"ملف ٤ /١٣ IV التعليم في الكويت" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٤] (٧٦٢/٤٤٩)

r^ct
Irorii section
of i..r,
:ighwood. k report
a«tfcd 14th junukr^y, i948.
2* r.uwkit.
ihe hJ^ptiari director, lah« el duefi, it a L,an of
experience, tact and. knowledge, and he hat hit tears of teacher*
well in hand. ne ha & selected them either from tried, non
trouble tone people, whom he hat known in Kgypt, or from family
connection*. ihere it much witdoi in thi* - a witdom learned
i rom the previous* experience of hit predecet. tor. x fully
support the view of the rolitical netident that the Egyptian
te&chc rb, while probably doing Egyptian propaganda, were ^ot
engaged xn aub'/t r*i ve activitie*. ^h-e opportuni tie* for
tuen activities are rare in Kuwait a* there are no club* and the
people of Kuwait are too occupied at ..resent in making the meet
01 ao ™ er uial prosperity to have time for the entertainment
ci stronger*. 'fhe xiuler's method* of administering justice
mutt alto be a deterrent.
ihe duler, himself, hac very definite views about
Education -nd thinks that Arabic, English and Arithmetic should
be the sura total of knowledge taught in the school*, ond that
History,and *ogruphy and other .objects are of no practical
/alue, except at a possible ire thod of creating rebels. xhere
is much to be suid for thi* view but the fact remain* tht
Kuwait will no longer enjoy the mediaeval ttate of it* existence
*
*t... there will be a cry for professional ■ en, and more modern-
trained Government official*. x0 meet this demand x have
appended to qy report the suggestions * made to the tinister
of education. xhe willingness to accept and think in practical
/ te rm*