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GENERAL SYSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1901-1902, PART LI,
PAGES 168-169.
1. Education.
For details see the Report of the Director of Public Instruction for 1904-1905 and the Report of the Reformatory-
School at YerAvda for 1904, also Tables under X—Education—appended to the Judicial and Administrative Statistics
of British India.
1. The total number o£ public educational institutions rose from 9,387 to 10,194, and the
number of pupils from 513,479 to 593,431. The number of male pupils increased from 487,471
to 505,082, and the number of female pupils from 76,008 to 88,349. In addition there were
2,782 private institutions with 72,672 pupils as against 2,573 institutions with 64,881 pupils
last year. On the whole the number of institutions increased from 12,460 to 3 2,976, and the
number of pupils from 578,360 to 666,103. The main development was in Primary Schools
and was due to the opening of more schools by District Local Boards and Municipalities. The
percentage of all pupils under instruction to the population rose from 2*3 to 2*6.
2. In British districts with an area of 123,070 square miles, 25,915 towns and villages,
and an estimated population of 18,573,767 there were 7,629 public institutions with 449,321
pupils and 2,214 private institutions with 51,362 pupils. The number of villages with schools
was 6,558 and the average number of square miles to each village with a school was 19.
3. There was an increase under every head, owing to the larger number of schools open.
The number of Native Christian pupils increased by 997 (on 16,257), Brahmins by
12,905 (on 82,002), Non-Brahmins by 53,884 (on 301,924) and Mahomedans by 10,921 (on
91,473).
4. The total expenditure rose from Rs. 85,71,441 to Rs. 93,43,281, Provincial Funds
contributing Rs. 32,86,200 as against Rs. 26,29,430, Local Funds Rs. 8,97,703 against
Rs. 9,72,201, Municipal Funds Rs. 4,98,169 as against Rs. 4,51,887, ices Rs. 18,50,361
against Rs. 17,93,292, and all other sources Rs. 28,10,848 against Rs. 27,24,623 last year.
Payments to Aided Institutions increased from Rs. 4,74,521 to Rs. 5,96,265.
5. The total attendance in the ten Arts colleges rose from 2,357 to 2,592. The increase
in attendance was most marked in the Deccan, Fergusson and St. Xavier s Colleges. Two colleges
were managed by Government, three were maintained by Native States, and five were under
private management. The total number of successful graduates was considerably less than in
1903-04, Twenty-five students passed the M.A. Examination, 272 passed the B.A. Examination
and 6 the B.Sc. Examination. The total cost of the Arts colleges was Rs. 4,42,919, of which
Rs. 1,56,820 were contributed from Provincial Revenues, Rs. 64,449 from tbe revenues of Native
to States, and Rs. 46,758 from private sources.
6. There were five Government professional colleges, the attendance at which impioved to
1,556, The attendance in the Government Law School at Bombay rose from 395 to 447 and
fee receipts from Rs. 20,680 to Rs. 24,792. The 6 Mofussil Law Classes gained 66 successes
at the First LL.B. Examination. The attendance at the Grant Medical College rose from 6, /
to 694, hut the fee receipts fell from Rs. 98,753 to Rs. 89,082. In all 48 candidates were
successful at the L. M. & S. Examination. The attendance at the Poona College of. Science
rose from 360 to 887. Of these 137 were in the Engineering branch and 71 in the Agricultural
branch. Out of 212 students who went up for examination 153 were successful. Fee receipts
from the workshop classes rose from Rs. 1,985 to Rs. 2,540.
7. Out of 3 830 candidates for the Matriculation, 1,492 passed, giving a percentage of
S8'9. Candidates who had been prepared privately numbered 1,362, of whom 200 passed,
giving a percentage success of 14*7. The remaining candidates were sent up trom schools ana
1,292 passed, a percentage of 52*4. For the School Final Examination which was held by e
Educational Department for the first time in the year under report, 503 candidates appeared,
of whom 126 passed, a percentage of 25. The reduction in the number of candidates was due
to the exclusion of “ Private Tuition candidates.
N umber of
institutions
and pupils.
Distribution of
schools.
Distribution by race.
Expenditure.
Arts colleges.
Professional colleges.
Secondary schools.
Rasults of
examinations.