ملف ١٩٢٢/٥٢٢، جزء ٦، "الخليج الفارسي: البحرين: المستشار المالي: الموازنة" [و‎‎٣‎٣] (٣٨٢/٧٦)

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direct supervision of Mr* Mtiam, tHe Inspector or Education
wdo arranged ttie programmes of tue sctiools and submitted
ttiem to the councils for approval*
Itie existence of those councils of education, composed
almost entirely of persons witn no knowledge or experience,
is of no real assistance to the government and is the cause
of constant disputes* Their only advantage is that they
axe afrle to encourage the put lie to send their children
to school* It would 1)9 far more satisfactory if all
educational matters were dealt with ty Shaikh AMulla
Himself, representing the government, with the assistance
of the Inspector of Kducation who is well malifiei to
supervise the public education.
At the end of the previous term all the teaching staff
were given notice, iive new masters and three female
teachers were recruited from Syria. They were selected
by the Inspector of Education and Shaikh tiohomed bin isa
alKhalifah, who was, as usual spending the summer in
Syria. One of them, the headmaster of the Manama school
had been previously recommended by the Deyrout universiuy,
the others were provided by the islamieh ^olloge o* r>ejrv_u.
A certain number of the old teachers were re-engaged to
gether with three of the youths who were educated by the
government in ileyrout, and three Shia teachers were obtained
with much difficulty, from iraa for the Shia schools. The
new staff *»were taken on regular contracts and agreed to
the rules and regulations for the teaching staff ■■ ■ujh had
been previously prepared and printed by the government.
The scale of pay was laid down at definite rates according
to the aualifications of the teachers. The Hajlis dis
approved of this as they considered that the local men
should "be pail more*