File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [‎118r] (246/382)

9. Education# A large increase in expenditure, exceeding
the budgeted amount, is showi under this heading. In
this respect I would refer to your letter No.C/211 of 1928
dated 19th October quoting the remark of the Hon'ble
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. that the estimate for Education
is very small considering the income of the State and that
education is the dominant factor in Bahrain.
The expenditure in 1346 was Rs. 32119/-
-do- 1347 M 57883/-
A rapid stride has been made in this direction
and the State’s expenditure has increased correspondingly.
About 658 boys and 104 girls are now receiving
secondary education.
Beyrout Students. Eight students, three of them
from the ruling family and five sons of leading merchants
are being educated at State expense in the American
University at Beyrout. The cost of the State, including
travelling expenses, is about Rs. 13000/- per annum.
The reports from Beyrout are very satisfactory.
One boy, whose father was a local merchant, is
being educated privately at a ooys’ school in Brighton.
Girls School. Three years ago the very idea of
a girls school was considered, especially by the people
of Muharrak to be immoral and irreligious. Owing to the
activities of Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa, President of the
Education committee, and one or two travelled and
enlightened merchants a girls’ school was opened in
Maharak some eight months ago. The religious and conserva
tive element disapproved intensely and the experiaant
Renounced from the pulpits of the mosques* In s^ite
of this school thrived. The women of the Ruling
family