'File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education' [‎123r] (247/762)

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Minutes of the Kuwait Education Department’s Board
Meeting regardin^ the si\;;estions rnade by Mr, 'akelin in his
letter dated the 16th ciejtef'iber 1946 to the Political i^jent,
Kuwait.
The Education Board a^jree tliat the British
Council in Cairo should be in charge oi the financial affairs
of tne Kuwait Hostel accordirig to the follo wing system:
1st. The British Council will submit an approximate
esbiimbion of the annual ex£jenditure of the Kuwait hostel,
both fixed and contingent expenditures. The Education Depart
ment will submit the necessary amo-sit to meet these expendi
tures .
2nd. The British Council will check and pay all the
bills presented by the warden within the linits of bne budget;
3rd. The British Council will submit a monthly
statement of the expenses and another quarterly statement with
their comments to trie Education Board. This procedure is
followed at present.
The Education Board were opposed from the very
beginning to tne employment of a mabron by the Kuwait Hostel
for bne reasons concerned with Kuwait customs and traditions.
The Egyptian lady has nothin to do bub to sort the washing
and deliver them to their owners; the Education Board think
that this work can just as easily be done by a male servant
of experience. This will not therefore necessitate the employ
ment of women by the Hostel. e will also be respecting our
national oust orris and traditions and training our youth likewise.
The Education Board have every dasire that
the warden of the Hostel should continue^to be a Kuwaiti. It
was decided by the Boara bhat Abdulaziz Hussain should fill
this post. Abdulaziz as it is stated in the letter M has
studied for a few years in Egypt and took a training course at
tne Institute of Education and is a ‘teen educationist and
student. He has carried out his duties to the best of his
ability conscientiously and honestly." The Board maintain
that tne warden should be Abdulaziz Hussain because he is a
Kuwaiti and because he lias the qualifications uorthy of the
post.
EObCAriUdiiLi MIooluN:
The purpose of sending students of the mission
bo Egypt was nob bhat they should return as elementary teachers
but that the capable students should complete their University
course and return to Kuwait as technical students in various
branches of teaching and baits their place in the Primary and
Secondary schools in Kuwait. The Beard has decided that all
the students who fail two years successively in their group
will return and join the Secondary School. It has also been
decided that no more Educational Missions will be sent to
Cairo in future bo ^oin Secondary Scnools there and that the
only mission to be sent dll be limited to students joining
the Universities for technical causes. The Board agree in
this respect with Mr. '"akelin. Private missions are to be
exempted from this decision as the members of these missions