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The number of kuttabs has increased thanks to the local tax, especially in El Nahud where there is a tax.

Primary schools continue to perform their useful function, and every successful student is taken into the service of the government. The number of students in these schools is... Mr. Crewe, Director of Education, personally supervised the final examination of the fourth-year students. It was held at Gordon College, and the results were very satisfactory. The primary school in Gordon College... The existing facilities are sufficient for the last two years of primary education, and if they succeed, they should be expanded.

The industrial workshops for teaching trades in Khartoum, Kassala, and Omdurman continue to operate, and all their graduates are in excellent condition. It is gratifying that not all graduates of these schools are destined for clerical jobs.

In the final examination for the School of Teachers and Judges, 8 students passed the prescribed course to become... The prescribed course for work in local government. As for the Chief Justice's report on the lessons, it was satisfactory, but he criticized the excessive rote memorization. The judges who graduate from this school are proficient in their work and are well-trained. Hopes are pinned on the spread of knowledge throughout the country, so that in the future they will be more competent to understand the lessons they receive.

As for secondary education, the School of Engineering and Surveying has begun... and has achieved good results from the School for Training Teachers in English. It will become a secondary school for literary studies. The progress of students who... will enter higher education, whether literary or scientific, must be monitored to see if the curriculum is... One of the matters that must be considered in the future is learning in... its people are mostly loyal and its conditions differ from those of the northern provinces.

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