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 151-175
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Private and Foreign Education
Number /: 4116
Date /: 1/21/1959
Administration of Al-Taqaddum Private Primary School
Subject / Notice
It appeared to us from the report submitted about your school by the inspector, Ms. Bahija Mahmoud Shukri,
that you have committed the following violations:-
1- You did not register the male and female students in the General Registration Record for the current year, making it impossible
to verify the extent to which regulatory conditions for admission have been met.
2- You did not organize an accounting record in the Arabic language, making it impossible to audit the accounts for the aforementioned.
3- You reduced the prescribed Arabic language hours in each of the classes - second, third, and fourth.
4- You allocated seven hours for teaching the Assyrian language for each of the first and second grades, which does not comply
with the distribution of other prescribed subjects.
In view of the fact that your aforementioned actions are contrary to the provisions of the regulations and observed instructions, we have decided
to bring to your attention (for the first time) the necessity of adhering to the provisions of the regulations and following the observed instructions with all
accuracy, and to work urgently to rectify the deficiencies indicated to you in our letter 45942 on 12/30/1958,
and to post this letter of ours on the school announcement board for a period of one week, and to avoid any future violation,
otherwise the strictest regulatory measures will be taken against you.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
A copy to /
Administrations of private and foreign institutes and schools / all
General Directorate of Education / Private Primary / Your letter 48 on 1/13/1959.
1- Please be kindly informed that the administration of the school under discussion had obtained
your approval to teach the English and Assyrian languages in all its classes
as per your letter 9553 on 3/14/1955.
2- The Assyrian language is taught there by the two teachers <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Nana Jan Youkhana and Nana Jan
Babu, in addition to the former serving as administrative assistant, and your
approval for all of that has been previously obtained.
General Inspectorate of Education
Inspector Ms. Bahija Mahmoud Shukri
Private Education Personnel
Mr. ⟦Zaki⟧
Please ensure that the names of all students are registered
in their record.
⟦illegible⟧
1/22/1959
4116
Fursan / 19
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Province
School Activities
Number /: 2782
Date /: 19 / 1 / 1959
Administrations of all Public and Private Schools affiliated with this
Directorate
Subject / Table Tennis Instructions for the Year 58 /
959
Attached herewith are the table tennis instructions and its records for the year 958 / 959 sent to us with
the letter of the General Directorate of Physical and Social Education No. 1933 on 11 / 1 / 959, requesting you to review
them and proceed accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Ali Al-Shook
For the Director of Education for the Baghdad Province
A copy to / -
General Directorate of Physical and Social Education regarding its letter referred to above.
Baghdad Provincial Governorate - Local Administration - We send you a copy for your kind review.
All female and male inspectors
Secretary of the Preparatory Committee for the General Union of Students
Supervisor Mr. Munther Al-Nawab
Supervisor Ms. Inaam Al-Dulaimi
Secretary of School Activities
Activities
Muhsin / 15
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Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
General Directorate of Physical and Social Education
General
Instructions for the game of table tennis, its records and accounts for the year 1958/59
Article 1 - Desiring to benefit from the proceeds of table tennis and to organize its expenditure in the best possible way, we have
decided to set the following instructions to be followed in all schools of various types and levels,
and to act accordingly with full precision to be subject to inspection and auditing by the officials.
Article 2 - A committee is formed in each school headed by (the school principal and membership of both the assistant principal,
a teacher or educator) in the school. In the absence of an assistant, he is replaced by one of the teachers
or educators.
Article 3 - This committee is directly responsible for conducting and monitoring the game, its management, and organization,
controlling its accounts, and spending its proceeds during an academic year.
Article 4 - The school administration issues a letter for the formation of this committee at the beginning of each academic year to
the Directorate of Education, and a copy of it is given to each member of this committee.
Article 5 - The game management committee elects three students from those who show activity,
love of work, and integrity to manage this game according to the following order/-
A - One student shall be responsible for recording the incoming amounts in the daily ledger according to
Form No. (1).
B - The second student shall be responsible for collecting the daily proceeds.
<del>C - The third student shall be responsible for the conduct of</del>
C - The third student assists his colleague in his work and ⟦supervises⟧ the conduct of competitions related to this
game. At the end of the day, the three students present the daily proceeds to the head of the committee (
the school principal) under the signature of the second student (responsible for collecting daily proceeds) at the end of
<del>the page</del>. These three students must be replaced at the end of each month with three others,
aiming to involve the largest number of students in the management and facilitation of this game. ⟦It is permissible⟧
and it is permissible to re-elect the students a second time during the academic year.
If there are multiple tables in the school, a special committee is appointed for each table as stated in paragraph
five. When the daily ledger is finished, the school principal keeps it and starts another ledger, and it is not
<del>and it is permissible</del> permitted to destroy this ledger after it is audited by (the teaching staff).
Article 6 - Table tennis proceeds are collected from the competing students, provided that the losing student
as a result of the match pays an amount of (four fils) for one set consisting of (11)
points.
Article 7 - The daily ledger is organized according to Form No. (1), and the names of the losing students and the
amounts they ⟦paid⟧ are listed in it, and at the top of the page the name of the day, its date, and the page number.
Article 8 - It is absolutely prohibited to put this game up for auction or to rent it out.
Article 9 - The school principal keeps the daily proceeds, provided that they are recorded in a special register according to
Form No. (2).
To be continued
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Art. 11 The committee shall maintain a special register called the Table Tennis Game Accounts Register, in which it records
daily revenues, and on the opposite page, all expenses are recorded as in Form No. (3).
The committee shall be responsible for the accuracy of the accounts, and revenues and expenses shall be carried over at the end of each month
to the following month.
Art. 11 The following shall be recorded on the first page of the Table Tennis Game Accounts Register:
School | For the academic year
Committee Chairman: School Principal
Committee Member: Assistant Principal
Committee Member: Sports Teacher
Student | Student | Student
This committee was formed by School Administrative Order No. ⟦line⟧
Dated ⟦line⟧
Art. 12 Sports, scouting, roaming, or guides revenues shall be spent on:
B. Affairs of trips and sports tours for students.
C. Repairing sports, scouting, roaming, and guides equipment and supplies.
D. Repairing and preparing the school's sports fields.
E. <del>Transportation fees for sports, roaming, scouting, and guide teams</del> and purchasing table tennis game items or repairing the guides' table.
Art. 13 The game management committee shall handle the spending according to Article (12), provided that the approval of the teaching
staff is obtained for expenses exceeding (10) Dinars.
Art. 14 The game management committee shall keep spending documents whose value exceeds one Dinar and
above in a special file called the Spending Documents File for Table Tennis Game Accounts, after
numbering and recording them in the expenses page of the Table Tennis Game registers and accounts.
As for expenses whose value is less than one Dinar, they shall all be listed in the list of petty cash
expenses for this game, and this list shall be kept with the aforementioned documents, and all
documents and petty cash expense lists must be signed by the committee members to confirm the validity of the spending.
Art. 15 At the end of each month, the game's revenues and expenses shall be presented to the teaching staff, and the
summary of accounts shall be signed by them.
Art. 16 At the end of each month, a summary of revenues and expenses shall be submitted to the Directorate of Education for notification.
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Form No. (1):
Page number:
Table number:
Day and date:
Sequence | Name of the loser | Amount | Notes
Signature of one of the committee members
Signature of the observer
Form No. (2) Monthly revenues
Fils Dinar | Amounts received | Day and date
900 - | Only nine hundred fils | Saturday 10 / 2
Total amounts
Signatures of the committee members
Form No. (3)
Monthly table tennis game expenses
Fils Dinar | Details of individual expenses | Document number | Date
340 . | Football shoes repair fee | Document one | 1 / 12 / 58
500 . | Purchase of table balls | |
5 ⟦...⟧ | Repairing basketball goals | Document No. (2) | 4 / 12 / 58
Total
Signature of the committee
⟦line⟧
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The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Personnel Department
Number / 2919
Date / 1 / 1 / 1959
⟦Committee⟧
To all school administrations
Subject / Sponsorship of orphans of the victims of the Algerian struggle
Below is a copy of the letter from the Baghdad office of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, communicated
to us via letter from the General Administration Directorate No. 576 on 5 / 1 / 1959, with a copy of the application form
to sponsor children and victims of the Algerian struggle. Please, after reviewing it, notify the staff of
your school and urge them to adopt this noble humanitarian project.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Enclosures / Student form
Copy to:
General Administration Directorate / Your letter mentioned above
All employees of this Directorate
Copy of the letter
The Office of the Algerian Republic in Baghdad extends its sincere greetings to the esteemed Ministry of Education
and asks it to kindly circulate the attached application form for the sponsorship of
orphans of the victims of the Algerian struggle to its employees and those connected to them.
The office takes this opportunity to express its sincere thanks and great appreciation to you.
Baghdad 31 / 12 / 1958.
Head of the Office
Hamid Rawabihia
Fursan / 15
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The Algerian Republic
Baghdad Office
Sponsorship application form for the children of victims of the Algerian struggle
⟦line⟧
First and Last Name ....
Nationality ....
Religion ....
Married or single .....
Profession ......
Permanent Address .......
Social Status ........
Number of family members .........
Number of children requested ....... (Males) .... (Females) ......
I, the undersigned
Born in the city of of the province of on date
I pledge to do everything necessary for sponsorship, upbringing, and education
And to treat as my own children until Algeria requests them back.
Date Signature
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Frank Iny School
New Alwiyah - Baghdad Telephone 91693
Frank Iny School
NEW ALWIYAH - BAGHDAD, Tel. 91693
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
⟦A⟧
⟦B⟧
127
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
School Activities
No. / ⟦illegible⟧
Date / 1/14/1959
51
1/18/59
48
Administrations of all intermediate, secondary, private, official, evening schools, arts,
and institutes affiliated with this directorate.
Subject / Election of representatives to the conference
Below is a copy of the letter from the General Union of Students - No. 2/6 on 1/12/959
Hoping that the necessary measures will be taken.
⟦signature⟧
Ali Al-Shok
On behalf of the Director of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Copy to / -
General Directorate of Physical and Social Education
Institute of Agricultural Machinery in Al-Atifiya
Primary Teachers' House in Al-Adhamiya
" " in Abu Ghraib
Official Industry
Educational Houses for Girls
" " for Boys
Primary Teachers' Training School for Women
Secondary School of Mechanical Industries
Health Employees
Secretary of the Preparatory Committee of the General Union of Students, regarding your letter referred to above
Supervisor of Secondary Schools
Supervisor of Girls' Schools
Secretary of School Activities.
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
According to the decision of the Preparatory Committee of the General Union of Students regarding representation ratios in the General Conference of the Union
of Students, which will be held on February 16-20, 1959, the Preparatory Committee wishes to inform all Student Union committees
to elect school delegates, provided that this is done according to the following procedures.
1 - A - Representatives of the preparatory stage meet by themselves in five-stage secondary schools
and elect their delegates.
B - Representatives of the intermediate stage meet by themselves and elect their designated delegates.
2 - As for the delegates of the teachers' training houses, educational courses, separate preparatory schools, and separate
intermediate schools, the committee meets ⟦in its entirety⟧ to elect the delegate (male or female) in girls' schools.
To be continued
Mr. Ahmed
Please send the students Ani and Al-Shamsh to contribute to the subject
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3 - The decision shall be issued by majority or consensus in the election of the delegate and signed by the committee members, both those in favor
and those opposing. The decision must be certified by the school administration and contain a photograph of the delegate
or the observer.
4 - No delegate is permitted to attend the conference unless they bring with them this identity card containing the decision
of the committee and certified by the school administration.
5 - The delegate shall bring a photograph with them to be placed on the identity card of the preparatory committee, which authorizes them to enter
the conference. We would like to emphasize the necessity of the administration not interfering in the election of delegates and that its mission is supervision
only. The preparatory committee also emphasizes the importance of completing this as quickly as possible.
Mahdi Abdul Karim
Secretary of the Preparatory Committee
Mohsen / 13
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
School Activities
Number /: ⟦illegible⟧
Date /: 12 / 1 / 1959
To all school administrations affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / Acquisition of books
Below is a copy of the letter from the Higher Committee for Research and Guidance of Libraries No. 791 on 4 / 1 / 959
Please review and take the necessary action.
Ali Al-Shouk
p.p. Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to / - The Higher Committee for Research and Guidance, your above-mentioned letter.
Secretary of School Activities
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
The Central Committee for the Selection and Purchase of Non-School Books decided in its session held on 24 / 12 / 58
the following / -
1 - It has no objection to the acquisition of the book titled "The People's Cry" by author Mr. Haider Mahmoud for public and school libraries affiliated with local administrations, noting that the price per copy is (70) fils.
2 - It has no objection to the acquisition of the book titled "On the Way" ( ) by author Mr. Abdul Majeed Lutfi for public and directorate libraries affiliated with local administrations, noting that the price per copy is 120 fils.
p.p. Chairman of the Higher Committee
Mohsen / 13
18/1/59
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(( SECRET ))
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education and Teaching for Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel
No. /: ⟦168⟧
Date /: 11 / 12 / 958
To /
Administrations of all Secondary and Intermediate Schools
" " Commercial
Administration of the Official Industrial High School
Primary Teachers' Institute in Abu Ghraib
Subject: Partisan Topics
⟦line⟧
Below is a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education 1 / 12 / 3538 on
30 / 12 / 1958, please review it and notify the teaching staff in
your schools to act in accordance with it with full precision.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education and Teaching for Baghdad District
A copy to /
Directorate of Secondary Personnel
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Regularly
Out of concern for the unity of the ranks, to ensure the progress of teaching, and to protect the gains
of the Revolution.
Please notify all male and female teachers of secondary and intermediate schools to avoid
engaging in divisive partisan or political topics during the lesson, of whatever kind, as a violation
of the instructions, governing laws, and directives notified to them officially,
and to devote themselves to performing their primary duty by giving their scientific lessons so that nothing
occurs to disturb public security and the resulting precautions and undesirable troubles, and we hope
everyone will be one hand in service of the dear young Republic.
Technical Director
Please circulate this letter to all female and male teachers and lecturers
Abdullah Abdul Razzaq
4 / 1 / 959
Mehdi / M / 31
Hazim Touma
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2002
10 / 1 / 1959
The Iraqi Republic
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Province Very Urgent No. 2002
Personnel / Secondary Date: 10 / 1 / 1959
To " -
Administrations of all schools associated with this Directorate
Subject / Conference to study education problems
Below is a copy of the letter from the Higher Committee for Research and Guidance No. 1044 on 5 / 1 / 1959
Please, after reviewing it, notify the members of the teaching staff to note the research topics
and the participants in it, and the date of each session of the conference sessions at the Central Preparatory School for Boys,
and to ensure full attendance to participate in the research that will be conducted there.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad Province
Copy to " -
Ministry of Education - Higher Committee for Research and Guidance - your letter above.
General Inspectorate of Education
All male and female inspectors of the province
All assistants of this Directorate
Secondary Personnel
= Primary.
(( Copy of the Letter ))
A new attempt is currently being made in the Ministry of Education to reconsider the curricula
of education and its prescribed books to make them consistent with the goals of our democratic republic to serve the people
from the intellectual and cultural standpoint. A new attempt is also being made to identify the problems of the members
of the teaching bodies related to the curricula, the prescribed books, and the school administration that actually exists.
Out of a desire to study the practical problems faced by the teaching bodies for boys and girls at various
stages of study, it has been initially decided to hold a conference in Baghdad Province to identify those problems
in preparation for addressing them. Please urge the members of the teaching bodies under your jurisdiction to participate
in this conference and prepare for it by preparing their written notes on the curriculum
syllabi they teach and on the prescribed books, each in their field of specialization, and on school administration problems -
in terms of the relationship of the principal with the teaching body, the students, their guardians, and the responsible authorities.
Note that the conference will be limited to hearing their observations that they express during the discussion
and on the notes they submit in writing to the supervisors of the conference affairs so that those in charge
can directly identify those problems and address them. The conference will begin holding its sessions in the hall of
the Central Preparatory School for Boys in the following manner " -
Nouri. L (( To be continued ))
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(( 2 ))
The invitation is general to all members of the teaching staff in the schools affiliated with your district.
Participants | Research Topic | Date | Time | Day
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Principals (Male/Female) of
Primary Schools
etc. | Primary School
Management
etc. | 23/1/59
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Friday
Teachers (Male/Female) of first grades
Primary
etc. | Teaching Reading in
First Grade
etc. | 1/24
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Saturday
Teachers (Male/Female) of Social Studies
etc. | Social Studies in
Primary Education
etc. | 1/25
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Sunday
Arabic Language = =
= = Science
Teachers (Male/Female) of Art
Primary
= Sports = = | Arabic Language =
Teaching Science
Fine Arts
for Primary
Sports Training
and Extracurricular Activity | = 26
=
27
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM
10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Monday
Tuesday
Principals (Male/Female) of
Intermediate and Secondary Schools
etc. | Management for Intermediate
and Secondary Schools
etc. | 28
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Wednesday
Teachers (Male/Female) of Arabic
=
=
= | Arabic Language = =
= = = | 29
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Thursday
Teachers (Male/Female) of Social Studies
etc. | Social Studies for Intermediate
and Secondary Education
etc. | 1/30
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Friday
Teachers (Male/Female) of
Science
etc. | Science for Intermediate
and Secondary Schools
etc. | 1/31
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Saturday
Teachers (Male/Female) of
Fine Arts
Teachers (Male/Female) of
Sports | Fine Arts for Intermediate
and Secondary Schools
Sports Training and
Extracurricular Activity | 2/1
= | 10 / 1 AM
6/30 PM | Sunday
Nouri 10
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 1811
Date / 11 / 1 / 1959
To all administrations of private and foreign schools affiliated with this
Directorate
Subject / Single Shift
⟦line⟧
The General Directorate of Education has informed us that the decision of the Council of Education taken regarding
the single shift includes official schools only; please be informed and take the necessary action.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad Brigade
A copy to:
General Directorate of Education / Private and Foreign / its letter 1354 on 7 / 1 / 1959
General Inspectorate of Education
Personnel of Private Education
Fursan / 10
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
School Activities
No. / ⟦illegible⟧
Date / 1 / 1959
12
12 / 1 / 1959
Administrations of schools in the Karrada sector for intermediate,
secondary, arts, and private and
official institutes
Subject - School Activity Management Committee
At one-thirty in the afternoon on Thursday, 8 / 1 / 1959
heads of student unions and supervising teachers met in the Central
Preparatory Hall, and after deliberation regarding the speech festival, the
administrative committee for school activities was elected, and the winners were:
1- Adnan Al-Bassam - Ibn Sina Institute Preparatory - Chairman of the Committee
2- Inas Daoud Al-Janabi - Home Arts in Karrada - Secretary
3- Ghaniya Al-Qaisi - Al-Hariri Secondary School for Girls - Accountant
Accordingly, the supervising teachers of these winning schools are considered
jointly responsible with their students for everything required by the school activity management.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to: -
General Directorate of Physical and Social Education
Secretary of the Preparatory Committee for the General Student Union
Supervisor Mr. Muzaffar Al-Nawab
Supervisor - Ms. Inaam Al-Dulaimi
Secretary of School Activities.
1- Ibn Hayyan Intermediate for Boys | 15- Ibn Sina Institute
2- " Republic " | 16- Home Arts in Karrada
3- " Mustansiriya for Girls | Al-Sharqiya
4- " Al-Hurriya for Boys | 17- Scientific Institute Secondary School
5- " Al-Battaween " | 18- " Shamash
6- Baghdad Secondary School for Girls | 19- " Frank Iny
7- Al-Battaween Intermediate | 20- " Al-Mashriq
8- " Republic " | 21- " United Armenian
9- " Al-Nizamiyah " | 22- " Private Evening Institute
10- " Republic " | 23- Al-Ikhaa Evening Intermediate
11- " Al-Nizamiyah " | in Tal Muhammad
12- Al-Sharqiya Secondary for Girls | 24- " Al-Qadisiyah in Salman
13- " Al-Sharqiya for Boys | Pak
14- " Al-Hurriya for Girls | 25- Institute of Vocational Creativity for Girls
| 26- Mechanical Industries Secondary School
| 27- " Al-Irfan for Boys
Rox / 10
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The Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
School Activities
Number / 9 /
Date 12 / 1 / 1959
Administrations of Secondary and Preparatory Schools
Affiliated with all of this directorate
Subject - The Universal Correspondence Union Organization.
Below is a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs No. 60910 on
27 / 12 / 1958. We request that it be presented to the school teachers who wish to participate
provided that you inform us about those who correspond with youth in various countries of the world and the content of the correspondence
so that we may cooperate in what is in the interest of the Republic.
⟦signature⟧
Ali al-Shuk
For/ Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to: -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Cultural Relations - your letter referred to above.
Secretary of School Activities.
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Subject - The Universal Correspondence Union Organization.
We record for you below the translation of the letter from the Secretary-General of the International Federation of Organizations for Correspondence
Schooling and Exchange, and we attach herewith a copy of the invitation sent in the aforementioned letter.
Please circulate it to the secondary school teachers who wish to participate in this project
for the purpose of explaining it to their students in order to select those they deem competent to implement this project
and correspond with youth in various countries of the world.
On behalf of the Director General
Translation of the letter
⟦line⟧
International Federation of Organizations
for Scholastic Correspondence and Exchange
This Federation is a non-governmental international institution concerned with the culture of youth through the exchange of
correspondence. It was founded 30 years ago by the League of Nations under the project of the Institute of Intellectual Cooperation.
UNESCO supports this federation at the present time and calls upon all institutes
and governmental and non-governmental institutions to participate in its activities, as UNESCO focuses its efforts
at the present time on implementing a major project regarding establishing mutual understanding of cultural values between
East and West, and building strong links and ties between youth all over the world.
The organization hopes that secondary schools will participate in this project by choosing students who wish and have
the ability to correspond with youth in the other part of the world. The letter indicates that UNESCO
will send us copies of the participation forms (2, the model attached herewith) to be distributed to competent
teachers who will explain the subject to their students and select those they deem competent to implement this
project and correspond with youth in various countries of the world.
The organization hopes for our cooperation in this field.
R. S. / 11
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Personnel of Private and Foreign Education
Number / 4175
Date / 11 / 1 / 1959
Subject ⟦line⟧ Warning
Dr. Sayyid Anis Adel
Responsible Manager of Adel Private Primary School
It has been confirmed to us from the report submitted regarding your school by Inspector Ms. Mafakhir al-Kilani that you have committed
the following violations:-
1- The distribution of lessons in your school is flawed compared to what is practiced in official schools in accordance with
the system and instructions. Lessons are either in excess of the prescribed amount or less than it, especially
Arabic language, social studies, objects, and health lessons.
2- Religious studies were limited to only one lesson for the sixth grade only.
3- You have completely deleted physical education lessons from some classes. And some of its hours from
other classes.
4- You have deleted manual labor (crafts) lessons from all classes entirely.
Your aforementioned violations, which were not based on a specific foundation, are definitive proof
that you are handling the instructions and regulations according to your desires and a clear evidence of your lack of concern
and indifference toward every violation of them. In view of the multiplicity of your violations and the many complaints submitted to us
about you, we have decided to warn you ⟦line⟧ for the last time ⟦line⟧ provided that you immediately implement the following, and avoid
any other regulatory violation in the future, lest you expose your school to closure for an entire year in accordance with the provisions of
the regulation:-
1- Distribution of subjects according to what is prescribed in the regulation and the instructions notified to you literally without
omission or addition.
2- Teaching religion to all classes and in the prescribed hours, provided that the religion of the majority of your school students is taught
in accordance with the provisions of the regulation.
3- Not deleting any subject prescribed in the curriculum.
4- Finally, hanging this warning on the school notice board for a period of two weeks.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy to:-
Administrations of all private and foreign institutes and schools belonging to this directorate.
General Directorate of Education ⟦line⟧ Private Primary ⟦line⟧ your confidential letter M/87 on 8 / 1 / 1959.
General Inspectorate of Education
Inspector Ms. Mafakhir al-Kilani ⟦line⟧ her memo 22 on 16 / 11 / 1958.
Inspection Supervisor in the Directorate
Certificates and Statistics Supervisor
Personnel of Private Education.
Rooks / 11
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Liwa
Private and Foreign Education Personnel
Number / 4176
Date / 21 / 1 / 1959
Administration of Maryam’s Sisters School for Armenian Catholics (Private)
Subject – Warning
It has become clear to us from the report submitted about your school by the inspector, Ms. Bahija
Mahmoud Shukri, that you have committed the following violations:
1- Your total lack of adherence to the Kindergarten Regulation and the official Primary School Regulation regarding
admission and registration absolutely.
2- You did not record the names of the students admitted in the current year in the
General Register; instead, you settled for registering them in the fee payment book under the pretext of delaying
that until the end of the school year.
3- You did not organize grade registers in accordance with what is practiced in official schools,
in addition to the fact that you recorded the averages in pencil.
4- You extract the final average contrary to what is stipulated in Article 38
of the Primary School Regulation.
5- You did not organize detailed registers for the school's accounts.
Based on your commission of the aforementioned violations, which, if they indicate anything, they
indicate your lack of adherence to the regulations and instructions and your total lack of interest in them. In view of
the recurrence and multiplicity of your violations, we have decided to - warn you - for the last time, provided that you
implement the following while adhering to the provisions of the regulation, proceeding according to instructions, and avoiding any
violation in the future. In the event of committing any regulatory violation, your school will be closed
for a full year in accordance with the provisions of the regulation:
1- Addressing the deficiencies that we previously indicated to you in our letter 40849 on 10 / 12 / 1958.
2- Providing us with the number and date of the approval that authorized you to open the kindergarten and for the return of the written licenses
pertaining to your school in its various sections.
3- Informing us of the numbers and dates of the approvals issued by this Directorate for teaching English,
French, and Armenian, while mentioning the names of the teachers who teach the mentioned
subjects and referring to the approvals of their appointment.
4- Finally, posting this warning on the school's notice board for a period of two weeks.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad Liwa
A copy to:
Administrations of all private and foreign institutes and schools linked to this Directorate.
General Directorate of Education / Private Primary - your confidential letter M/83 on 8 / 1 / 1959.
General Inspectorate of Education
The inspector, Ms. Bahija Mahmoud Shukri - her memorandum S / 9 on 3 / 12 / 1958.
Inspection Supervisor in the Directorate.
Private Education Personnel.
Rooks / 11
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
School Activities
No. / 970
Date / 1 / 1 / 1959
12
Administrations of schools belonging to this directorate
All inside Baghdad.
Subject - Conference to study education problems.
Attached herewith is a copy of the letter from the Ministry of Education - High Committee for Research
and Guidance numbered 1044 on 1 / 5 / 1959 for your review and action accordingly, please.
⟦signature⟧
Ali al-Shouk
p.p. Director of Education for Baghdad District
A copy to - .
Ministry of Education - your letter referred to above.
Supervisor - Mr. Mudhaffar al-Nawab.
Supervisor - Ms. Ina'am al-Dulaimi.
Secretary of School Activities.
Rox / 10
Mr. Ahmed
Please see me regarding the circulation of this letter to the specialized schools
⟦signature⟧
14 / 1 / 59
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The Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
High Committee for Research and Guidance
No. / 1044
Date 5 / 1 / 1959
Directorate of Education in Baghdad Province
Subject - Conference to study education problems.
A serious attempt is currently being made in the Ministry of Education to reconsider the education curricula
and its prescribed books to make them consistent with the goals of our democratic republic to serve the people
from the intellectual and cultural side. A serious attempt is also being made to identify the problems of the members of
the teaching staff related to the curricula, the prescribed books, and the existing school administration
effectively. Desiring to study the practical problems faced by the teaching staffs for boys
and girls in various stages of study, it has been initially decided to hold a conference in Baghdad
Province to identify those problems in preparation for addressing them. Please encourage members of the teaching
staffs affiliated with you to participate in this conference and prepare for it by
preparing their written notes on the details of the curricula they teach and on the prescribed books,
each in their subject of specialization, and on school administration problems in terms of the director's relationship with the teaching
staff, the students, their guardians, and the responsible authorities. This is with the knowledge that the conference
will be limited to hearing the observations they express during the discussion and the observations
they submit in writing to the supervisors of the conference affairs so that those in charge can identify
those problems directly and address them. The conference will begin holding its sessions in the hall of the Central Preparatory
School for Boys as follows:-
The invitation is open to all members of the teaching staff in the schools affiliated with your province.
Day | Hour | Date | Research Subject | Participants
Friday | 10 - 1 AM | 23 / 1 / 959 | Primary School Administration | Directors of Primary Schools
Saturday | 3 - 6 PM | " | " ditto " | " ditto "
Saturday | 10 - 1 AM | 24 / thereof | Teaching reading in the first grade | Teachers of primary first grades
" | 3 - 6 PM | " | " ditto " | " ditto "
Sunday | 10 - 1 AM | 25 / thereof | Social Studies in Primary Education | Social Studies Teachers
" | 3 - 6 PM | " | " ditto " | " ditto "
Monday | 10 - 1 AM | 26 / thereof | Arabic Language " ditto " | Arabic Language " ditto "
" | 3 - 6 PM | 26 / thereof | Teaching Sciences " ditto " | Sciences " ditto "
Tuesday | 10 - 1 AM | 27 / thereof | Primary Fine Arts | Primary Drawing Teachers
" | 3 - 6 PM | " | Physical Training and Extracurricular Activity | " Sports "
Wednesday | 10 - 1 AM | 28 / thereof | Administration for Intermediate and Preparatory Schools | Directors of Intermediate and Preparatory Schools
" | 3 - 6 PM | " | " ditto " | " ditto "
Thursday | 10 - 1 AM | 29 / thereof | Arabic Language " | Arabic Language Teachers
" | 3 - 6 PM | " | " ditto " | " ditto "
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Friday | 10 - 1 AM 30 / of it | Social Studies for Middle and Preparatory Schools | Male and female Social Studies teachers
| " " 3 - 6 PM | " Same " | " Same "
Saturday | 10 - 1 AM 31 / 1 | Science for Middle and Preparatory Schools | Male and female Science teachers
| " " 3 - 6 PM | " Same " | " Same "
Sunday | 10 - 1 AM 1 / 2 | Fine Arts for Middle and Preparatory Schools | Male and female Fine Arts teachers
| " " 3 - 6 PM | Sports Training and Extracurricular Activity | Male and female Physical Education teachers
Acting Minister
Dr. Nuri Ja'far
A copy of it to: -
University of Baghdad (
College of Arts (
College of Education ( For the kindness of participation of professors who wish to attend this conference.
College of Science (
General Inspectorate of Education - For the kindness of informing the inspectors of preparatory and primary schools to participate in this conference.
Directors of Education in the Provinces - To provide the chairmanship of the Higher Committee for Research and Guidance with the suggestions of the teaching staff members in your province. Note that similar conferences will be held in your provinces soon.
Primary Women's Teachers House ( To urge female and male teachers to participate in this conference.
" Muslims (
Presidency of the Iraqi Students Union - To send delegates to contribute to the conference.
General Directorate of Physical and Social Education - To provide the chairmanship of the Higher Committee for Research and Guidance with your suggestions regarding sports and scouting activities and to urge sports teachers to contribute to this conference.
Deanship of the Institute of Fine Arts - To contribute to this conference and submit your suggestions to the chairmanship of the Higher Committee for Research and Guidance at the Ministry of Education office.
Central Preparatory School for Boys.
Rox / 10
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Professor Ahmed Walter ⟦illegible⟧
Please organize the list with names except for the monitors ⟦illegible⟧
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— Republic of Iraq —
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Governorate
Private Education Department
To /
Administrations of all private schools associated with this directorate
Number /: 995
Date /: 1 / 1 / 1959
Subject / Names of male and female teachers
and male and female instructors
Please inform us of the full names of the teachers and instructors in your schools who have been approved for appointment
and who are on the permanent staff in order to take the necessary measures for their affiliation with the Teachers Syndicate and payment of
the affiliation fee, provided that we are informed of this within three days.
Abdul Karim Al-Attar
Director of Education for Baghdad Governorate
Copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Private Education
Assistant Mr. Ali Al-Shawak
Aziz / 15 Private Education Department
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Private and Foreign Education
- Extremely Urgent -
Number - 896
Date - 1 / 1 / 1959
N
59 / 1 / ⟦illegible⟧
To -
Administrations of Private and Foreign Institutes and Schools, Nurseries
and private kindergartens affiliated with this Directorate
All
Subject - Tuition Fees
Please inform us of the amount of tuition fees you actually collect during
the academic year from each male and female student, provided that we receive
your answer within one week from the date above, noting
that every ⟦school⟧ that provides incorrect and unrealistic information
exposes itself to legal liabilities (and this includes the
boarding departments and kindergartens if they exist, as well as study courses
in institutes for various studies.
Abdul Karim al-Attar
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
Copy to -
Directorate General of Education - Private and Foreign - referring to its
secret letter 1 / 10 / 16 on 3 / 1 / 1959
General Inspectorate of Education
Private Education Personnel Department
Professor Abdullah
Please respond as necessary
⟦illegible⟧
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Q / 4