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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Administration
No. / 17842
Date 27 / 10 / 51
Shamash
Immediately
To the administrations of primary, intermediate, and secondary schools (government, private, and foreign)
Affiliated with this directorate entirely
Please send the number of students in the sixth primary and third intermediate grades in your schools as soon as you receive
this letter.
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On behalf of the Director
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
27 / 10
A copy to:
Assistant to the Department
Certification and Statistics Section - requesting the unification of student numbers for government schools and private schools
and foreign schools each separately.
Hassan / 27
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Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Telephone: 7448 Baghdad
No. 8
Date 5 / 10 / 1951
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
Your letter numbered M M / 15179 and dated 25 / 9 / 1951.
We list below the information you requested in your aforementioned letter.
1 - Primary, private.
2 - Daytime, mixed.
3 - Followed by a kindergarten (it was affiliated with the old Frank Iny Primary School last year).
4 - 320 male and female students.
5 - Seven male and female teachers.
6 - | Participants | Successful | Complementary | Failed | Success Rate
Male Students | 18 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 72%
Female Students | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 48%
7 - Did not receive any grant.
8 - Affiliated with the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
9 - 1951 / 50 (Result of the transfer of male and female students retaining their Iraqi nationality from Albert Sassoon
Primary School and Laura Kadoorie Primary and Intermediate School in year 1874)
10 - A copy of the budget, which is submitted in a form that includes the primary and intermediate sections of the school.
Revenue | Expenses
9000 Dinars school fees | 6300 Dinars salaries and lectures
500 Dinars grant from the Lay Council | 2500 Dinars high cost of living allowance.
| 250 Dinars expenses.
| 450 Dinars repairs, furniture, and housing rent for the director.
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9500 Dinars Total | 9500 Dinars Total
⟦signature⟧
The Director
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Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Telephone: 7448 Baghdad
Number: 9
Date: 5/10/1951
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Greetings,
Your letter number M/M/15179 dated 25/9/1951.
We list below the information you requested in your aforementioned letter.
1 - Intermediate; Private.
2 - Day school; Mixed.
3 - No kindergarten attached to it.
4 - 120 male and female students.
5 - 6 male teachers and one female teacher.
Participants | Successful | Complementary | Failed | Success Rate
Male Students | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 38%
Female Students 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 50%
7 - Did not receive any grant.
8 - Affiliated with the Lay Council of the Jewish community in Baghdad.
9 - 1950/1951 (Resulting from the transfer of male and female students retaining their Iraqi nationality from the Albert Sassoon
Primary School and Laura Kadoorie Primary School, founded in 1874)
10 - A copy of the budget, which is presented in a manner covering the primary and intermediate sections of the school.
Income | Expenses
9000 Dinars school fees. | 6300 Dinars salaries and lectures.
500 Dinars grant from the Lay Council | 2500 Dinars cost of living allowance.
| 250 Dinars expenses.
| 450 Dinars repairs, furniture, and rent for the Principal's residence.
9500 Dinars Total. | 9500 Dinars Total.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Director
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Directorate of Education, Baghdad Liwa
Number M/M/ 15179
- Personnel - Urgent and Extremely Important
Date 25 / 9 / 1951
Subject/ General information about private and foreign schools
To -
All administrations of private and foreign schools affiliated with this directorate
Please inform us of the information shown below regarding your school, with full accuracy and care, provided that
your responses reach us in two copies before the date of 1 / 10 / 1951, noting that every error will cause harm to the school and every administration
whose response is delayed beyond the specified date will be held responsible to the Directorate of General Education.
1- School level: primary, intermediate, secondary
2- Day or evening school. For boys, girls, or co-educational
3- Is there a kindergarten attached, with a statement of approval for opening the kindergarten
4- Number of students in the school
5- School staff (number of male and female teachers)
6- Number of students participating in the ministerial exam, the annual success rate, and the number of students with makeup exams in the school.
7- The amount of the financial grant obtained last year from the Ministry of Education
8- School affiliation (is it affiliated with an association, a body, or an individual)
9- Date of school establishment
10- A copy of the school budget for the 1950 - 1951 academic year.
For the Director
Director of Education, Baghdad Liwa
24 / 9
Copy to -
Directorate of General Education - Personnel - in reference to your letter No. 26908 dated 20 / 9 / 951
It is not possible to provide the information shown to you before 30 / 10 / 1951. Please be informed
and take necessary action
Governorate of Baghdad Liwa
Department Personnel - for follow-up
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752
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Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Telephone: 7448 Baghdad
Number: 13 ⟦12⟧
Date: 19 / 10 / 1951
To
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province.
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered D/M/16569 and dated 13 / 10 / 1951.
We attach herewith two copies of the class schedule for our school.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Director
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Personnel
Urgent
No. K/M/M/16569
Date 13 / 10 / 1951
Subject / Materials and non-prescribed books in schools
Private and Foreign
Administrations of private and foreign schools affiliated with this directorate except for
1 - Al-Tafayyudh Association Private Schools
2 - Al-Karkh Private Secondary School
3 - " Al-Adhamiya Private Secondary School
4 - Al-Fayliya Day Private School
We emphasize what was stated in our letter numbered 15000 and dated 23 / 9 / 1951 and request a response to it and to provide us with a table
of the weekly lessons followed in your school this year, in two copies, as a matter of urgency, noting that
any school that delays in submitting its response before 20 / 10 / 1951 will be subject to legal action
against it.
For the Director
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
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A copy to:-
General Directorate of Technical Affairs
General Directorate of Education - Private and Foreign Education
Governorate of Baghdad Province
Head of Inspection
Personnel of the Department - for follow-up
Issued 13 / 10
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Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Administration
Number: 16344
Date: 10/10/951
Very Urgent
To the administrations of the official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools
for boys and girls belonging to all of this directorate
His Excellency the Minister of Education has agreed to extend the admission period in your schools until Thursday
corresponding to 11/10/951.
For the Director
⟦illegible⟧ 10/10 Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to: -
General Directorate of Education - referring to its margin dated 6/10/51
on our letter numbered 15989 and dated 6/10/951
Certificates and Statistics
Hassan / 10
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
(Personnel)
Number / 14480
Date / 9 / 9 / 1951
Subject: - Social Studies teachers in
Private and Foreign Primary Schools
Extremely Urgent
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To: -
Administrations of all private and foreign primary schools linked to this Directorate
Please inform us of the ⟦commencement⟧ of the social and national studies teacher in your school appointed
by the Ministry of Education urgently, provided that your response reaches us before the date of 20 / 9 / 1951
Note that we will consider these lessons vacant in your school if your response does not reach us at the specified time
And we will take the necessary measures to appoint those who meet the legal conditions from high school graduates
To fill the aforementioned vacancy.
On behalf of
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
9 / 9
A copy to: -
Directorate of General Education / Primary Education (Private)
Governorate of Baghdad Province.
Inspection Presidency
Department Personnel - for follow-up.
M. Amin / 9
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
(Certificates and Statistics)
Number / J / 10 / 17559
Date / 24 / 10 / 1951
To the administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate schools for boys
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Amarah Province No.
7066 dated 16 / 10 / 1951. Please verify whether the mentioned student has attended
your school since the year 43 / 44 until now and inform us if his name appears in your records. Your failure to reply
will be considered confirmation of his non-attendance at your school.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education of Amarah Province - with reference to the letter mentioned above - for information.
Copy of the Letter
Since (Dawoud Salman), a student of the second intermediate class at Amarah High School, was provided
with a transfer form to another school in the year 43 / 944, but he claims it was lost by accident
and he did not attend any school, therefore please circulate to all your intermediate schools and confirm
his non-attendance there from the year 43 / 944 until the current school year.
Signature / Director of Education of Amarah Province
A / Kh / 23
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Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Telephone: 7448 Baghdad
Number: 18/51
Date: 10/22/1951
To:
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 12914 dated 8/28/1951.
Following the system followed since the establishment of the community schools in
Iraq until now:
1 - Frank Iny Primary School teaches the French language
in all its classes.
2 - The school teaches the English language in the fifth and sixth grades
only according to the curriculum of the Ministry of Education.
We request your approval for this, and please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Director
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To be canceled
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Personnel Affairs
Number / 12914
Date / 28 / 8 / 1951
To "- Administrations of private and foreign schools affiliated with this Directorate.
We have noticed that some administrations of private ⟦primary⟧ schools are teaching the French language in their primary classes and the English language
in all their classes starting from the first grade, without obtaining the necessary approval. Therefore, we note for you below a copy of Article
Thirty-four of the General Education Law No. 57 of 1940, for your information and action accordingly. We request you to take immediate initiative
to submit requests to this Directorate regarding obtaining approval for your teaching of any subject that is not within the curriculum prescribed
by the Ministry of Education, or any book you teach that is not prescribed by it, noting that any school that violates this will expose
itself to legal penalties.
S. Al-Haidari
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
28 / 8
Suspended
28 / 8
Copy to " -
Directorate of General Education
Head of Inspection
Governorate of Baghdad Province
The Department's Personnel File.
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Secondary Education - Private and Foreign
" Primary " "
Copy of Article 34 of the General Education Law
Article Thirty-four - Teaching curricula and textbooks in private and foreign schools must be coupled
with the approval of the Ministry of Education, and they may not be changed except with the approval of the Ministry. The Ministry of Education may prohibit the use of books that do not agree
with the spirit of Articles One and Five of this law.
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Received / 28
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Directorate of Education for Baghdad Liwa
Administration
Number / 7844
Date 27 / 10 / 951
To the administrations of intermediate and secondary schools for boys affiliated with this directorate
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs No. 1050 dated 21 / 10 / 51
Hoping to observe the sixth article accurately, and that the school orator be selected before January 1st / 952
Director of Education for Baghdad Liwa
A copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - with reference to its letter mentioned above.
Assistant of this Directorate - to nominate the names of the orators chosen by the schools.
Copy of the Letter
1 - It has been decided that the Directorate of Education of the Liwas shall hold an oratory competition every year among secondary school students in ⟦...⟧ and to achieve this, specialized teachers
shall be elected to choose the best orator in the Liwa ⟦...⟧ who will take care of selecting topics for the delivery speeches among the students in
their schools. The Director of Education shall inform the students to deliver them to ensure their suitability and the absence of anything harmful in them.
2 - Selected speeches from the Liwas are sent to the Directorate of General Technical Affairs for auditing (Directorate of Curricula, Books, and Examinations).
This directorate must appoint the judging committee. These speeches must arrive before the fifteenth of January.
3 - The selected students, one from each Liwa, shall be sent to Baghdad on Thursday, February 14th, and shall stay
in the dormitory of the Elementary Teachers' House, and their travel and accommodation expenses shall be covered by the Ministry of Education - School Activity item -
4 - A competition ceremony will be held between these orators on Saturday, February 16th, at four o'clock in the afternoon in the hall
of the Higher Teachers' House, presided over by His Excellency the Minister of Education.
5 - Three prizes presented by His Excellency the Minister of Education shall be awarded to the first three winners.
6 - The student has full freedom to choose the topic that appeals to him, provided that he does not touch upon political issues or religious controversy in his speech.
The speech must not take more than ten minutes, and it is preferable to memorize it by heart.
Please take the necessary steps to implement this.
Signature / Minister of Education
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Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
(Certificates and Statistics)
Number / J / 10 / 17559
Date / 24 / 10 / 1951
To the administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate schools for boys, all
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Amarah Province, number
7066 dated 16 / 10 / 1951. Please verify whether the mentioned student has attended
your school since the year 43 / 44 until now and inform us if his name appears, as your lack of response
will be considered confirmation of his non-attendance at your school.
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
Copy to: -
Directorate of Education, Amarah Province - reference to the letter mentioned above - for information.
Copy of the letter
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(Dawud Salman), one of the students in the second intermediate grade at Amarah High School, was provided
with a transfer form to another school in the year 43 / 944, but he claims its loss by chance and fate
and that he did not attend any school; therefore, please circulate to all your intermediate schools and confirm
his non-attendance therein in the year 43 / 944 until the current school year.
Signature / Director of Education, Amarah Province
A / Kh / 23
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⟦Frank Aini⟧
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Administration
Number / 17560
Baghdad on 10/24/1951
Administrations of primary, intermediate, and secondary schools for boys and girls under this
Directorate, all of them
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs regarding the opening of a competition for creating models of handicrafts
Requesting the submission of what the hands of male and female teachers produce to this Directorate.
On behalf of the Director
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
⟦10/23⟧
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Directorate of Curricula, Books, and Exams - referring to its letter numbered 30578 and dated 10/12/1951
Assistant office of this Directorate - to unify the models with you for delivery to Mr. Fathi Safwat at the Teachers Training House
Elementary in exchange for a receipt.
Copy of the Letter
Based on the decision of the Council of Education taken at its fourteenth session held on 9/2/1951
We have decided the following:-
Please notify all drawing and handicraft teachers that the Council of Education has decided to open a competition for creating models of handicrafts
Which can be used as educational aids in primary schools. These submitted models will be audited and the appropriate
ones will be selected for introduction into schools. Therefore, we hope that after they are unified by you, they are sent to the Primary Teachers Training House to be received by
Mr. Fathi Safwat in exchange for a receipt.
Sadiq / 23
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
(Administration)
Number / 14201
Date 5 / 9 / 1951
To the administrations of intermediate and secondary schools for boys and girls
Official, private, and foreign, affiliated with this directorate
We convey to you below the most important observations mentioned in the report of the specialist inspector
Mr. Jaafar Khayyat, communicated to us by the letter of the General Directorate of Education (Secondary Education) No.
24780 dated 28 / 8 / 51, hoping for attention to observe and implement them in the lessons of science
Biology and Agriculture.
On behalf of the Director
⟦signature⟧ 9/5
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
General Directorate of Education - (Secondary Education)
With reference to its letter mentioned above.
General Directorate of Technical Affairs.
Head of Inspection.
Observations
1 - Botany
The most prominent aspect we noticed in the teaching of botany relates to the
practical section of it. As the hours of the practical section are limited in most cases to drawing or tracing
book pictures and some other pictures. Also, teachers are noticeably reluctant to bring plants and specimens
available to the class. It is no secret that teaching botany cannot be done without
giving extreme importance to the practical aspect. There are known experiments in each type that must be conducted
every year, and there are slides and sections that must be studied using
a microscope (microscope).
2 - Biology and Health for second and third intermediate grades
Study and teaching in them are generally good, but I noticed a distancing among
many male and female teachers from the practical aspect as well, which is the point observed in other
natural science subjects.
3 - Student Level
The most prominent point I noticed during the inspection is the weak level of first-grade intermediate
students, which is undoubtedly due to the weakness of teaching object lessons in primary schools
on one hand, and to the leniency that occurred in the general examinations for primary education at the end
of the previous academic year.
4 - Agriculture lessons in Rural Teachers' Houses
Regrettably, I noticed a very significant weakness in all agriculture and science lessons
in the Rural Teachers' Houses, and there is no doubt that this is due to the weakness of teaching in the schools of
the villages from which the students come to these schools and the failure to prepare competent teachers for agricultural
lessons.
N. G / 51
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Baghdad Province Education Directorate
(Administration)
Number / 14204
Date / 5 / 9 / 1951
To the administrations of primary, intermediate, and secondary schools for boys and girls
Official, private, and foreign schools belonging to this directorate
We convey to you below a copy of the General Education Directorate's letter No. 2518 dated
1 / 9 / 1951, requesting that the doctors who perform medical examinations in your schools be asked for Form
No. 6 and that it be kept.
p.p. Director
⟦illegible signature⟧ 4 / 9
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy to -
General Directorate of Education - with reference to its letter mentioned above.
Copy of the letter
To all Education Department doctors
It has been observed during the annual medical examinations of male and female students that you have not left
a copy of Form No. (6) with the school principals. We direct you to the necessity of keeping a copy
of Form No. (6) with the school administration. Also, a record book must be opened in every school
for the purpose of recording your notes therein regarding the health status of students and what must be taken regarding sick
students in terms of treatment, to serve as a reference when necessary.
Signature / For the General Director of Education
A Kh / 4
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Number 5
Frank Eini School
Number / 14201
Date 5 / 9 / 1951
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
(Administration)
To the administrations of Intermediate and Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls
Official, private, and foreign, affiliated with this Directorate
We convey to you below the most important observations mentioned in the report of the specialist inspector
Mr. Ja'far Khayyat, communicated to us by the letter of the Directorate of General Education (Secondary Education) No.
24780 dated 28 / 8 / 51, hoping for interest in observing and implementing them in lessons of biology
and agriculture.
For the Director
⟦signature⟧
5 / 9
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
Directorate of General Education - (Secondary Education)
Reference to its letter mentioned above.
Directorate of General Technical Affairs.
Head of Inspection.
Observations
1 - Botany
The most prominent aspect we noticed in the teaching of botany relates ⟦to the deficiency⟧ in the practical
part of it. Whereas the hours of the practical part are restricted in most cases to drawing or copying
images from the book and some other images. Also, the teachers are noticeably reluctant to bring
available plants and samples to the classroom. It is no secret that teaching botany cannot be completed without
giving extreme importance to the practical aspect. There are known experiments in each type that must be conducted
every year, and there are (slides) and sections that must be studied using
the microscope.
2 - Biology and Health for the second and third intermediate classes
Study and teaching in them are generally good, but I noticed an avoidance among
many male and female teachers regarding the practical aspect as well, which is the point observed in all
subjects of natural sciences.
3 - Student Level
The most prominent point I noticed during the inspection is the weak level of the students of the first
intermediate classes, and this is undoubtedly due to the weakness of teaching object lessons in primary schools
on one hand, and to the leniency that occurred in the general exams for primary education at the end
of the previous school year.
4 - Agriculture lessons in Rural Teachers' Training Institutes
What is regrettable is that I noticed a very significant weakness in all agriculture and science lessons
in the Rural Teachers' Training Institutes, and there is no doubt that this is due to the weakness of teaching in village
schools from which students come to these schools, and to the lack of preparation of competent teachers for agricultural
lessons.
N. G. 5/9
⟦Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province⟧
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Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
⟦illegible⟧ and Statistics
No. / J / 16 / 4224
Date / 5 / 9 / 1951
Subject / Confirmation of student non-attendance
To -
Principals of all Official, Private, and Foreign Secondary Schools for Boys.
Student Jalal Issa Ali had been provided with a transfer certificate from Al-Tafayyud Private Secondary School for Boys
for the year 41 - 1942, not addressed to any specific school, and he claims to have lost it. Please search your records
to see if the aforementioned individual has attended your school since the year 41 / 942 until now, so that he may be provided
with a second transfer certificate. Note that he was a student at Al-Tafayyud Private Secondary School in the first intermediate grade for the year
mentioned above.
On behalf of the Director
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
5 / 9 / 1951
A copy to -
Directors of Education for all provinces
Please mediate by inquiring with the secondary schools affiliated with you as to whether the aforementioned
individual attended any of them for the year listed above.
Al-Tafayyud Private Secondary School for Boys
With reference to your letter dated 4 / 9 / 951 on the application receipt numbered 26568
dated 19 / 8 / 1951.
Entry / 5
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Shamash
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
(Personnel)
Very Important
No. / 1530
Date / 30 / 9 / 1951
Subject / Staffing of Private and Foreign Schools
To the administrations of all private and foreign schools affiliated with this Directorate
We list for you below a copy of the General Directorate of Education's letter No. 27691 dated
27 / 9 / 1951 regarding the organization of your schools' staffing for the 1951/1952 academic year, requesting the implementation
of what was stated in the aforementioned letter, noting that this Directorate will refuse to accept the staffing of any private
or foreign school that does not comply with these instructions.
p.p. Director
⟦Signature⟧
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
Copy to:
General Directorate of Education / Secretariat of the Education Council
" " " / Personnel
" " " / Indigenous and Foreign Education - Secondary and Primary
" " " / General Technical Affairs
Governorate of Baghdad Province
Head of Inspection
Departmental Personnel
Copy of the Letter
Based on the approaching date of issuing special regulations for private and foreign schools, which are nearly complete,
and since this regulation includes articles requiring the existence of permanent staffing for these schools and not resorting
to giving lessons via lectures.
Please notify all private and foreign schools, including primary, intermediate, and secondary schools,
to note when establishing their staff that the number of permanent teachers on the staff of
these schools should not be less than fifty percent of the total number of teachers in them, and that
the main subjects should be the responsibility of these permanent teachers, so that these regulations are not issued
while the mentioned schools have not made preparations to apply what is contained in them, forcing the suspension of study
therein because it would harm its students.
Signature / For the Minister of Education
A.Kh / 30
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Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
(Personnel)
Very Important
No. / 1520
Date / 30 / 9 / 1951
Subject / Staffing levels for private and foreign schools
To all administrations of private and foreign schools affiliated with this Directorate
We list below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. 27691 dated
27 / 9 / 1951 regarding the organization of your school staffing for the 1951 / 1952 academic year, hoping you implement
what was mentioned in the said letter, noting that this Directorate will refuse to accept the staffing of any private
or foreign school that does not comply with these instructions.
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of the Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to -
General Directorate of Education / Secretariat of the Education Council
" " / Personnel
" " / Private and Foreign Education - Secondary and Primary
" " / General Technical Affairs
Baghdad District Governorate
Presidency of Inspection
Department Personnel
Copy of the Letter
Based on the approaching date of issuing a special regulation for private and foreign schools which is nearly complete
And since this regulation contains articles requiring the existence of permanent staffing for these schools and avoiding recourse
to giving lessons via guest lectures.
Please notify all private and foreign schools, whether primary, intermediate, or preparatory,
to note when establishing their staffing levels that the number of permanent teachers on the staff of
these schools should not be less than fifty percent of the total number of teachers therein, and that
the main subjects should be assigned to these permanent teachers, so that this
regulation is not issued while the mentioned schools have not prepared to implement its provisions, forcing them to suspend studies,
thereby harming their students.
Signature / On behalf of the Minister of Education
A / Kh 30 / 9
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Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Administration
Number / 13839
Date: 26 / 8 / 1951
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To the administrations of middle and secondary schools for boys and girls, official, private,
and foreign, all belonging to this directorate.
We transmit to you below a copy of the Ministry of Education's letter numbered 24228
and dated 22 / 8 / 1951, requesting you to act accordingly and implement the regulation.
On behalf of the Director
⟦illegible signature⟧ 26 / 8 / ⟦1951⟧ Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy of the letter
Whereas the reasons previously cited by secondary and middle schools
for this Ministry's authorization of a single-session schedule, the most important of which were clung to by school principals and teaching
staff to evade duty and then settle into a state of rest which is not, in any case,
among the qualities of an educator dedicated to their profession.
This is from one perspective, and from another perspective, in a single session - even
in cases caused by the difficulty encountered by students in commuting, considering they
reside in neighboring villages - with regard to the school's effort, which is only completed through
school activity that includes the group of committees and school associations in the second part
of the session usually, especially since secondary school curricula have emphasized activities and other
extra-curricular works and practical applications in some lessons in more than one place and considered
their completion as one of the basic duties that may not be neglected or downplayed, knowing
that this neglect will paralyze student activities and limit the demonstration of their abilities in various
types of activity.
Therefore, it was decided to cancel all ministerial orders and letters issued approving
a single-session schedule, and all secondary and middle schools must follow the literal text provided
in the secondary school system from now on.
n gh 26 / 8
Signature / Acting Director General of Education
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 6028
No. 3117 /51
Date. 27,9.1951
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that Mr. MEIR ABBOODY SAITY, whose
photograph is fixed below, has graduated from The Alliance School Of Baghdad
in 1949 after passing both The Brevet Elementaire and the Intermediate
Government Examinations held in June 1949, and has enrolled at The Shamash
school as a full time student in the forth form for The Academic Year
1949/50, in which he passed the Final Examination successfully.
He passed the Mid-Year Examination of the fifth form
held in January 1951. Throughout the two years, MEIR SAITY showed himself
to be a brilliant hard working, with very good character & with special
aptitude in Physics.
The principal and staff of this School, recommend him
for higher studies in any University as a science student, being convinced
that he is quite suitable for such studies.
S.H. Shohet.
Principal
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Baghdad Province Education Directorate
(Personnel)
Number / 15380
Date / 27 / 9 / 1951
To
Administrations of all private and foreign schools affiliated with this Directorate
We record for you below a copy of the General Education Directorate's letter No. 47118 dated
23 / 9 / 1951 regarding the admission and registration of students in your schools, the use of official buildings, and the assignment of lectures
to official teachers, requesting the implementation of this and acting accordingly.
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to:
General Directorate of Education / Personnel.
General Directorate of Education / Private and Foreign Education
Governorate of Baghdad Province
Head of Inspection
Directorate Accountant
Certificates and Statistics Department - with regard to the first paragraph of the aforementioned letter.
For the record.
Copy of the Letter
With reference to the general annual report submitted to us by the inspectors of private and foreign secondary schools
No. 95 dated 30 / 6 / 1951.
Please instruct the private schools as follows:
1 - To follow the Ministry of Education's system in admitting and registering students at the specified times and the prescribed number
in each class, and to monitor that by you and inform us of every violation issued by them in this regard.
2 - Evening schools are not permitted to benefit from official school buildings and they must rent
private buildings for them.
3 - It is not permitted to assign lectures to teachers of official schools except with the approval of this Ministry, and that is in
cases where it is impossible to find permanent teachers to teach some few hours
which do not exceed seven per week.
Signature / General Director of Education
A/G / 27
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