Education

This file contains:

• Printed report, 'Trucial States Development Scheme - Education: September 1st - December 31st 1961' written by T S Fawcett, Educational Assistant for the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS), along with notes and responses to the report (1)
• Correspondence relating to a new law drafted by the Ministry of Education in the United Arab Republic, and its possible relevance for the educational work being considered by the TSDS (2)
• Dismissal, by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the Jordanian school teachers he had employed. Bill Clark will go to Amman, on the Ruler's behalf, to find suitable replacements. Clark is also trying to persuade Sheikh Shakhbut to provide better accommodation for his school teachers (3)
• Printed report, 'Trucial States Development Scheme - Education: Introduction and Development, February 1961 - July 1962', written by T S Fawcett (4)
• Correspondence from the British Embassy, Amman, complaining that Clark did not keep them informed of his activities while he was visiting to recruit new teachers and that this caused some confusion and minor disruption. As an example of this, a note is included from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding a claim for indemnity from an official who claims he was given an offer of employment from the Abu Dhabi Government which was not followed up. The file also includes a request to the Foreign Office for a visa for Hussein Sidqi Qasim, who has been appointed to the position of State Accountant for the Abu Dhabi Government (5)