'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915' [‎237v] (144/150)

Chapter VII.
INSTRUCTION.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Training schools.
Mahomedans.
classes where only 88 candidates passed out of 163. Attendance at the Reay Art Work,
shops fell from 207 to .65. The total number of candidates at the drawing examinations
held at various centres rose from 10,822 to 13.791, while the percentage of passes fell
from 60-6 to 6ri. The lirst Inspector of Drawing and Craft-work reports most unfavourably
on the quality of the teaching in the schools, the attendance at the Victoria J„ bi | e '
Technical Institute decreased from 337 t° .fd- Considerable additions have been made
to the equipment of the engineering and textile branches Ihc tota number of independent
technical and industrial schools (excluding the School of Art) at the close of the y ear
decreased from 31 to 23 and the number of pupils from 2,250 to 1,668; the expenditure
was Rs. 68,459- A committee of direction for technical education has assumed the control
of 18 of these institutions.
Secondary education
—general.
High schools.
Middle schools.
Secondary schools
for Europeans and
Anglo-Indians.
Primary education.
n The total number of public high and middle schools in British districts rose from j. m
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to 440 and the number of pupils therein from 65,973 to 66,747. I he total expenditure
secondary schools rose from Rs. 31,00,393 to Rs. 33,24,511.
on
Aboriginal and hill
tribes.
Depressed classes.
Reformatory schools
Imperial grants.
of school excursions, with excellent results.
11. Middle schools for boys increased from 252 to 258 and the number of pupils
from 20,614 to 20,731. Girls’ schools decreased in number from 52 to 50, but the number
of pupils increased from 3>797 3 > 93 1-
j2 The number of such schools increased from 44 R 45 mid the number of pupils
increased from 4,049 to 4> 2 44 of whom 3 > 75 2 were Europeans or Anglo-Indians. There are
also 1,094 Europeans and Anglo-Indians attending other Enghsh-teachmg schools.
jo The total number of primary schools for boys decieased from 9 > 97 2 10 9 , 9 2 9 ' Ihc
falling off however was under the head of unaided schools, a fluctuating class about which
accurate information is not always forthcoming. The number of pupils increased from
586,390 to 594,728. The number of girls’ schools increased from 998 to 1,057 an( hthe
pupils from 73,339 to 77,258. There are also many girls in the boys’ schools so that the
total number of girls receiving primary instruction is 111,999. The number of pupils in the
upper primary stage on the 3 Is t March was 100, 55 2 (including 8,53 1 In the
lower primary stage the number reading printed books was 322,659 (including 50,365 girls);
the number not reading printed books was 248,775 (including 61,103 girls).* The number
of pupils presented in the higher standards in British districts was as follows:—In standard V
18,343, of whom 10,424 passed ; in standard VI 9,421, of whom 5,269 passed ; in standard VII
3,722, of whom 1,981 passed. 4 his is a decrease ol 248 m the \ standard, and an
increase of 229 in the VI, and of 120 in the VII. The number of local board schools
increased from 7,494 to 7 , 54 ° an< ^ P u piR fro 111 4 ° 4 i 2 33 4 I 6,39°7 fhe average daily
attendance being 299,247 as against 298,045. Municipal schools numbered 1,060 as against
1,045 and pupils 138,873 as against 137,061. The aided private schools numbered 2,295
and their pupils 109,746, while the number of unaided private schools was 68 and that of the
pupils 4,226. The number of night schools increased from 123 to 127, but the number of
pupils decreased from 3,763 to 3,742. I he expenditure on primary schools rose from
Rs. 57,29,455 to Rs. 61,31,499 to which the provincial revenues contributed Rs. 33 , 5 0 ) 5 ° 7 >
local funds Rs. 6,31,288, municipal funds Rs. 9,33,525 and fees Rs. 4,84,511. Candidates
for the Vernacular Final examination numbered 7>^34 whom 3 i 5 ^° P asse d, including
14 girls.
14. There were 27 training schools for men with 1,517 students and 17 for women
with 588 students. Of these 25 training schools for masters with an attendance of 1,436
and 5 for mistresses with an attendance of 368 were under public management.
13. The total number of Mahomedans under instruction in the British districts
was 150,633 of whom 25,881 were in private institutions.f Of those attending public
institutions there were 134 in arts, and 51 in professional colleges, 4 j 96 3 E secondary
schools and 118,928 in primary schools. The new Urdu standards have met with a
somewhat mixed reception.
16. The total number of pupils declined from 21,964 to 21,833.
17. The total number of pupils declined from 28,889 to 28,681.
18. The number of boys in the David Sassoon institution decreased from 235 to 211
The Yeravda School is dealt with in detail below.
19. The only additional grant received during the year from the Government of India
was a recurring one of Rs. 1 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The balance of the recent grants remaining unspen a
the end of March 1914 was Rs. 44,83,651. The balance at the end of March 1915 " as
Rs. 40,73,542 but all of this has been pledged with the exception of Rs. 6,42,684.
^"Corresponding figures for the preceding year for British districts alone are not available,
f See foot note on page 107.