The Saidya School in Salalah
This school is the first school for boys in the region, and aspects of education
can be divided in into three periods as follows:
First: the first period:
This period begins with the opening of Sultan Said bin Taimur Saidya School in
Salalah town in the month of Muharram 1355 AH and was composed of three rooms,
one specified for young students and the second for the adults, and the third
room was used for storage.
The only education in the school was the Koran recitation and simple matters of
religion, especially with regard to the five pillars of Islam in addition to
reading and writing in addition to the four operations of accounting (addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division).
As for those taught in this school, were:
Mr.Katim ben Taiseer ben Farhan.
Hussein Bin Saleh Al Yafei.
During the first year of the opening of school, the government hired a third
teacher Mr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Qanbari, who singled out the teaching of the
Arabic language (Grammar) and the Koran as he had a melodious sound tone and who
was very beneficial to the community, having taught who ever wanted to learn
including the elders of the town and giving classes in the morning as well as in
the evening.
Then, after he travelled away he was replaced by Mr. Mohi-bin Ibrahim bin
al-Hakim, a Hijazi origin of Mecca, graduate faculty of Law in Cairo, who
inserted new subjects in this school, including some branches of the Arabic
language composition and chants, and calligraphy.
Within the arrival of a teacher from (Mukalla) Mr. Mohammed bin Saeed Bayashov
who practiced education in Aden, has brought with him administrative and
educational system applied in the schools of Aden, which was welcomed by his
majesty the Sultan Saeed bin Taimur _ mercy up on his soul and got his approval.
Accordingly, the two chambers have been divided using interior partition walls
to four classrooms and an appropriate elementary curricula have been set.
Mr. Mohamed Saeed Bayahov also asked the Sultan to increase the number of
teachers to enable them to teach the curriculum probably. His majesty the Sultan
sent a scholarship mission of first Omani’s to study abroad to contribute to
bridging the need of Al-Saeedia school in Muscat, Muttrah and Salalah.
The scholarship mission members were:
His Highness Sayyid Fahr bin Timor.
His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Thuwaini.
Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Tai.
Hasan ben Mohammad Al-Jamali.
Habib Ben Shannon Jmadar.
It was therefore an evolution in the history of Al-Saidya school in Salalah.
Second: The second period:
In 1362 the school had full administrative and complete teaching staff, the
school board body included:
1 -Mohammed Saeed Bayahov - director of the school.
2- Katim bin Taiseer Bin Farhan - school teachers.
3 -Hussain bin Saleh Al Yafei - school teacher.
4- Mohi El-Din Ibrahim bin al-Hakim - school teacher
5 -Abdel-Qader bin Salem Al Ghassani - school teacher
6- Hafiz Bin Salem Al Ghassani - school teacher.
and shortly after joined by:
7 -Mohammed bin Ali bin Alawi bin Aidaroos.
8 - Omar Bin Hassan Al-Aidaroos.
The text books implemented were according to the Egyptian curriculum were to be
approved by the Sultan, and also in accordance with the Plan of time
These books have included the following subjects:
The Holy Quran - Geography - Mathematics - accounts - Engineering - Health -
Nature - drawing - sports.
The educational ladder thus become in this school system as follows:
Primary - Preparatory - First year - Second year - Third year - the fourth year.
Given the inadequacy of the school to the ranks of the expanded educational
ladder, reconsideration began to think about building a bigger school and then
began. The establishment of a new school building on the form of the Egyptian
design copied in 1944 during his majesties visit to Egypt.
III: the third period 1370 - 1390.
The new School opened in 1951 and was the beginning of another phase of the
education in this school, after the School opened, new developments have taken
place, including books and school classrooms, and also in the teaching faculty
as well. Regarding to textbooks, Lebanese books was introduced to the school
instead of the Egyptian ones, Imported to the school through the Department of
Knowledge in Muscat.
The classroom became as follows: Primary - I - II - III - IV - V.
The school teaching staff changed as result of the departure of some members to
their country and their resignations.
As a result, Hafiz Bin Salem Al Ghassani dubbed as Director of the school. The
rest of the faculty included:
1. Katim bin Taiseer Bin Farhan
2. Abdul Qadir bin Salim Al Ghassani.
3. Muhammad bin Alawi bin Alawi.
4. Omar bin Hassan ALAIDEROOS
5. Amir bin Ahmed bin Bakhit.
6. Ali bin Tahir Muqaibil.
7. Rabea’ bin Jaman bin Jadeed.
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