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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT for. 1901-1902, PART II,
PAGES 168—109.
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1. Education.
For details see the Report of the Director of Public Instruction for 1903-1904 and. the Report of the Reformatory
School at YerRvda for 1903, and Tables under X—Education—appended to the Judicial and Administrative Statistics
of British India.
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1. The total number of public educational institutions rose from 9,595 to 9,887, while
the number of‘pupils fell from 530.286 to 513,479. Of these 437,471 were males and 76,008
female pupils. Besides the-e there were 2,573 private institutions with 64,881 pupils as
compared with 2,623 institutions with 69,422 pupils in the previous year. The total number
of educational institutions was therefore 12,460 with 578,360 pupils as compared with 12,218
institutions with 509,708 pupils in 1902-1903. Blague was the cause of the decrease in the
attendance.
2. In the ten arts colleges'the total attendance rose from 2,100 to 2,357. The improve
ment in attendance was most marked in the Wilson and Fergusson Colleges, but was fairly
general. The Elphinstone and Deccan Colleges were under the control of Government. Three
colleges were maintained by Native States and five were aided. The total cost of the arts
colleges was Rs. 4,16,537,, of which Rs. 1,45,642 were contributed from Provincial revenues
and Rs. 66,179 from the revenues of Native States. The total average cost of each scholar was
Rs. 208, of which Government paid Rs. 73. Twenty-eight students passed the M. A. Examination
and 356 the B.A. Examination.
3. There were 5 Government professional colleges, the attendance at which improved to
1,316. The attendance in the Law School, Bombay, rose from 287 to 395, and ffees from
Rs. 18,845 to Rs. 20,585. In the Deccan College Law Class there were 47 students. In the
College of Science, Poona, the attendance rose from 329 to 360. Of these 150 were in the Engineer
ing branch and 39 in the Agricultural Department. The forest class in this college has been
finally abolished. Attendance at the Grant Medical College rose by 20 to 677 and the fees
from Rs. 79,480 to Rs. 98,753. There were 45 female pupils. The total cost of the college
was Rs. 1,47,576.
4. Out of 3,634 candidates for Matriculation 1,399 passed, giving a percentage of SS'h. Of
the candidates, 1,554 had had private tuition only, and of these only 200 or 12*9 per cent, passed.
Among candidates from schools the percentage' of success was 57*6. For the University
School Final Examination the number of candidates fell from 1,240 to 1,054. Among those
from schools the percentage of successes was 49*1 while among private pupils it was only 16*4.
2,713 pupils appeared for the Third Grade Public Service Certificate Examination, and of these
1,422 passed.
5. The number of secondary schools for boys increased from 422 to 424, but the number
of pupils in them fell from 41,239 to 40,924. The decrease in this as in other cases is due to
the ravages of plague. There were also 743 boys attending secondary schools for girls.
6. Of the secondary schools for boys 106 were high schools as against 104 in the previous
year. The attendance at them rose slightly to 24,754. The increase was chiefly in aided
schools which rose from 41 with 9,289 pupils to 43 with 10,219 pupils. Attendance in the 20
Government high schools also increased from 4,996 to 5,050. Two new high schools were
established-in the Native States, bringing the total to 24 with 4,254 pupils.
7. Middle schools for boys numbered 318 as in the previous year. The attendance
decreased slightly to 16,170. Attendance in the 6 Government schools improved slightly. There
were 98 aided schools, 89 schools in Native States, 58 unaided schools and 67 schools managed
by Municipalities and Local Boards.
8. The total expenditure on secondary schools for boys was Rs. 17,23,177 or slightly
less than in the previous year. Provincial revenues contributed Rs. 3,58,370 against Rs. 3,50,701,
while fees realised Rs. 7,87,930 against Rs. 7,83,672 in the previous year.
Number of Institu
tions and Pupils.
Collegiate
Education, Arts
Colleges.
Professional
Colleges.
Secondary schools-.
Results of
examinations.
Number of schools
and scholars.
High schools.
Middle schools*
Expenditure.