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'File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education' [237r] (475/762)
The record is made up of 1 file (379 folios). It was created in 17 Jul 1945-28 Dec 1949. It was written in English, Arabic and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The following are suggestions aacie to Sheikh -Abdullah
Ben Jfcbir, Minister of Education* Taha el fcuefi, the
Egyptian Director of Education, »as present at the inter
view.
1. The Secondary School *
(•)
The nora&l Secondary course should be continued
to the end of the fifth yer.r clthough the cost would
be high. The staff was probably auequate but some
additions might have to be made. The boys could
then complete their secondary education in their own
country and there would be no need for them to be
sent to Egypt to complete the fifth year, as was at
one time the plan.
The needs of Kuwait, however, for competent of
ficials, and for clerical at*:ff with a good know
ledge of English and Arabic, were very pressing
and required a modification of the usual second
ary course to suit this need. Alter the second
secondary year there Should be a section devoted
to modern studies, Dy which is meant extra English
lessons. Arithmetic and Arabic, with some other
general subjects n6 Feligion adcedi the destiny
of these boys would be
(i) to take part in Government administration
and (ii) to cuaixfy for competent clerks for
positions in the Oil Company.
Another channel leaving the main stream of second
ary education after the second year, would be the
training of teachers for the elementary and primary
schools (this has already been started).
(c) The mein strelm of secondary students should
continue to the fifth year. It ill be sa 11 In
number but from this tould be recruited candidates
fcr Indicia*, ssccnd&ry school tochers, engineers
etc. for the time-being, before a Training Col
lege is set up, these candidates should be trained
abroad, the most promising ones in England.
2. The standard of English was good but the potential
abilities of the boys could best be exploited by the
instruction given by a m u whose native language was
English* sn Englishman should therefore attend once
or t*ice a week to hold lessons in oral English at
the Secondary School.
3, The Boda Schools are too crowded end are impeded
and impede their own development. Ther« should be
hh attempt to house each Roda in its own building.
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This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, with much of the file concerning the administration and finances of a hostel in Cairo that hosted Kuwaiti students studying in Egypt.
In addition to internal correspondence between British officials (notably the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the British Council), the file also contains correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and Kuwait's Department of Education (much of which is in Arabic accompanied by English translations).
A limited amount of correspondence between British officials in Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also present (this is largely in French and occasionally in Arabic).
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a number of reports concerning Kuwait's educational system that were written by British officials.
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- 1 file (379 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 381; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/198
- Title
- 'File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education'
- Pages
- 80r:80v, 84r:84v, 222r:222v, 224r:225v, 228r:229v, 233r:238v, 252r:252v, 258r:258v, 264r:265v
- Author
- Highwood, R W
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