'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903' [‎54r] (101/106)

1902-1903.]
CHAPTER TIL—INSTRUCTION.
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1. Education.
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X.—Education appended to the Judicial and Administrative Statistics of British India for 1902-1903.
1 . The total number of public institutions in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. and Sind rose from 9,548 to
9,595, while the attendance fell from 568,776 to 530,286. There were in addition 2,623 private
institutions with an attendance of 69,422 pupils. The total number of educational institutions
was therefore 12,218, attended by 599,708 pupils, as compared with 12,251 institutions, attended
by 639,868 pupils, in the previous year.
2. The number of Arts Colleges was 10, as in the preceding year, with a slightly
decreased attendance of 1,889 male and 26 female pupils. Of this number 5 colleges, attended
by 696 pupils, were under public management, the remainder being aided institutions. Two of
the colleges under public management were under the control of Government, and were
supported at a cost of Ps. 1,44,986. The total expenditure on the Arts Colleges amounted to
Rs. 4,00,193, of which Rs. 1,36,309 were contributed from provincial revenues. Fees realized
Rs. 1,39,827.
3. There were 5 Professional Colleges, as in the previous year, with an increased attend
ance of 1,153 pupils. The two Law Colleges in Bombay and Poona had an attendance of 334
students. The expenditure on these two institutions was Rs. 26,359, of which Rs. 21,540 were
contributed in fees. The Grant Medical College was attended by 657 stadents. The attend
ance at the Poona College of Science rose from 318 to 329 students, of whom 131 were in the
Engineering Branch and 27 in the Agricultural Department of the college, as compared with
126 and 20, respectively, in the previous year. The expenditure of the Engineering Branch was
Rs. 60,835, of which Rs. 15,872 were met from fees, while the charges incurred in connection
with the Agricultural Department (Rs. 12,232) were met entirely out of provincial revenues.
4. The number of candidates for the Matriculation Examination increased from 3,781 to
3,799, of whom 1,011 were sent from institutions under public management and 596 from aided
institutions, the percentage of passes being 56 in each case. Unaided schools had a percentage
of 40, while only 12 per cent, of private students were successful. For the University School
Final Examination the number of candidates rose from 1,162 to 1,240, of whom 47 per cent,
were successful.
5. The number of secondary schools for boys was 422 with 41,239 pupils, as against 427
schools and 43,397 pupils in 1901-1902. Of these, 104 were high schools and 318 middle
schools.
6 . Of the 104 high schools, attended by 24,419 scholars, aided schools numbered 41 with
an attendance of 9,289 pupils. The Government high schools and unaided schools, numbering 20
each, were attended by 4,996 and 6,056 pupils, respectively, while the 22 Native States high
schools had an aggregate attendance of 4,078. There was also one Municipal school at Pandhar-
pur with a daily average attendance of 125 pupils.
7. The middle schools numbered 318 with an attendance of 16,820 pupils. Of these, 6
were Government institutions, attended by 1,028 boys. Aided schools and Native States schools
numbered 97 and 92, respectively. There were 49 unaided schools and 74 schools managed by
District Local Boards and Municipalities.
8 . The total expenditure on secondary education for boys rose from Rs. 16,96,783 to
Rs. 17,26,311. Contributions from provincial revenues amounted to Rs. 3,50,701, while fees
realized Rs. 7,83,672.
. 9. The number of primary schools for boys rose from 8,219 to 8,260, but the number of
pupils fell from 463,452 to 428,782. The large decrease in attendance was due to the fact that
many of the schools were closed on account of plague. There were 10 Government schools as in
the previous year. The number of District and Municipal schools rose from 4,342 to 4,374 but
the attendance fell from 271,468 to 248,348. In the Native States, there were 2,028 schools
with 107,921 pupils. The number of aided and unaided schools rose to 1,753 and 95, respect
ively, but the attendance decreased owing to plague.
10. The total expenditure on primary education for boys rose from Rs. 30,59,950 to
Rs. 30,81,003. Provincial revenues contributed Rs. 9,13,571.
11 . The number of night schools fell from 107 to 100 and the attendance from 2,380 to
2,128.
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Number of institu
tions and pupils.,
Collegiate education:
Arts Colleges.
Professional Colleges.
School education :
Results of examina
tions.
Secondary schools :
Boys.
High schools.
Middle schools.
Expenditure.
Primary education :
Boys.
Expenditure.
Night schools,