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- 51 -The high number of teachers is due to their continuous increase to a large number, which is difficult to obtain from government teacher training schools. Therefore, it is advisable to establish a school for training these teachers in each province. I am confident that the provincial councils will make all necessary arrangements for this. 30 – The Egyptian Mission in Europe In the first year of 1911, this mission had fifty-nine students graduating in Europe, 52 of them in England, 69 in France, and 1 in Germany. Fourteen of them returned during the year and were employed in government departments. One was dismissed from the mission for misconduct, and another (a Sheikh) was appointed as an assistant to the Arabic professor at Cambridge University. Two female students returned to Egypt after spending two years at Homerton College in Cambridge, and a third obtained a teaching diploma from the Ministry of Education and was appointed as an assistant, one at the School of Arts and the other at Abbas School. Thirteen students were sent to England in the autumn of 1911, bringing the total number of the mission to 56 at the end of 1911. Four of them are doctors who obtained medical diplomas from Kasr Al-Ainy School and are now studying specialized subjects or graduating to obtain English diplomas. One studied eye diseases in England for eighteen months and moved to Vienna in September 1911 to pursue further studies in pathology. 126 are preparing for employment in agricultural, industrial, and commercial education administration. Fifteen students, referred to as "Aghadi," are studying at various universities to be employed in secondary schools. Twelve students, referred to as "Sheikh," are graduating in the art of teaching, six of them at University College, Reading, and five at the Royal Albert Memorial College, Exeter, and one at Russell College for Teachers. The examination continues, and some students have obtained a Bachelor of Science degree, some a Bachelor of Arts degree, some a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons (F.R.C.S.), some a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.), and some a diploma from the Royal College of Physicians (L.R.I.C.P.). The Ministry of Education has, during the year, sent three engineers to England to pursue further studies there, and they are now studying at the universities of Leeds, Birmingham, and Edinburgh.