Education in Trucial States

This file relates to education in the Trucial States. It covers correspondence on:

• Recruitment of a research student to teach English to adults (1, 3, 5)
• Recruitment of an Assistant Master for the Trade School at Sharjah and an Adult Educationalist (2) Discussions between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf G H Middleton and R A Beaumont of the Foreign Office (4)
• Desire to offset the influence of Arab expatriate teachers in the Gulf; the potential to make more use of the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) School; and a report on the latter by Sayyed Abdul Gadir Okair (5-6, 8)
• Request to the Minister of Education in Khartoum for a suitable person to be the Director of Education in the Trucial States and Dubai (7)
• Request by the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi for No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for ten teachers from the United Arab Republic (UAR) (9)
• Political Agent in Dubai D F Hawley's impressions of the general state of education in the Trucial States (10)
• Provision of tents as temporary accommodation for Sudanese teachers of the TOS School (12)
• Growing political difficulties regarding the appointment of a Sudanese Director of Education for Dubai and the possible withdrawal of Kuwaiti teachers from Dubai (13)