Description
These are archival documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools. They contain correspondence from the Office of Education in Baghdad regarding school administration issues including: student vehicles, folk and popular dancing, student registration, school fees, labor disputes, book inventory, the organization of health committees in schools, student attendance, boy scouts, girl scouts, the battle against illiteracy, uniform certification, assembly agendas, Islamic education, scholarships, the national anthem, assemblies, extracurricular activities, drawing competitions, education standardizations, lists of schools, union regulations, speech festivals, poetry competition, approved films, and compliance forms. There is also a brochure for photography and video services and a survey about home economics education.
AI en Translation, Pages 101-125
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( Request )
We request our female and male teacher colleagues to kindly provide us with your suggestions
regarding the suitability of the history book for the second intermediate classes, requesting that you state
your suggestions in written form and send them to Professor Hussein Amin at the College of
Arts - Waziriya - near Al-Hariri Hospital.
The committee also invites the teachers who have suggestions
on the subject to attend the meeting that will be held to discuss this subject at Al-Hariri Secondary School
for Girls at four o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday 3/28/1959
Please accept our highest appreciation.
Dr. Faisal Al-Waeli | Professor Hussein Amin | Miss Suad Al-Awqati
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Hussein Amin
On behalf of the committee
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Very Urgent
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
School Activities
15711
Number /
Date / 3 / 1959 /
22
To /
Administrations of primary, intermediate, and secondary schools for boys and girls
All affiliated with this directorate
Subject / Speech Competitions
It has been decided to hold speech competition parties for the schools of our province according to the dates and in
the places listed below, at half past seven in the evening. Therefore, please
kindly invited guests are requested to take note of this.
Primary Schools
Sector | Day and Date | Hall
Karkh | Thursday 26 / 3 / 1959 | Ibn Jubayr Primary School Hall for Boys
Rusafa | Tuesday 24 / 3 / 1959 | " " Western Intermediate for Boys
Secondary and Intermediate Schools
Kadhimiya | Thursday 26 / 3 / 1959 | Al-Hurriya Hall - Kadhimiya
Adhamiya | Monday 23 / 3 / 1959 | " Primary Teachers' House
Karkh | Wednesday 25 / 3 / 1959 | " Central Preparatory for Boys
Rusafa | Friday 27 / 3 / 1959 | " Western Intermediate for Boys
Karrada | Saturday 28 / 3 / 1959 | " Al-Sharqiya Secondary for Girls
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to /
Directorate of General Guidance and Broadcasting / Please broadcast the above statement three times
Baghdad Provincial Governorate / Local Administration / For kindly approving the use of Al-Hurriya Hall on the mentioned date
Directorate of Military Intelligence / General Staff Department / Army Chief of Staff / For kind approval
Headquarters of His Excellency the Military Governor General / For the same purpose, please
Directorate of General Security / " " " " "
Directorate of General Police / " " " " "
Karkh Police Directorate / " " " " "
Kadhimiya Police Directorate / " " " " "
Baghdad Police Directorate / " " " " "
Administration of Al-Hurriya Hall / To prepare the hall and assist, please
School Activities
Fursan / 17
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
School Activities
Number - 15710
Date - 22/3/1959
22
To -
Administrations of all Primary, Intermediate, and Secondary Schools for Boys
and Girls affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / Extracurricular Activities
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs, Directorate of Curricula,
Books, and Teaching Aids numbered 14666 and dated 15/3/1959, requesting
compliance with its provisions.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs
Directorate of Curricula, Books, and Teaching Aids - regarding your above letter - for your information
School Activities
-/ Copy of the Letter /-
Reference to your letter numbered 6440 and dated 10/2/1959.
We request that extracurricular activities take place outside of official working hours,
as one of the primary intended objectives of these activities is the utilization of
students' free time and not the occupation of their lesson hours.
Signed: Director General
Dr. Taha Al-Haj Elias
Qais Ahmed
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Primary Personnel Department
Number /: 15907
Date /: 22 / 3 / 959
To all administrations of primary schools associated with this Directorate
We transmit to you below a copy of the memorandum from the inspector in this Directorate, Mr. Mohammed Al-Khalidi, requesting
compliance with that.
Ali Al-Shawk
p.p. Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to . -
General Directorate of Education / Primary.
General Inspectorate of Education / for the Teacher.
All inspectors of the Directorate.
Inspector Mr. Mohammed Al-Khalidi / reference to your memorandum No. 50 on 8 / 3 / 1959.
Secondary Personnel Department.
Primary Personnel Department.
Inspection Department.
To . - Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Subject / Student Teachers
A large number of male and female students from Teacher Training Institutes and educational courses
for boys and girls have been distributed to many schools.
These students began actual application starting from 7 / 3 / 959, and the application will continue for a full month.
I believe it is in the public interest that you notify all primary school administrations for boys and girls to instruct the teachers
involved in application lessons regarding the necessity of attending with the student teacher and accompanying them in their lessons continuously because
of the following benefits . -
1 - If a disciplinary problem occurs inside the classroom by the student teacher and the specialized teacher is absent, who
is responsible for it.
2 - The presence of the original teacher ensures the progress of the lesson and that the lesson time is not wasted by the student teacher.
3 - The original teacher monitors the implementation of the lesson plan so that it does not falter on one hand, and guides and directs the student teacher on the other
hand.
4 - Some teachers often complain after the end of the application that their class has become weak because the student teachers
did not benefit the students .. etc. If the original teacher accompanies the student teacher during the application, we cut off the root
of this complaint.
Inspector of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to . -
General Inspectorate of Education / two copies - for your kind information.
K / 19
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Inspection
Number /: 13852
Date /: 11 / 3 / 1954
To /
All School Administrations
Recently, some schools have started delaying the submission of the monthly inspection form,
to the extent that some sent the January form in March / 54. You are aware of the
disruption this delay causes in the workflow during the auditing of inspection activities. Therefore, we request they be sent for each month at
the end of it, and anyone who delays will hold themselves accountable.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to / - General Inspectorate of Education
With reference to its letter No. 584 dated 7 / 3 / 54
All inspectors
Inspection Department.
Professor Luqm
Please send the inspection forms and certify them
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28 / 3 / 95
Mohsen / 8
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Liwa of Baghdad No. / 13850
Secondary Personnel Date / 11 / 3 / 1959
To all administrations of secondary and intermediate schools
It has been observed that some of your school administrations are approaching officials at the Ministry of Education
directly to solve various school problems. Such an error, despite its
ineffectiveness, is a waste of the officials' time and your own. It has been finalized in the recent
conference of Directors of Education, held under the chairmanship of His Excellency the Minister of Education, that
no direct approach by you shall be made to the Ministry's office, as the opinion of the Director of Education is necessary to solve
these problems and assist in their completion.
For all this, we would like to inform you that any direct approach to the Ministry is considered a bypass of the official reference,
hoping for full compliance with that.
We have also noticed that some of your school administrations are quick to contact this Directorate regarding matters
that are simple enough to be solved by school procedures, hoping that you will contact us regarding problems
that are difficult for you to solve after extensive study.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Liwa of Baghdad
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Secondary / Your letter 12084 on 1 / 3 / 1959
Farid / 7
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Personnel - Secondary
No. /: 82496
Date /: 9 / 3 / 1959
To all school administrations associated with this Directorate
Subject: Research Form
Attached is a copy of the letter from the Deanship of the College of Commerce, as well as a copy of the research form
regarding the request for information related to family protection and encouragement of marriage.
Please contribute to this vital project by notifying the staff of your school of the attached form
to duplicate it and answer the questions contained therein correctly and accurately, and send
the answers to us no later than March (10), 1959.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to / -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Cultural Relations - your letter ⟦19⟧ on 14 / 2 / 59
Deanship of the College of Commerce and Economics - for your kind information.
Personnel of Primary Education to consolidate the primary schools' answers and send the forms to the Directorate of
Cultural Relations in the Ministry's office by a deadline of March 15, 59, in reference
to its letter above.
Personnel of Secondary Education - for the same purpose.
Mohsen / A
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Copy of the Book
Excellency, Minister of Guidance and Education, Respected
Dr. Sadiq Mahdi Al-Saeed, a lecturer at the College of Commerce, is conducting research on social security related
to family protection and the encouragement of marriage, which requires the necessary statistical information.
Based on his request, the Statistics Department in our college has formulated questions to be answered by the
concerned citizens in order to obtain the required information.
Please be kind enough to assist us in publishing them to the public through the press, radio,
and television, and to send the answers to us under the title (Family Protection).
Please accept our highest gratitude and respect.
Head of the Statistics Department at the College of Commerce
Mahmoud Azmi '
A copy to / - Ministry of Social Affair⟦s⟧ ⟦t⟧o kindly contribute to obtaining this information
from all workers and employees in industrial, commercial, and agricultural projects
as much as possible.
Ministry of Financ⟦e⟧ - to kindly contribute to obtaining this information from
all officials and employees in official departments.
Ministry of Educati⟦o⟧n and Instruction - to kindly contribute to obtaining this information
from all members.
Ministry of Economy - to kindly contribute to obtaining this information
from workers and employees of oil projects in Iraq
Mohsen 2/
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Fellow citizens.
Your dear republic is striving to exert its utmost efforts for your well-being and to fulfill your desires, and we have the honor
in assisting it and advancing it. Therefore, we have come to you with these questions, hoping that you will answer them correctly
and accurately, because the intended benefit from them returns to you as loyal citizens of our beloved republic.
(To answer the questions, place a mark after the appropriate answer unless a specific answer is requested).
Questions
1- Province ......... District ......... Sub-district .........
2- Age .........
3- Gender: Male ......... Female
4- Do you know how to read and write? Yes .... No ....
5- Profession .........
6- Highest degree obtained ......... and the date you obtained it ......
7- Amount of income you receive
8- Are you a breadwinner? Yes ...... No
9- What is the number of family members you support?
10- Do you wish to get married? Yes ......
11- If you wish to get married, do you want your wife/husband to be:
An employee only .... Self-employed
12- What are the reasons for not getting married until now?
A- Financial reason ......
B- Health reason ......
C- Religious reason ......
D- Family reason ......
E- Other reason (What is it ...) .........
Statistics Association at the College of Commerce
1/10/58
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Primary Education Personnel
Number / 13492
Date / 9 / 3 / 1959
All secondary, intermediate, and primary schools associated with this directorate
We convey to you below a copy of the General Education Directorate's letter 2074 dated 1 / 3 / 1959
regarding the necessity of adhering to the goals of the Syndicate, requesting review and informing the teaching staff in
your schools to act accordingly ⟦line⟧
Ali al-Shuk
on behalf of/ Director of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
A copy to /
General Education Directorate / Primary / in reference to your above-mentioned letter
All inspectors (male and female) in this directorate
All division heads in this directorate
Primary Education Personnel
Copy of the Letter
⟦line⟧
Directors of Education in all Brigades
Among the goals of the Syndicate are supporting the Democratic Republic, defending it, unifying
the voice of teachers, gathering their ranks, working to preserve their rights and protect them, and establishing brotherhood and affection
among colleagues. Therefore, we request that you urge teachers to adhere to the Syndicate's goals, foremost of which is supporting
our Democratic Republic and establishing harmony among them, and that friendliness and serenity prevail among them regardless of
their position during the Syndicate elections ⟦line⟧
General Director
Fursan / 5
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The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
School Activities
Number / 495
Date / 9 / 3 / 1959
To the administrations of all schools affiliated with this directorate
Subject / Design Drawing Competition
Below is the text of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Curricula - No. 1138 dated
25 / 2 / 1959. We request you to study the recommendations, participate in the competition, and inform us.
Ali Al-Dawoud
For the Director of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Copy to :-
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Curricula - your letter referred to above.
The supervisor, Mr. Mudhaffar Al-Nawab.
Secretary of School Activities.
In reference to our letter No. 61650 dated 29 / 12 / 958
We wish to inform you that this Ministry has allocated an amount of (150) Dinars as first and second prizes for drawing five posters
expressing some of the goals of our eternal revolution. An amount of 20 Dinars has been allocated to the first-place winner for each design and 10 Dinars
to the second-place winner. The competition shall be evaluated according to the following conditions :-
1- The design shall be about one of the attached topics.
2- The design shall be drawn on a board with dimensions of approximately 70 cm / 100 cm.
3- The number of colors in the design shall not exceed five.
4- The design shall be simple, understandable, and free from minute details and complexity (
to allow us to print it via silk screen.
5- The design shall leave sufficient space for writing the necessary words in the area decided for drawing according to
the symmetry and balance of the board.
6- The participating artist must attach with his design some information about himself and his work.
7- A participant may contribute to more than one topic.
8- The deadline for receiving designs is Tuesday 31 / 3 / 959.
9- Designs are to be sent to the Audio-Visual Center at the Ministry of Education.
Poster Topics :-
1- Our Awakening (( A poster showing the alertness of the people in smashing conspiracies )).
2- Our Goals (( The most important goals of the Republic that everyone strives to achieve )).
3- Everyone is a partner in this homeland (( A poster showing the Arab-Kurdish brotherhood and other minorities )).
4- Women and men in struggle and construction (( A poster showing the cooperation of women with men to build the structure of the Republic )).
5- The People and their Leader (( A poster showing the people rallying and their full cooperation with their sole leader, Abdul Karim Qasim )).
For the Minister
Dr. Faisal Khalil
Th / 1
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Private and Foreign Personnel Section
To :-
Administrations of all private and foreign institutes and schools
affiliated with this directorate.
No. 4228
Date 25 / 1 / 959
Subject / Studying in foreign institutes outside Iraq
We convey to you below the text of the Circular of the General Directorate of Education 4219 on 21 / 1 / 959
And please review it and avoid the mentioned violation absolutely.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Copy to :-
General Directorate of Education - Private and Foreign
General Inspectorate of Education
Private Education Personnel Section.
(( Text of the Circular ))
With reference to what was stated in the letter of the Cultural Attaché in Brussels previously, numbered 8 / 12 /
1728 on 6 / 11 / 958 addressed to the Directorate of Missions at the Diwan of this Ministry.
Please inform the administrations of all private and foreign institutes and schools affiliated with you that the matter
of selecting students to study outside Iraq is within the competence and authority of the specialized authorities only
The matter which they are strictly prohibited from carrying out any propaganda for foreign institutes or schools
or advertising them and coloring a relationship with them or sending any students to them for the mentioned purpose and through
it, and accordingly the strictest disciplinary measures will be taken against the administration of the institute or school that is not keen
on adhering to the laws and regulations in force and the official orders notified to them.
Respected Professor
Please distribute and archive
Nouri 24
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Professor Akram
To make arrangements for forming a committee for planting trees on the road adjacent to the school
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Province of Baghdad
School Activities
Number /: 11872
Date /: 1 / 3 / 1959
To all school administrations affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / Afforestation activities in schools
Below is a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Curricula, Books and Illustration Aids
10600 on 21 / 2 / 1959. Please review its contents, take the necessary action, and inform us.
Ali Al-Shouk
Acting / Director of Education for the Province of Baghdad
Copy to /
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Your letter referred to above
Directorate of Student Activities and Scouting / For your kind information
Scout Monitor
Secretary of School Activity
Copy of the letter
We transmit to you below the text of the Ministry of Social Affairs letter 1961 on 21 / 2 / 1959.
Please take the necessary measures to circulate it to all schools in your province to act accordingly. We hope that
afforestation activities and tree care will be given special attention by the schools in your province. To that end,
we request that those schools organize special committees of students to work on planting trees inside the school,
on its outskirts, on the streets leading to it, and in other areas of the city where it is deemed useful
to plant trees, while participating in activities related to caring for and protecting those trees, and that
in cooperation with the specialized authorities within the province. We also request the formation of a central committee in the province to organize
the work and activities of these committees, direct them, and provide us with comprehensive reports on what your province's schools achieve
in this field.
Copy of the letter from the Director General of the Ministry of Social Affairs
Further to the ongoing correspondence with your Ministry, ending with your letter 642 on 4 / 1 / 1959.
We would like to point out that the committee formed in the office of this Ministry is in its early stages of work.
We ask your esteemed Ministry to contribute to awakening the spirit of cooperation and responsibility in the hearts of students, especially
in directing them to care for trees, public gardens, parks, and forests in every province and in every city,
district, and sub-district of Iraq. We request your valuable assistance in helping students understand, through the Directorates of Education
in the provinces, the school curricula, and the Student Corner on the wireless broadcasting station, the necessity of
preserving all seedlings and trees planted throughout the Republic and not harming trees or
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cutting them, as this has a great impact on moderating the air of cities and beautifying them, in addition
to its long-term effects in improving the health conditions of citizens and increasing national wealth
in the country.
Hoping that this call will receive a warm response in service of the public interest.
Minister of Social Affairs
Fursan / 26
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The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education and Teaching for the Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel Department
Extremely Urgent
No. /
Date / / 2 / 1959 /
To all school administrations
Subject - Statement of His Excellency the Minister of Education and Teaching.
We record for you below the statement of His Excellency the Minister of Education and Teaching No. 8872 dated 14/2/959
hoping that after it is reviewed by all councils of male and female teachers
and read to them after clarifying all that is contained in it, that their signatures be obtained on the body of the letter and kept
with you, with absolute emphasis on implementing the valuable and strict recommendations and directives contained in the letter.
Be advised that we will hold school administrations primarily responsible for supervising the implementation of what is stated therein in letter
and spirit.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education and Teaching for the Baghdad District
Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
Please notify the teachers and obtain signatures
A copy to:
General Directorate of Education / Personnel
All male and female inspectors of the Directorate
All assistants of this Directorate
All divisions of the Directorate
Copy of the Statement
Statement to all members of the teaching staff
in the Ministry of Education and Teaching
In this important period through which our beloved homeland is passing in its transition from the era of the defunct monarchy
to the era of the young Republic, where our major social process is taking place, the process of building
the new newborn society, and where we are in the process of demolishing the pillars of colonialism and its corrupt institutions
and in the process of establishing the foundations of the Republican system, in this particular period, the responsibility
of the members of the Ministry of Education and Teaching, including female and male teachers and administrators,
falls as a grave responsibility that they must contemplate and carry out to the fullest extent. It is the responsibility of guiding
the new generation in a sound manner and educating them to the fullest extent on foundations consistent with the glorious
Republican era.
The responsibility of the teaching staff is not limited to giving lessons and lecturing on what is in the books,
but rather extends beyond that to a broader task, which is guidance and direction. Colonialism is trying to
penetrate our internal front from any gap we open for it. To the extent that we are united and supportive of one another,
to that extent we deny colonialism the opportunity to penetrate our national unity. Those in charge of
education must protect the Republic, support it, defend its principles, and preserve its gains.
They must realize with conscious awareness that their first duty is to mobilize the generation so that it is capable of
performing its mission toward the dear homeland. The Ministry of Education and Teaching in this glorious era
wishes to emphasize its respect for every active teacher who performs his duty as it should be performed, and emphasizes at
the same time its firm and strict stand against anyone who tries to abuse this mission
and deviate from it. We respect all sincere elements loyal to the Republic and stand firmly and resolutely
against everyone who harms the Republic. We reward and support everyone who serves the goals of the Revolution and punish
and forsake everyone who harms these goals.
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The officials in the Ministry of Education stand above whims and inclinations, confirming
that their primary goal is to gather all loyal forces around the Republic, because it is the dream
of our people for years to achieve a better life, as it is the fruit of our struggle and fight over forty
years to get rid of colonialism, exploitation, reactionism, and feudalism, and to build a dignified
and happy life.
The Ministry of Education does not believe in any kind of intellectual, ideological, or
principled fanaticism, but rather believes that all loyal elements, regardless of their various national
principles, must rally around the Republic and defend its principles. If anyone offends
these principles, the Ministry will not hesitate to direct the severest penalties against them.
This is our slogan that we call for and invite everyone to rally around it
to protect the national interest, ensure the safety of the Republic, and preserve the unity of the people.
We call upon the education family to observe what is stated in this circular of ours, and we assure them that
this Ministry is extremely keen on maintaining the scientific level, the prestige of schools,
and the dignity of the teaching profession on one hand, and that harmony, stability, and unity of ranks
prevail among the members of this family on the other hand, and that everyone feels complete reassurance as long
as each of them performs their duties to the fullest.
The Ministry is certain that all loyal people will respond to this call.
The Minister
Presidency of the University of Baghdad
Presidency of the Iraqi Academy of Sciences
All General Directorates
General Directorate of Antiquities
Governors of the Provinces - for information
Directors of Education in the Provinces - please circulate it to all schools and monitor
the implementation of its contents.
All Department Directors and Heads of Sections.
Directors of Administration and Personnel
Schools affiliated with the Bureau
Broadcasting House
Daily newspapers.
Rooks / 22
⟦Abdul Majid Kabbani⟧
⟦Youssef Kallo⟧
⟦Yaqoub⟧
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Governorate
School Activity
No. / 10945
Date / 25 / 2 / 1959
Administrations of Primary Schools within Baghdad City
Subject: Scouts and Guides
Please prepare the Guide and Scout troops to participate in the Mother's Day and Arbor Day festivals,
and training on marching and some other suitable activities.
⟦Signature⟧
Ali Al-Shawk
On behalf of / Director of Education for the Baghdad Governorate
A copy to /
Directorate of Student and Scout Activity / For your kind information and to inform us of your recommendations regarding Arbor Day
Scout Monitoring / Your memorandum dated 16 / 2 / 1959 and to contact schools in need of explanation
regarding suitable activities please
Song and Music Monitor / To cooperate with the Scout Monitor in organizing the music for Scouts and Guides
and organizing the marching, vocal and musical activities, and the regular anthems
Secretary of School Activity
Fursan / 25
Professor ⟦Respected⟧
Please follow up on the matter to participate in these two activities if possible
⟦Signature⟧
1 / 3 / 1959
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Scout Oversight
To "-
No. _ 12525
Date 2 / 3 / 959
Administrations of all primary schools within Baghdad
Please inform us whether there are scout or guide troops in your school or if you have
the readiness to form these troops, and the number of members in them, as soon as possible.
⟦illegible⟧
Ali Al-Shawk
For / Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to "-
School Activity
Scout <del>General</del> Overseer
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Professor Ahmed
Please purchase five copies of the Iraqi Republic Anthems booklet for female teachers for the purpose of teaching them
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- Iraqi Republic -
8807
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Number /
Inspection - Libraries
Date / 2 / 1959
To /
All Primary School Administrations
We have no objection to the entry of the booklet titled (Modern Iraqi Republic Anthems)
to your schools and its acquisition by students optionally, noting that the price per copy is thirty-five fils
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to /
The Higher Committee for Research and Guidance
Directorate of Libraries - with reference to its letter No. 1051 on 14 / 2 / 1959 .
Mr. Said Shabo - Supervisor of Anthems and Music / For information .
Aziz / 15 of it
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
School Activities
Number - 729
Date - / 2 / 1959
To -
Administrations of primary schools for girls and boys
Inside Baghdad
Subject / Unified Sector Parties
It has been decided that each sector shall hold a unified party according to the curriculum listed below
stemming from the social activity events in your schools. Please study the items
and inform the supervisor of the sector in social activities about the possibility of knowledge
and competence to perform any item and train for it.
The Curriculum :-
1 - Dance :-
A - Girls' schools :-
(Ballet, Indian, Arabic, Caucasian, Negro, Spanish, Red Indians, Al-Yandiya -
Scottish, Western).
B - Boys' schools :-
(Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmen, Oriental).
2 - Singing :- Old Iraqi (Maqamat) .. Folk (Rural .. Northern) Arabic (Syrian .. Egyptian
Kuwaiti ... etc.) Foreign.
3 - Anthem :- National ... Theatrical
4 - Music :- String instruments and playing them
5 - Plays :- Comic .. Tragic .. Mime .. Miscellaneous.
6 - Operettas :- Singing and dancing plays
7 - Poems :- <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and speeches -
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of the Director of Education for Baghdad District
A copy to :-
General Directorate of Technical Affairs - Curricula and Books - Cultural Relations.
Baghdad Provincial Administration - Local Administration - for your kind information, noting that schools
will occupy Liberty Hall and others.
Female and male inspectors
Committee of Supervisors for Social Activities
Mr. Dhafer Al-Nawab
Ms. Inaam Jawda Al-Dulaimi
Anthem and Music Monitor
Director of Liberty Hall in Kadhimiya
Secretary of School Activities
Qaisar Ahmed
Professor Lahay
Please inform Ms. Samira, Mr. Azim,
and Mr. Al-Souri regarding the possibility of organizing
poems and speeches for this purpose
With my sincere regards
25/2/59
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The Republic of Iraq
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Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Number / -
Inspection
Date / 2 / 2 / 1961
16
To / - All Headmasters and Headmistresses of Schools
We have no objection to the entry of the booklet (History of the Teachers' Movement in Poland) into schools and its distribution to
teachers and students.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
A copy to / -
Presidency of the Higher Committee for Research and Guidance (Directorate of Libraries)
With reference to your letter numbered 7661 on 7 / 2 / 1961.
Inspection and Libraries
Aziz / 15 of it /
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Inspection
Number /:
Date /: 28 / 2 / 1959
To all administrations of secondary, intermediate, and primary schools
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the General Inspectorate of Education 18 on 19 / 2 / 1959.
Hoping for attention to everything related to school activities and providing the necessary facilities
for the inspector, Mr. Haqqi al-Shibli, during his visit to your schools ⟦line⟧.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to /
General Inspectorate of Education / with reference to its letter referred to above / for your kind information
General Directorate of Education / Vocational
General Directorate of Technical Affairs
School Activity Observation
= Inspection
Text of the Letter
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It has been decided that Mr. Haqqi al-Shibli, acting in inspection duties, shall perform the following ⟦line⟧.
1 — Inspection of school activities and artistic activities (Acting • Oratory • Music • Chants • Drawing
Sculpture • Handicrafts) in all secondary schools for boys and girls and teacher training institutes —
for men and women in Baghdad and the large primary schools located in the centers of provinces, districts, and sub-districts
that have intermediate schools.
2 — The mentioned inspector must submit to the Presidency of the Higher Committee for Research and Guidance everything related to the curriculum in terms of
proposals in the form of memorandums prepared by the inspector himself.
3 — The aforementioned person shall conduct a technical inspection tour during this month in teacher training institutes and in secondary schools
for boys and girls in Baghdad and its suburbs, and contact those responsible for them directly to study their important needs
and review their activities and actions and submit a technical report on them.
4 — The aforementioned person shall conduct a technical inspection tour in all southern provinces during the next month (March)
and another technical inspection tour to the northern provinces during the month of (April)
with the aim of reviewing artistic activity and school activities according to what was stated in the third paragraph above.
5 — The inspector must submit his memorandums related to the subjects referred to above in three copies, and he must also record
his observations and recommendations, if any, in the inspectors' observation logs present in every school
for the purpose of informing the school administration or the specialized teacher of them.
General Inspector
Fursan / 25
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
School Activities
No. /: 10927
Date /: 25 / 2 / 1959
To /
All school administrations affiliated with this directorate
Subject / Scout Camps
Below is a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Student and Scout Activities No. 9413 on 15 / 2 / 1959
Please review and act accordingly.
Ali al-Shuk
Acting Director of Education for Baghdad District
A copy to /
Directorate of Student and Scout Activities - Your letter referred to above
Scout Monitor - For follow-up
Secretary of School Activities
- Copy of the Letter -
Since camping is a main pillar of the Rover Scouts movement, it was expected during the scouting
trips during the past spring break that the teams would set up their camps to apply the practical
aspects of roaming and scouting. However, we noticed that the teams that traveled to the city of Basra
were occupying school buildings just like the rest of the students; therefore, this directorate hopes that
this will not be repeated in the future. While it encourages these scouting trips, it envisions through them
the movement of camps to apply scientific aspects that cannot be properly applied except in camps.
Signature
Acting Director General
Abdul Razzaq Nauman
Aziz / 23rd of it
Page 125
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District:
School Activities:
Number /: ⟦926⟧
Date /: 2 / 2 / 1956
Directorate of Military Intelligence - Ministry of Defense
Subject / Play
We attach herewith a copy of the play "Ras al-Quafilah" and a copy of the play "The Noble Orient" which Frank Iny Intermediate School
wishes to perform on the aforementioned school stage on the nights of 21 and 22 / 2 / 1956.
Please review and approve, and kindly inform us.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to / -
Ministry of Social Affairs - for the same purpose please
Headquarters of the Military Governor General - Ministry of Defense for the same purpose please.
Capital Secretariat - for the same purpose please
Administration of Frank Iny Intermediate School - following up on our letter number 5256 on 28 / 1 / 1956
and providing the competent authorities with the required copies please.
School Activities
Aziz / 24