Correspondence between Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools and Baghdadi Office of Education Regarding Administration Issues
View interactive document pageThese 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.
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Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province School Activities Number /: 777 Date /: 25 / 6 / 1959 Subject /: Activities and Events To all schools associated with this Directorate We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs, Directorate of Books, Curricula and Illustration Aids, numbered 37666 and dated 21 / 6 / 959, for your information. Abdul Karim Al-Attar Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to /- Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Directorate of Curricula, Books and Illustration Aids Your above letter for your kind information. General Union of Students - for information School Activities ⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧ Some specialists in the Cultural Radio and Television and Cinema and Photography departments will conduct successive tours to record and photograph important activities in the various provinces, such as the recording department recording audio clips of cultural occasions, seminars, and presentations of various activities, as well as providing a description of ⟦...⟧ what the students of each province perform in terms of activities on all occasions during the era of our prosperous Republic, and we hope that some specialists will be invited to hold seminars and give lectures on the most important activities that characterize the province in the economic field ⟦...⟧ It is also possible ⟦...⟧ to be presented on 16mm films to create a series of short films for the activity of ⟦...⟧ representing an important activity of great importance for ⟦...⟧ technical departments in ⟦...⟧ and knowing the most important ⟦...⟧ general. Hussein / 23
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province School Activities Number / 20772 Date / 25 / 6 / 1959 To all school administrations affiliated with this directorate Subject / Request for vehicles ⟦line⟧ We transmit to you below a copy of the Ministry of Defense letter No. 2794 dated 1 / 6 / 959 Transmitted to us via the Ministry of Education letter - General Administration Directorate - Equipment No. 36406 Dated 13 / 6 / 959 for your review and action accordingly, and to write to us directly in case you wish to request a vehicle. Abdul Karim ⟦Al-Ar⟧ Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to / - Ministry of Education - General Administration Directorate - Equipment - your letter above for your kind information. General Students Union - Please inform your disciplinary committees in middle and high schools of the necessity to adhere to the content of the aforementioned letter. School Activities. ⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧ With reference to the Military Movements Directorate letter No. H / Sh 4 / Q 1 / 49 / 532 dated 28 / 5 / 1959, we have noticed that most vehicle requests for popular organizations and schools are submitted individually. In view of the long communications and follow-ups caused by this method, we request the dissemination of this by you to schools and organizations that all requests be submitted to you directly and unified by you for popular occasions and sent to us directly. Individual requests will not be accepted in the future. Please kindly act accordingly and inform us, please. Muhsin /
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Secondary Education Personnel Number 2051 Date - 22 / 6 / 1959 To -- Administrations of Primary, Intermediate, and Secondary Schools for Baghdad City and its suburbs We convey to you below a copy of the Teachers' Syndicate letter No. 718 dated 21 / 6 / 1959, requesting you to review and inform the teachers (male and female) of its content noting that the meeting will be held on ⟦Sunday⟧ dated 28 / 6 / 1959. ⟦signature⟧ Ali Al-Shawk For the Director of Education, Baghdad Province - Copy of the Letter - The Teachers' Syndicate wishes to organize a parade to participate in the procession moving on the morning of July 14th. The Syndicate wishes for the teachers (male and female) to appear in a beautiful manner fitting the status of our glorious revolution and the position of our young syndicate. The number that will participate in the march will be limited to (250) female teachers and (250) male teachers in their unified uniforms. Please instruct the school administrations to register those who wish to participate while taking their signatures and sending them to the Syndicate's administration in (Bab al-Muazzam) noting that a preliminary meeting will be held on 28 / 6 / 1959 at the Syndicate Club in Al-Aywadiya at six-thirty in the evening to discuss the organization of the march and the parade. Please inform everyone of this appointment, and we thank you. The President Signed: Faisal Al-Samir Qais Ahmed
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Correspondence Number / 20267 Date / 22 / 6 / 959 To all school administrations affiliated with this Directorate Subject / Eid Greeting ⟦line⟧ We list for you below the text of the greeting from His Excellency Leader Abd al-Karim Qasim, Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, addressed to the sons of the Arab nation and Muslims throughout the country and to all the honorable sons of the people. Please take note and inform all your staff. Abdul Hamid Al-Hakim Director of Education, Baghdad Province Copy to :- General Administration Directorate - Papers and Records. Assistants of this Directorate. All departments of this Directorate. Records Observer. On the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha, I offer to the sons of the glorious Arab nation and Muslims throughout the country and to all the honorable sons of the people and members of the armed forces of soldiers and non-commissioned officers and officers in the army, police, and guards the highest congratulations and blessings on this happy Eid and I congratulate them on the blessing of freedom, liberation, absolute independence, and full sovereignty in the prosperous republican era praying to the Creator, Almighty, to preserve the entity of the eternal Iraqi Republic and grant victory to our triumphant army and protect it from the evil of the treacherous and strengthen the support of the sincere workers for the sake of God, the people, and the homeland and protect them from the evil of division, and that this blessed Eid returns to everyone with goodness, prosperity, and peace. Signature Staff Major General Abd al-Karim Qasim Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. K / 21
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province School Activities Number /: 865 / 29 Date /: 6 / 959 / To all school administrations Subject / Folk Dances and Popular Dances ⟦line⟧ We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Directorate of Curricula and Books and Illustrative Aids - No. 35914 on 10 / 6 / 959 Requesting you to contact the Illustrative Aids Center directly in the event that folk and popular dances are available with you. Abdul Karim al-Attar Director of Education, Baghdad Province Copy to: - Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Directorate of Curricula, Books and Illustrative Aids - your letter above for your information. Administration of the Illustrative Aids Center - for your information. School Activities. ⟦line⟧ The Photography Department in the Administration of the Illustrative Aids Center is ready to film a colored cinematic film about folk and popular dances in all provinces. Please inform us of your readiness to present such subjects so that we may take the necessary measures to film them. General Director Copy to: - Deanship of the Institute of Fine Arts. Illustrative Aids Center - 461 on 26 / 5 / 959 K / 13
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Private Education Number - 29860 Date 24 / 6 / 959 To - All administrations of private and foreign schools affiliated with this directorate Subject / Regarding the registration of students in private and foreign schools We convey to you below the text of the General Directorate of Education letter 36678 on 13 / 6 / 959 And we hope to observe what is stated in it and act accordingly. Abdul Karim Al-Attar Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to - General Directorate of Education - Private and Foreign General Inspectorate of Education Teachers Syndicate Certificates and Statistics Private Education Personnel Affairs. (( Text of the Letter )) It has come to our attention that some administrations of private and foreign schools have begun to collect, as of now and from former students, certain sums under the pretext of reserving seats for them and ensuring the fixation of their registration for the academic year upcoming, and in the event of their failure to pay the requested sums, their names are struck from its records. And as such a procedure is irregular and would constitute an explicit violation of the provisions of the regulations and instructions in force. Please circularize to all administrations of private and foreign schools of various grades that it is strictly forbidden to collect any sums not stipulated in the regulations, nor is it permissible to collect any sums regardless of their amount during the summer vacation and on account of school installments before the start of the year academic and the commencement of registration according to the procedures, whether for former or new students Bearing in mind that this Ministry will take the strictest regulatory measures against school administrations that violate this and will not hesitate to withdraw their licenses if necessary. Nouri 15
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Private and Foreign Education Number - 28870 Date - 9 / 6 / 1959 To - Administration of Frank Iny Private School Subject / Rights of the school custodians We transmit to you below the text of the petition dated 6 / 6 / 959 submitted to us by your school custodians Nasir Zaham, Hassan Nazal, Yassin Khudair, Mahdi Shamkhi, and Arheem Shamkhi. We hope that the necessary measures are taken to grant them their rights in increasing their salaries and granting them regular and sick leaves and paying the daily wages to each of them during their attendance on official holidays, the rights stipulated in the internal and basic regulations of the Syndicate of Workers and Employees of the Ministry of Education, similar to custodians in official schools, as the petitioners are members of the mentioned syndicate and are covered by its regulations. Abdul Karim al-Attar Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to - General Directorate of Education / Private General Inspectorate of Education Syndicate of Workers and Employees of the Ministry of Education - referencing your margin dated 8 / 6 / 1959 - on the petition of the aforementioned individuals. Private Education Personnel - / Copy of the Petition / - The Frank Iny and Shammas School where we work as custodians did not observe our rights that must be practiced similar to custodians in schools, and therefore we hope your sovereignty would kindly notify the mentioned school to look into our request and adjust our salaries then expand on official holidays, feasts, and overtime hours, and calculating the shifts for each one of us as five days per month after working hours, as the school is covered by the school regulations, and therefore we request our rights be observed. We confirm that we are five custodians performing the duty of the two mentioned schools, Frank Iny and Shammas; and as we are heads of families, we request the adjustment of our salaries and the rights detailed above Sir. The Petitioners Nasir Zaham Hassan Nazal Yassin Khudair Mahdi Shamkhi Arheem Shamkhi
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Primary Personnel Department To Number: 29516 Date: 14 / 6 / 1959 Administrations of all schools for boys and girls in the province We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education - Primary, No. 34956 dated 8 / 6 / 1959. Please review and notify the members of the teaching staff in your schools to act accordingly. Abdul Karim Al-Najjar Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to:- General Directorate of Education - Primary - in confirmation of your above letter to official schools Primary Personnel Department / Copy of the Letter / Some male and female teachers are still submitting requests for transfer or promotion or salary adjustment or permission to travel outside Iraq or other demands to this Ministry directly without informing you. As this is contrary to established procedures and a disruption to the competent authorities on one hand, and on the other hand, this causes confusion and delay in the processing and completion of their transactions, as we must refer back to you to express your views on what their requests contain. Therefore, we request that all male and female teachers be notified of the necessity of adhering to the sequence of reviews and communications, as we will ignore all requests that arrive through channels other than the Director of Education, who must express his views on the requests in a clear and comprehensive manner for all the information that needs to be clarified to the Ministry to be guided by it in making the decision - also, on this occasion, we would like to remind male and female teachers to follow the rules that were decided in our circular No. 2741 dated 16 / 5 / 1959 when they wish to transfer from one province to another because we will not consider any request contrary to the mentioned rules. Signature ⟦illegible⟧ General Director Qais Ahmed
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province School Activities Number /: 29180 Date /: 21 / 6 / 1959 Very Urgent Subject / Exhibition of the Eternal July Revolution Directorate of Guidance and Broadcasting General Please be so kind as to broadcast the following statement three times from the Republic of Iraq station as soon as possible, and we thank you. Abdul Karim al-Attar Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to / - Administrations of all primary, intermediate, and secondary schools belonging to this directorate. All local newspapers. School Activities. Each of the members of the exhibition committee whose names are mentioned below. ⟦line⟧ Statement ⟦line⟧ Stemming from the innovations of the revolution, and our students' revolutionary sense of its democratic gains, the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province has assigned the following named individuals to establish an exhibition of student production in the secondary, intermediate, and primary study stages belonging to it. The selection of production will be by the mentioned committee itself according to the following dates. All school administrations concerned, which have exhibits designated for this purpose, are requested to adhere to the dates with all precision to allow the committee to perform its duty as required. The Committee: - Chairman: Mr. Ghanim Hamdoun, Assistant Director of Education of Baghdad Province Member = Ata Sabri, Head of the Decoration and Arabic Calligraphy Department at the Institute of Fine Arts Member: Ms. Nazira Al-Kitab, Drawing Teacher at the Home Arts School in Adhamiya " Wajiha Masha'Allah, Teacher at the Al-Masrafa School for Girls " Futouh Naji " Al-Mamouniya Mr. Khalil al-Wardi, Drawing Teacher at Kadhimiya Secondary School for Boys " Khazaal al-Hashimi, Teacher at Al-Irfan Intermediate School " Hashim al-Ward, Assistant Observer of School Activities " Tariq Hassoun Farid, Drawing Teacher at Karkh Secondary School for Boys " Ismail Fattah " Drawing at the Eastern Secondary School for Boys Sectors | Day and Date Kadhimiya Schools | Saturday 13 / 6 / 59 and Sunday 14 / 6 / 959 Adhamiya Schools | Monday 15 / 6 / 59 and Sunday 21 / 6 / 959 = Rusafa | Monday 22 / 6 / 59, Tuesday 23 / 6 / 59, and Wednesday 24 / 6 / 59 = Karkh | Thursday 25 / 6 / 59 and Saturday 27 / 6 / 959 = Karrada Sharqiya and New Baghdad | Sunday 28 / 6 / 59 and Monday 29 / 6 / 59 Mohsen / 10 The tour of the committee begins daily from nine o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Correspondence Section Number / 29177 Date / 11 / 6 / 1959 To all school administrations affiliated with this directorate Subject / Affiliation of general directorates Below you will find the text of the first paragraph of the Ministry of Development order No. 10837 dated 17 / 5 / 959 Communicated to us by the letter of the Directorate of General Administration No. 3510 dated 8 / 6 / 959, requesting review and compliance with it. ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦Not⟧ Recorded verbatim Acting Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to / - Directorate of General Administration - Correspondence - Your letter referred to above. Assistants and heads of sections of this directorate Correspondence supervisor. ⟦line⟧ First - Each of the directorates and bodies <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> listed below cease to be affiliated with the ministries that it was decided to attach them to, and they must provide us with their staff cadres and budgets as they are now. Name of Department | Ministry to which it was decided to affiliate the Directorate Directorate of General Accounts | Finance First Technical Body | Agriculture Second Technical Body | Buildings (Ministry of Works and Communications - Roads, Bridges and Communications) Summer Resorts and Tourism Authority | Social Affairs Fourth Technical Body | Agriculture Secretariat of the Development Council | Planning Directorate of General Bureau | Industry Directorate of Legal Affairs and General Contracts | Industry Third Technical Body | Industry Atomic Energy Commission | Industry Industrial Bank | Industry Fifth Technical Body | Works and Housing Mohsen / 10 Mohse
The Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Secondary Education Personnel Number: 29127 Date: 11 / 6 / 1959 Statement Based on the approval of the General Directorate of Education - Secondary Department in its letter 3462 on 7 / 6 / 1959. We have decided to rename Najib Pasha Intermediate School for Boys as (Al-Tahrir Intermediate School for Boys) effective from the date of issuance of this statement. Abdul Karim Al-Attar Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to: General Directorate of Education - Secondary Department General Directorate of Education - Personnel Record General Directorate of Administration - Personnel Section General Directorate of Administration - Accounts General Inspectorate of Education Directorate of General Accounts Directorate of Guidance and General Broadcasting - Please broadcast this statement in the internal news bulletins. Presidency of the Provincial General Council / Baghdad Province Governorate Directors of Education of all provinces Management of the esteemed Sawt al-Ahrar newspaper Management of the esteemed Al-Bilad newspaper Directorate of the Central Treasury Directorate of the Treasury of Baghdad Province Secondary Education Personnel Assistants of this Directorate All departments of this Directorate All administrations of official, private, and foreign secondary and intermediate schools for boys and girls All administrations of official, private, and foreign primary schools for boys and girls Qais Ahmad
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province School Activities Number - Date - 2905 6/ /1959 To - Administrations of all schools belonging to this Directorate Subject / Activities We note below for you a copy of the letter of the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Directorate of Curricula and Books 34666 on 6/7/1959, requesting action accordingly. Abdul Karim Al-Attar Director of Education of Baghdad Province Copy to - Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Curricula and Books - Your letter above for your kind information Secondary Accounting } For information according to what was mentioned in the last paragraph of the mentioned letter, whose Primary Accounting } copy is transcribed below. School Activities -/ Copy of the Letter /- Please circulate to all schools in your province to choose the best activity in your province that represents our takeoff on the eternal fourteenth of July to give a correct image of our blessed revolution, in order to present it from the television and radio station of the Republic of Iraq within the programs of the Audio-Visual Aids Center in the celebrations of our democratic republic on the first anniversary of the glorious revolution. Please note the following - - 1 The materials and activities include plays, short stories, short speeches, anthems, chants and folk songs, both in the vernacular and classical Arabic. - 2 Please send two copies of the plays or television activities to the Audio-Visual Aids Center - Al-Saadoon Park - Baghdad. - 3 Please have the materials reach us before the first day of July 1959. - 4 Radio materials should be sent written or recorded on tape at a speed of (7 1/2) inches. - 5 The travel and accommodation expenses of male and female students in Baghdad during the presentation of their activities shall be at the expense of the relevant provincial Directorates of Education. Signed .. on behalf of the Director General Qais Ahmed
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Liwa School Activity Number 29024 Date - / 6 / 1959 Urgent To - All school administrations Subject: Attendance times for Scout and Guide groups Please instruct the Scout and Guide groups in your schools to attend at the time and place indicated below to train for the activities that will be presented in the parades of the eternal July 14, and our letter 28354 dated 9/6/1959 is considered cancelled regarding cancelled dates and squares. ⟦...⟧ Ali ⟦...⟧ Al-Shawk Acting Director of Education, Baghdad Liwa Copy to - General Directorate of Broadcasting and Guidance - to broadcast it three times School Activity - Scout Supervisor. 1 - Adhamiya schools for boys at Adhamiya Secondary School for Girls at 4:00 PM on Saturday 13/6/1959. 2 - Adhamiya schools for girls at Adhamiya Secondary School for Girls at 8:00 AM on Monday 15/6/1959. 3 - Kadhimiya schools for boys at Kadhimiya Secondary School for Girls at 8:00 AM on Sunday 14/6/1959. 4 - Kadhimiya schools for girls at Kadhimiya Secondary School for Girls at 4:00 PM on Sunday 14/6/1959. 5 - Karrada schools for boys at Baghdad Elementary School at 8:00 AM on Monday 22/6/1959. 6 - Karrada schools for girls at Sharqiya Secondary School for Girls at 4:00 PM on Monday 22/6/1959. 7 - Rusafa schools for boys at Bataween First Elementary School at 8:00 AM on Tuesday 23/6/1959. 8 - Rusafa schools for girls at Bataween First Elementary School at 4:00 PM on Tuesday 23/6/1959. 9 - Karkh schools for boys at Al-Mansour Elementary School for Boys at 8:00 AM on Wednesday 24/6/1959. 10 - Karkh schools for girls at Al-Mansour Elementary School for Boys at 4:00 PM on Wednesday 24/6/1959. Qais Ahmed
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Primary Accounts To - Number - 2852 Date - 7 / 6 / 1959 Urgent All schools of Baghdad Province Below is a copy of the Teachers' Syndicate letter regarding the payment of the first installment subscription fee for the year 1959. Please instruct your teachers and the employees affiliated with you to pay the amount as quickly as possible. ⟦signature⟧ Ghanim Hamdoun For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province -/ Copy of the Letter /- Confirming our letter No. 161 dated 16 / 3 / 1959, we request confirmation to the schools affiliated with your province regarding the necessity of taking the initiative immediately to pay the first installment subscription fee for the year 1959, as many members are still lagging behind in this regard until now, despite our circular stating that the first installment is due on March 29th of every year. Signed .. The Syndicate President Aziz / 6 of it
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Number / 28254 School Activities Date / 6 / 6 / 1959 To - All School Administrations Please instruct the Scout and Guide troupes to attend at the specified time and place ⟦...⟧ for training on the activities that will be presented in the (July 14) parades. Ali Al-Shawk p. Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to /- School Activities - Scout Supervisor 1 - | Adhamiya schools for girls at Adhamiya Secondary for Girls - | 8:00 AM | Saturday / 13 / 6 2 - | = = for boys = = = = | = 4:00 PM | = = / 13 / 6 3 - | = Kadhimiya for boys = Kadhimiya for girls - | = 8:00 AM | = Sunday / 14 / 6 4 - | = = for girls = = = = | = 4:00 PM | = = / 14 / ⟦...⟧ 5 - | = Karkh for boys = Mansour for boys - | = 8:00 AM | = Saturday / 20 / 6 6 - | = = for girls = for girls = = | = 4:00 PM | = = / 20 / 6 7 - | = Karrada for boys = Karrada Al-Sharqiya for girls = | 8:00 AM | = Sunday / 21 / 6 8 - | = = for girls = = Second = = | = 4:00 PM | = = / 21 / 6 9 - | = Rusafa for boys = Al-Bataween First Primary = | 8:00 AM | = Monday / 22 / 6 10 - | = = for girls = = for girls = = | = 4:00 PM | = = / 22 / 6
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Personnel Section - Secondary No. /: 48 / 28 Date /: 2 / 6 / 1959 48 28 To the Administrations of all schools in the Province ⟦line⟧ Subject / Medical treatment in the Soviet Union We transcribe for you below a copy of the Ministry of Health's statement No. 16628 dated 23 / 5 / 1959 regarding the treatment of patients in the Soviet Union, requesting that you notify the teaching staff of its content. ⟦signature⟧ Jamil Nassif for Director of Education, Baghdad Province Copy to / - Directorate of General Administration - Personnel, your letter No. 31764 dated 30 / 5 / 1959 Section heads in the Directorate to notify employees accordingly. Secondary Personnel Section. ⟦line⟧ Copy of the Statement ⟦line⟧ The Ministry of Health received the following telegram from our embassy in Moscow regarding the treatment of patients in the Soviet Union (From the Embassy of the Iraqi ⟦Republic⟧ in Moscow to the Ministry of Health 19 / 5 / 959 Reference our telegram dated 12 / 5 / 959, the competent authorities have informed us that the admission of patients for treatment in the Soviet Union must pass through the following steps. 1- The Soviet Ministry of Health must receive a detailed report about the illness. 2- After studying the medical report, its response regarding the treatment will be either negative or positive. 3- In the case of a positive response, a telegram must be received from you regarding the patient's travel date to prepare a place for them in the hospital. Please follow these steps. Therefore, we hope this Ministry makes patients certain that the rapid steps taken by this Ministry are sufficient to facilitate their treatment. Undoubtedly, citizens realize that the ⟦provisions⟧ stipulated in the telegram require time to complete, and we are serious about overcoming any difficulty in order to facilitate these points and provide sufficient opportunities for everyone for treatment purposes. Mohsen / 2
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province Records Number / 27204 Date / 5 / 6 / 1959 To all school administrations affiliated with this directorate 2 Subject / Inventory of Libraries We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the High Committee for Research and Guidance - Directorate of Libraries - Number 29398 dated 23 / 5 / 1959, requesting action according to its contents. Ghanim Hamdoun On behalf of the Director of Education for Baghdad Province Copy to - High Committee for Research and Guidance - for your kind information. Governorate of Baghdad Province - Revenue Directorate - for ⟦necessary⟧ consideration. Records - for follow-up. The Central Book Selection Committee, after being guided by the opinion of the Directorate of Supplies at the Ministry of Education, decided to entrust the matter of inventorying all school libraries to the (Library Care) committee in each school as stated in the Ministerial Statement No. 16382 dated 25 / 3 / 1959, composed of the principal of the school, the library supervisor, two teachers, and the president of the student union (if any), provided that the inventory and disposal of books, magazines, and pamphlets that are not consistent with the prosperous Republican era be carried out according to the following principles: 1- Books, magazines, and pamphlets that deal with personal propaganda for the defunct era shall be seized. Likewise, books received from foreign countries or entities to disseminate propaganda for them. 2- Personal portraits and phrases shall be removed from books that have no trace of propaganda in them and were characterized by the nature of scientific and literary research. The following must be followed after completing the previous inventory process:- 1- A list shall be made in three copies and sent to the directorates of education signed by the committee, mentioning therein the name of the book, its number, and its registration number in the record. 2- The aforementioned books and portraits shall be kept bundled until the approval of official authorities regarding them is received. 3- Records officials in the directorates of education shall send a copy of the lists to the directorates of revenues in the governorates for approval of writing off and destruction. When approval for that arrives, the schools shall be informed immediately of the official approval with a copy of the lists. 4- Schools shall immediately, upon receipt of approval, carry out the writing off and destruction in the presence of the committee mentioned above. Note:- In the event of the presence of worn-out books unrelated to what is mentioned above, they shall also be recorded in the lists and it shall be mentioned next to them that they are worn out and unfit for use so that they may be destroyed together. Professor Akram Please notify Professor Yusuf Telko and Miss Saeeda Al-Hakim of the content of this letter and take the necessary action Abid Abboud 4 / 6 / 59 K / 28
The Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Personnel Affairs No. / M Sh /: 7495 Date /: 5 / 5 / 1959 To All school administrations affiliated with this Directorate Subject / Formation of health committees in schools We convey below a copy of the letter of the Student Health Directorate No. 3570 on 5 / 24 / 1959 regarding the formation of health committees in every school with the aim of disseminating health instructions and leaflets and carrying out preventive actions under the guidance of the committee in the aforementioned Directorate, wishing for review and action accordingly. Ali Al-Shok p. Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to / - Ministry of Health, referring to the above letter. General Directorate of Education - Primary Governorship of Baghdad Province - Local Administration Student Health Directorate - We have assigned the inspector, Mrs. Batoul Al-Mala'ika, to represent our directorate on the central committee. Please be informed accordingly. The inspector, Mrs. Batoul Al-Mala'ika - for information. All inspectors and inspectresses of the Directorate - for review and monitoring of the formation of committees, please. Secondary Personnel = Primary Copy of the Letter Desiring to raise the health level among all students in Baghdad province schools and their parents, we have decided to form a committee for health guidance and education in our directorate to distribute health leaflets to schools and monitor the students' health and hygiene, as well as school cleanliness and the dissemination of health culture among them and their parents. To this end, we request the formation of health committees of teachers in all primary schools in the province, and the participation of students in these committees in <del>Intermediate</del> Intermediate and Secondary schools to cooperate with the aforementioned committee for the purpose of disseminating instructions and health leaflets and carrying out preventive actions that they can perform issued to them by the central committee in our directorate. Furthermore, these committees will work with the assistance of our directorate and the special committee for Health Week in the Ministry of Health to demonstrate their activities in various parts of Baghdad province to guide people to follow healthy ways in their daily lives and teach them methods of prevention from various diseases, in fulfillment of the goals of the July 14 Revolution to combat diseases among the sons of the honorable Iraqi people. The most important duties of the school and health guidance committees are as follows: 1 - Observing school cleanliness. 2 - " " students' cleanliness and instilling healthy habits in them. 3 - Examining students and contacting the Student Health Directorate immediately upon suspicion of any infectious disease. 4 - Distributing health leaflets to students and their parents to protect them from diseases. 5 - Performing plays and giving speeches about disease prevention to students and their parents. 6 - Showing health cinematic films in schools to students and their parents and explaining them accurately. On the occasion of Health Week to be held next September, prizes will be distributed to the best school. To be continued
27 Continuation of our letter numbered in the centers of the districts and in Baghdad province center regarding cleanliness, student hygiene, and performing the required health services within the school committees. In order to implement the above-mentioned, and if there are any inquiries regarding the work required from the committees, please contact Dr. Abdul Karim Al-Ezzi at this directorate and inform him of the names of the members of each committee formed for this purpose as quickly as possible. Director of Student Health Dr. Atif Muhammad Khalid Mohsen / 30
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province School Activities Number / 27192 Date / 21 / 5 / 1959 To all school administrations affiliated with this directorate We convey to you below a copy of the Institute of Fine Arts letter No. 846 dated 18 / 5 / 59 Hoping for your review and action accordingly. Ali Al-Shawk Director of Education of Baghdad Province Copy to / Directorate of General Education - your letter No. 26852 on 24 / 5 / 959 For your kind information. School Activities. Copy of the Appeal ⟦line⟧ We convey to you below the text of the appeal issued by the Chairman of the Festivals Committee for the glorious July 14th Revolution in the Ministry of Education, requesting it be broadcasted from the Baghdad Radio and Television station for three consecutive times, with thanks. ⟦line⟧ Text of the Appeal ⟦line⟧ An appeal to the virtuous female educators - Teachers and principals of primary, intermediate, and secondary schools. The Festivals Committee requests our virtuous educators to respond to this national work and for each one of them to do what they can to prepare artificial flowers for the purpose of using them in the celebration festivals of the first anniversary of our eternal revolution. Therefore, those who wish to contribute to this work should contact the ⟦scientific⟧ Festivals Committee at the Ministry of Social Affairs regarding what is decided in this regard. Muhsin / 28
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Secondary Personnel Department Number /: 811 Date /: 2 / 5 / 1959 To / Administrations of all schools affiliated with this Directorate We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education - Secondary - No. 1613 dated 21 / 5 / 559 Please review its contents and act accordingly ⟦line⟧ Abdul Monem Al-Sayyid Ali Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to / - General Directorate of Education / Secondary / Your letter referred to above for your kind information Popular Resistance Command / For your kind information Secondary Personnel Department Primary Personnel Department ⟦line⟧ ( Copy of the Letter ) ⟦line⟧ In view of what was stated in the letter of the Popular Resistance Command No. 1038 dated 13 / 5 / 1959. Please notify all schools to contact the headquarters of the Popular Forces Command (Northern Revolution Exchange, telephone number 33171) in the event of any incident of assault by the resistance members to send a disciplinary deputy to arrest the aggressors, identify them, and take legal measures against them ⟦line⟧ Mr. Muhammad Please note the telephone number and apply what is stated in this letter when necessary On behalf of the School Principal 18 / 5 / 959
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province School Activities Number: 27104 Date: May 31, 1959 To - All school administrations affiliated with this directorate We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education - Primary No. 29854 dated May 24, 1959, requesting action accordingly through your active participation in the mass celebrations that will be held on the eternal July 14th day. ⟦Ali Al-Shouk⟧ On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to - General Directorate of Education / Primary - In support of the above - for your kind information Directorate of Primary Education School Activities -/ Copy of the Letter /- Please circulate to the teachers of your province the necessity of participating in the mass celebrations that will be held on the eternal July 14th day in their locations in cooperation with various institutions and organizations. Qais Ahmed Signed ⟦...⟧ on behalf of the General Director
Republic of Iraq Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province School Activities Number / Issue: 26542 Date: 5 / 5 / 1959 To all primary school administrations Subject: Participation in the July 14 celebrations We inform you that, in order to ensure organizational precision in the July 14 festivals, it is not permitted for you to participate in the festivals individually; rather (participation will be limited to Scout and Guide troops who will be notified through the Directorate). Furthermore, it is not permitted to prepare any ⟦line⟧ vehicle for participation. ⟦signature⟧ Ali Hussein Al-Liwa On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province Copy to - School Activities - Scout Supervisor Qais Ahmed
Republic of Iraq: Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province: School Activities: To -: Number -: 26542 Date -: 1 / 6 / 1959 25 All School Administrations Below is the letter from the Directorate of General Physical and Social Education, number 21841 on 20 / 5 / 1959. Please act upon it and contact the Directorate of School Activities at phone 86460. ⟦signature⟧ Ali Al-Shouk On behalf of the Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to - Directorate of General Education Directorate of General Physical and Social Education / regarding their letter mentioned above Representative of the July 14 Celebrations at the Ministry of Education School Activities Scout Monitor ⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧ On the occasion of the popular celebrations for the eternal July 14 holidays, please circulate to the Scout, Rover, and Girl Guide troupes in your schools to participate in the performance of folk dances and to innovate models of methods and means to show the joy of the children of the rising generation on the anniversary of July 14, which brings back to mind the highest meanings for liberation, launching, and marching in the path of progress and welfare. Therefore, please coordinate the efforts of the troupes by contacting the committees established in the center of the province, districts, and sub-districts, and form committees to ensure the organization of the display and inform us. Signed ⟦...⟧ General Director Qaisar Ahmad