unlikely due to the cost of time
and travel expenses, or he asks the school principal to switch one of the lessons to the lesson intended for inspection and tasks
the specialized teacher with teaching in an instantaneous, artificial, and improvised manner so that neither he nor his students are prepared for the lesson.
And when the former has no plan to discuss nor the others have assignment notebooks to audit. In this case, it is impossible to hold the
teacher accountable for his shortcomings, just as the report submitted as a result of this type of inspection cannot reflect a true picture
of his work. It is nothing but a superficial report written merely to "fill" the void and blacken the white space on the form.
To avoid these disadvantages and solve the problem, I see that the Directors of Education must keep in their offices the latest copy
of the weekly lesson schedule for every intermediate, secondary, and preparatory school so that the inspector in the province center can review it and adapt
his tours outside this center according to these schedules so that he reaches the school during its intended school schedule for inspection
specifically. Thus, the element of surprise in the inspection is ensured. The inspector is able to observe the lessons and review his pages while it
is proceeding naturally.
The Directors of Education used to keep the weekly lesson schedules for intermediate and secondary schools. If they exist,
they are old and were sent to them at the beginning of the school year and do not contain the changes that occurred to them over time.
And how frequent these changes are given the instability of the staff in many intermediate and secondary schools throughout the months of the school year.
So please kindly emphasize to the directors of ⟦...⟧ provincial education to demand the administrations of intermediate and secondary schools and teachers'
training institutes affiliated with them to send the latest copy of the weekly lesson schedules in use. And to provide them with every
change that occurs to them from time to time.
(( To be continued ))
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Secondary Accounts
Number / 2526
Date / 1/21/1956
Directorates of all secondary and intermediate schools affiliated
with this Directorate ⟦line⟧
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education "Accounts"
Numbered 1657 and dated 1/11/956. Please review it and apply
what is stated therein.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Accounts - your letter above.
Secondary Education Accountant
⟦line⟧
Based on what was stated in the letter of the General Education Inspectorate No. 2848
dated 12/24/1955.
It is possible to enter the amounts of sports donations in the daily ledger, provided that
the amounts received are against general receipts Accounting 637 and that they are handed over to
the Treasury as revenue for Article 7 of Number 30. Please act accordingly.
Minister of Education
Munir al-Qadi
A copy to -
General Education Inspectorate / Reference to its letter above.
Accounts Distinction - Auditing
Disbursement
Allocations
Kadhim / 26
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Secondary Accounts
Number / 2526
Date / 1 / 1 / 1956
Directorates of all Secondary and Intermediate Schools affiliated
with this Directorate
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education "Accounts"
Numbered 1657 and dated 11 / 1 / 956. Please review it and apply
what is stated therein.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:
General Directorate of Education / Accounts - your letter above.
Secondary Education Accountant
⟦line⟧
Based on ⟦what was stated⟧ in the letter of the General Education Inspectorate No. 2848
dated 24 / 12 / 1955.
It is possible to enter the amounts of sports donations into the daily ledger, provided that
the amounts received are recorded against general accounting receipts 37 and submitted to
the Treasury as revenue for Article 7 of Number 30. Please act accordingly.
Minister of Education
Munir Al-Qadi
A copy to:
General Education Inspectorate / Reference to its letter above.
Accounts Department - Auditing
Disbursement
Allocations
Kadhim / 26
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number /: 2887
Date /: 20 / 1 / 1956
21 / 75
Administrations of all private and foreign schools
Intermediate and secondary schools associated with this directorate.
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. 3158 dated
19 / 1 / 1956 regarding the impermissibility of employing Mr. Basili Shafiq Zikri in your schools.
Please act accordingly.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to: -
General Directorate of Education "Secondary Education / Private"
General Education Inspectorate
Private Education Personnel.
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Subject - Termination of lectures.
Please circulate to all private and foreign schools, both day
and evening sections, the impermissibility of employing Mr. Basili Shafiq Zikri (Egyptian nationality)
in their schools and inform us.
For the Director General of Education
A copy to: -
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province "Outskirts" for the same purpose.
Private and Foreign Education Observation - for follow-up.
Nasser / 27
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 887
Date / 21 / 1 / 1956
Administrations of Private and Foreign Schools
Intermediate and Secondary schools affiliated with this Directorate, all.
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. 3158 dated
19 / 1 / 1956 regarding the impermissibility of employing Mr. Basili Shafiq Zikri in your schools.
Please act accordingly.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to:
General Directorate of Education "Secondary Education / Private"
General Education Inspectorate
Private Education Personnel.
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Subject: Rejection of lectures.
Please circulate to all private and foreign schools, both day
and evening sections, the impermissibility of employing Mr. Basili Shafiq Zikri (Egyptian nationality)
in their schools and inform us.
On behalf of the General Director of Education
A copy to:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province "Outskirts" for the same purpose.
Private and Foreign Education Observation - for follow-up.
Nasser / 27
Directorate of Education
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For inspection and auditing by the competent authorities.
5- Certificate auditing fees shall be sent to the employee specialized in distributing these certificates
because they are not government funds and the accountant has no relation to them.
6- The Liwa Directorate of Education must conduct an inventory of the certificates held by
the specialized employee by stating their serial numbers, then demand from him proof of delivery
of the amounts for the sold certificates to the treasury. If it appears to them that there are
some amounts not paid to the treasury, legal measures must be taken in this
regard and that employee must be compelled to pay what remains in his liability immediately.
For/ Director General of Education
Muhammad Ali Mustafa
⟦line⟧
The respected professor, for attention to notifying the schools of our letter
accordingly
744 / ⟦illegible⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Certificates
Number /: 266
Date /: 28 / 1 / 1956
To - Administrations of Secondary, Intermediate, and Primary Schools, Official,
Private, and Foreign, for Boys and Girls, affiliated with this Directorate
All
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. 47904
dated 19 / 12 / 1955. Please act accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy of it to :-
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli -
Secondary Education Accountant -
Certificates Observer -
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Further to our circular No. 25411 dated 4 / 9 / 1955.
School certificate forms are considered government property subject to the Law of Accounting
Principles and its instructions, as they have an official price. Since most of the employees -
responsible for distributing these forms to the schools and institutions in need of them were not bonded
to the Guarantee Fund, the following has been decided :-
1- The school principal shall collect every month an amount of (50) fils from the students graduating from his school
who wish to obtain a school graduation certificate. At the end of the month, he sends this amount
with an official letter to the accountant of the Provincial Directorate of Education.
2- The accountant receives the amount and issues a receipt for it (Accounting / 37), then notes on the school's letter that he
received the amount, referring to the number and date of the receipt, followed by his signature. Then he refers this letter to
the employee specialized in distributing certificates so he knows that the accountant pays the amounts to the treasury at
appointed times according to the rules.
3- The employee specialized in distributing certificate forms shall send the certificates for which the
price has been paid to the party that requested them by an official letter.
4- The employee specialized in distributing school certificate forms shall keep a special register in which he records
his receipts of certificates, provided that the page is divided into fields showing
(1) Type of certificate form (2) Number of certificates (3) Their serial numbers (4) Number and date of
the release list or correspondence under which these certificates were received. The rest of the pages are allocated
to the outgoing items, provided that the page is divided into fields showing: (1) Type of certificate (2)
Number of certificates sent (3) Their serial numbers (4) Number and date of the letter under which they were sent
(5) Number and date of the receipt under which their prices were delivered. This register shall be a model
(( To be continued ))
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Personnel ⟦line⟧
Secret
Number /
Date / 21 / 1 / 1956
To - Administrations of all official, private, and foreign secondary and intermediate schools
affiliated with this Directorate ⟦line⟧
We transmit to you a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education / Examinations No. 6 / 23 / 202 dated
23 / 1 / 1956, addressed to the Directorate of Education of Mosul Province, a copy of which was given to us. Please
act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education - Examinations - with reference to its letter mentioned above.
Certificates and Statistics Observation -
⟦line⟧ (( Text of the Letter )) ⟦line⟧
Your letter No. S / 1114 dated 21 / 12 / 1955
Regarding the calculation of the religion grade for Christian students who are actually taught by priests, we support
your proposal regarding making the subject of religion for non-Christian students only among the non-academic subjects.
However, if the number of students is small and no one is teaching them the subject, the religion grade in this
case is estimated based on the average of academic subjects. Therefore, please proceed accordingly until further notice.
⟦line⟧
Majid / 3 / 1
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province:
Center:
Number /: 8127
Date /: 1 / 6 / 1956
Certificates:
To - Administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools
for boys and girls affiliated with this Directorate -
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. 1512 dated 8 / 5 / 1955
Please act accordingly literally starting from the current academic year 55 / 1956.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education - Examinations - with reference to its letter No. 45904 dated 17 / 12 / 54
For your kind information.
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghuli -
Certificates and Statistics Observation -
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Your letter No. 248 dated 2 / 1 / 1955 regarding the implementation of Article Thirty-One of the Secondary Schools Regulation
No. (54) of 1954. We request following the following instructions and circulating them to all intermediate and secondary schools affiliated with you.
1 - Subjects in secondary schools are divided into two groups:-
A- Academic subjects, including scientific and social lessons, religion lessons, and language lessons.
B- Non-academic lessons, including drawing, physical education, manual work, needlework, and singing.
2- The student must achieve an average of no less than 60% for each of these two groups in order to meet the success requirements.
3- The student must pass all lessons in both groups in order to meet the success requirements.
4- If the student fails the average of one of the two groups, he must select lessons within that group
for the purpose of the completion (makeup) exam.
5- If the student fails the average of both groups, his status shall be that of a student with incomplete status in the total. He must fulfill
the average in the completion exams for each group by choosing lessons within that group.
6- The rules for passing, failing, and completion apply to the subjects of each of the two groups as stipulated in the regulation, meaning that the student
who fails a subject from the first group and a subject from the second group and fails the total of one of the two groups
is considered to have failed regardless of his average in the other group.
7- Measures shall be taken to proceed with what was followed in the past regarding schools with a large number of non-
Muslim students.
General Director of Education
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25 / 1 / 56
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 2122
Date 1 / 1 / 1956
Administrations of Preparatory, Intermediate, and Primary Schools
Official, Private, and Foreign, and Vocational Institutes
for Boys and Girls affiliated with this Directorate, all of them
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education "Examinations" No. 1867
dated 12 / 1 / 1956. "Please act accordingly literally because we will refrain from certifying any document
that is incomplete."
⟦signature⟧ Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education "Examinations" with reference to its letter mentioned above - for your kind information.
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghuli
Certificates Observation
Mr. Abdul Ahad Nano
Copy of the Letter
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Directorates of Education of all Provinces
It has been noted that many of the documents received by us have fundamental deficiencies, and since documents must contain
all information related to the student regarding their studies, behavior, and attendance, and whether they have been provided with documents
to other parties, the number of years spent in each grade, and whether they passed in the first or second session.
In the latter case, whether they were incomplete due to illness, failure, or both. All this information is necessary
whether the document is for transfer or for another purpose. Therefore, we request that this be circulated to all schools affiliated with you,
official, private, and foreign, and that you refrain from certifying incomplete documents and request them to observe the following:-
1- It is not permissible to list annual effort grades for the sixth primary, third intermediate,
and fifth preparatory classes, but it is permissible to mention the grades achieved in the ministerial exam.
2- If the student passed, the session in which they passed must be mentioned, and if the success was in the second session,
the subjects in which they were incomplete and the reason for the incompleteness (illness or failure) must be mentioned.
3- The grades in which they spent more than one year.
4- Is the student currently attending school or has their relationship with it been severed, when did they leave the school, and were they provided with a document to
any party, and the number and date of this document.
5- Reference should be made to their behavior in school and the regularity of their attendance.
6- Every school must keep a special register in which the numbers and dates of documents issued by the school
and the addressed party are recorded.
7- Directors of Education are requested to keep a special register in which the documents certified by the Director of
Education are recorded, containing the document number, the issuing party, the addressed party, and the number and date of
certification.
A copy to -
General Inspectorate
Directorate of Secondary Education
Directorate of Primary Education
Directorate of Teacher Training
Directorate of Examinations
Certificates Distinction Office.
All schools associated with the Diwan
Nasser/
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Certificates
Number / ⟦line⟧ Confidential
Date / 22 / 1 / 1956
To - Administrations of official, private, and foreign secondary and intermediate schools
for boys and girls affiliated with this directorate, all of them ⟦line⟧
We transmit to you a copy of the letter from the General Inspectorate of Education No. S / 50 dated 14 / 1 / 1956
Please act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to -
General Inspectorate of Education - with reference to its letter mentioned above - for your kind information.
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli -
Certificates and Statistics Observation -
(( Copy of the Letter ))
(( S ⟦line⟧ Confidential ))
Specialist inspectors will inspect and audit samples of students' notebooks for final school
examinations in their subjects of specialization whenever possible for them.
We request that you notify the administrations of the intermediate and secondary schools affiliated with you of the necessity to keep the examination notebooks
for a full year, classified by subject and according to the sequence of grades in each subject.
General Inspector of Education
A copy to -
Specialist Inspectors / for information - requesting you to take a look at the examination notebooks in the subject
of specialization you practice and submit any studies about them
when you find what calls for that.
General Directorate of Education - / Examinations - with reference to its memorandum dated 10 / 1 / 1956.
Majid / 22 / 1
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
(( Administration ))
Number / 1765
Date / 17 / 1 / 1956
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To - Administration of Official, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools
for Boys and Girls affiliated with this Directorate, all of them
We transmit to you below a copy of the memorandum from the Inspector, Ms. Amna Mahmoud Azza, No. 151
dated 22 / 11 / 1955 regarding the daily attendance register, hoping for the implementation of its contents
accurately.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy of it to: -
Directorate of General Education -
Inspectorate of General Education -
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate -
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli -
Inspectors (male and female) of Baghdad Provincial Education - The Center -
(( Copy of the Memorandum ))
Your letter No. 12847 ⟦dated⟧ 25 / 12 / 1955.
We list below a copy of the memorandum from the Inspector, Ms. Amna Mahmoud Izzat, No. 151 dated 22 / 11 / 1955
hoping for your review and to express your opinion on the subject and inform us.
General Inspector of Education
A copy of it to: -
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate - for information.
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Subject / Daily Attendance Register
During my recent visit to the schools entrusted to my inspection, I specifically checked the registers
of daily student attendance, and I noticed chaos or a lack of accuracy and care in recording attendance in all schools
without exception, and among these disruptions are the following =
1 - Some female students were recorded as present even though they were absent, and vice versa.
2 - Recording attendance is neglected for a period of days, then recorded together for the mentioned days, and it is no secret that it is difficult
for the teacher to remember the absent students throughout this period or part of it.
3 - Afternoon attendance is recorded in the morning, even though it is possible that students might be absent
in the afternoon due to illness or otherwise, or some students absent in the morning might attend in the afternoon.
Since the student's attendance and perseverance are of great importance, please alert the school principals to
the necessity of monitoring these registers from time to time and alerting the class advisors entrusted with this
task of the need to record attendance accurately and with care, and not to delegate that to the students themselves as
happens in some schools.
Majid / 1 / 15
The Inspector
Mr. Director, for review
⟦signature⟧
17 / 1 / 56
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Accounts
Number / 20045
Date / 17 / 8 / 1954
To /
Administrations of all secondary and intermediate schools for boys and girls
The Directorate General of Education sent us, via its letter No. 27626 dated
1/8/1954, comprehensive instructions on how to store chemical materials, requesting us to inform
you and alert the specialized teachers to follow what is stated therein, provided that school administrations
monitor their work from time to time and not allow laboratory materials to be left lying on the ground
or in cabinets without special care for them, to preserve their safety on one hand and to prevent
the occurrence of fires on the other. Accordingly, we are sending you a copy of the mentioned instructions,
hoping for compliance with them and following what is stated above. The Ministry of Education will, in turn, monitor the work of
school administrations in such matters closely and will not hesitate, as stated in its aforementioned letter,
to impose penalties on violators and those who are negligent.
The Clerk
Mr. Riyadh Rashid is to be notified ⟦with a copy⟧
of the attached instructions
Abdul Ghani Al-Jarjafchi
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to /
Directorate General of Education ⟦line⟧ 4
Accounts ⟦line⟧ with reference to their letter numbered above
For your kind information
Department Accountant ⟦line⟧ for follow-up
/ General Service / 15th of it /
Attached to the Education Letter No. 4045
Dated 8 / 7 / 1954
Comprehensive instructions for storing chemical materials
First - The three mineral acids: Nitric, Hydrochloric, Sulfuric, and Nitric.
These acids are kept in their containers with tight glass stoppers and placed without stacking on a glass or ceramic surface
in a damp place away from other materials.
Second - Hydrofluoric acid - kept in its special containers made of wax, Java dye, or lead. Its quantities are taken in vessels made of
one of these materials.
Third - Soda or caustic potash, bleaching powder, quicklime, calcium chloride, and sodium or potassium peroxide
Their containers are kept closed with cork stoppers or coarse glass greased with Vaseline, with the stoppers and the mouth coated with a layer
of wax, and this layer is reapplied after opening the container for any purpose. Be careful when opening bottles (or cans) of
sodium or potassium peroxide to avoid explosion from oxygen that may be trapped under high pressure.
Fourth - Ammonium hydroxide - kept in its containers with coarse glass stoppers in a damp, dark place away from acids,
avoiding vibration and heat. These containers must be opened from time to time if the concentration reaches about 35% to avoid increased
internal pressure.
Fifth - Sodium and potassium - kept in a dark place completely submerged in petroleum oil in thick glass containers, with the
stopper and mouth of each coated with a layer of wax. When taking any amount of them, a suitable piece is transferred with forceps or a long needle to a vessel containing
petroleum in a wide vessel using forceps or the needle in the left hand and a knife in the right, then any excess is cut back into
the original container, and the wide vessel is washed of any invisible traces that may remain.
Sixth - White phosphorus - as in the case of sodium and potassium, but replacing petroleum oil with water for storage or cutting.
Note / It is not permitted to use the same cutting tools in both cases.
Seventh - Highly volatile flammable liquids, including - carbon disulfide, ether, chloroform, pure benzene,
petroleum benzene, and petroleum ether. - Kept in tightly sealed containers and placed in a dark place, preferably in a refrigerator
during summer, avoiding vibration and heat.
Eighth - Chemical materials known for their toxic effect, including - arsenic and its compounds such as arsenic oxides, arsenates, and compounds -
cyanogenic such as cyanide, ferrocyanide, ferricyanide, and sulfur cyanates or thiocyanates,
as well as mercuric chloride (sublimate). These materials are kept in a cabinet with a special lock and may not be opened by students or have
quantities removed except during experiments and by the teacher himself.
Ninth - Rarer materials and tools, including - platinum tools such as wires, crucibles, dishes, and forceps, and platinum compounds,
gold leaf and wires and its compounds. Filtration tools or onyx stones such as the mortar used for analysis.
Kept in a cabinet with a special lock, provided that silver compounds are placed in colored bottles.
Tenth - Solutions used in chemical analysis, including -
Basic solutions used in qualitative analysis
Reagent solutions used in descriptive analysis
Each documented group is placed separately. Care should be taken when taking amounts from any of them that no tool such as a pipette touches the liquids; rather,
the required amount is poured into a clean, dry graduated cylinder, and nothing is returned to the original. This cleanliness and dryness must be observed
in the bottles to which the amount taken from the liquid is transferred.
Eleventh - Mineral chemical materials other than those mentioned - these are arranged (alphabetically) in groups according to the
metallic bases. Each group includes the metal, its oxides, its hydroxide, and its salts, arranged alphabetically among themselves. These
materials are kept in cabinets so that any of them can be easily accessed, following an expression in their arrangement.
As for non-metallic elements and their compounds, such as forms of carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus with their oxides and chlorides, they are kept alone arranged
alphabetically.
Twelfth - Organic chemical materials other than those mentioned
Kept in their tightly sealed containers in cabinets in a dark or dim place, arranged alphabetically.
Some materials require extra care in addition to the above, including materials highly affected by light ⟦line⟧
atmospheric conditions such as silver and ferrous compounds, bleaching powder, chloroform, and pyrogallic acid; these are kept in colored
bottles.
Khaled / For notification of instructions ⟦illegible⟧
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Data and Statistics
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1/⟦illegible⟧/1956
Administrations of Official and Private Secondary and Intermediate Schools
and Educational for Boys and Girls affiliated with this Directorate
All
We transmit to you a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education "Secondary"
Numbered 233 and dated 1/14/1956. Please act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Qadir Yusuf
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
The Competent Education Inspectorate - with reference to its letter mentioned above for your
kind information.
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar al-Douri
Data and Statistics Division
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We request that you send us a copy of the mid-year examination questions for all
written subjects for your official and private secondary and intermediate schools affiliated with you.
Competent Education Inspector
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary - for information
Directorate of General Education / Vocational Education
Primary Teachers' College in Baghdad
Primary Teachers' College in Baqubah
Women Teachers' College in Baghdad
Respected Professor
To keep this letter in the general file and establish the requirement to send a copy of
the mid-year examinations to the Education Department for every subject of the intermediate and preparatory studies.
⟦signature⟧
23/T/M
1/25 / 956