'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905' [‎168v] (112/116)

Chap. VII.
INSTRUCTION.
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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1904.11;
High schools.
8. The total number of High Schools increased from 125 to 133 and the
attenda,
improved from 26,984 to 31,053. Feejeeeipts advanced from Rs. 6,68^136 to R s ^
The increase in the number of schools is made up of 3 Aided High Schools and 5 ff
There was no change in the number of Government, Municipal and Native State Hicdm
With the exception of Surat and Thana, satisfactory progress was made in all the Q , e 1
High Schools, a remark which also applies to Native States High Schools. The
Aided schools fell from 27 to 26, but the attendance rose from 6,705 to 6,945. nuni,)er «:
9. The number of these schools increased from 367 to 371 and the number of n 'i
19,038 to 20,990. The number of Municipal, Aided and Unaided schools rose from
and 62 to 64, 141 and 67. The fee receipts of all classes of^schools rose from R s Ssni?
Rs. 2,38,332. ' '
10. The total expenditure on secondary schools for boys was Rs. 18,06 379 * •
Rs. 17,23,177 last year. Provincial Revenues contributed Rs. 3,83,149 against fka.R
while fees realized Rs. 8,32,443 against Rs. 7,87,930 m the previous year. There is a 1
concurrence of opinion that there is a distinct tendency towards improvement in the eff^
of secondary schools, which is largely due to the operations of the revised grantdn-aid code 1611 '
11. The number of primary schools for boys rose from 8,452 to 8,691 and the n
of pupils from 410,400 to 474,549. The increase in the number of pupils, which was?!!
by all divisions except Aden, was mainly due to the smaller number of schools closed onac
of plague. Local Board primary schools increased from 4,146 to 4,247, Municipal schools?
583 to 661, and aided primary schools from 1,534 to 1,590, but the number of scliooh
Native States decreased from 2,060 to 2,039 although there was an increase from 9 8 09" ”
110,853 in the number of pupils. The number of private schools increased from 2,573 to 2^
and the number of pupils from 64,881 to 72 ; 672. Rural Standards continued to enowi
popularity, and in the year under report the number of schools teaching them increased W
2,670 to 2,844, and the number of pupils taught from 81,865 to 92,165. The increase
educational grants were for the most part intelligently utilised, and the improvement inlti
staff and equipment of primary schools rendered possible by increased resources promises [ t
produce gratifying results.
12. The total expenditure on primary schools for both boys and girls rose fa
Rs. 31,99,880 to Rs. 39,27,920. Of this sum Rs. 13,10,283 were contributed fa
Provincial Revenues.
Middle schools.
Expenditure? general.
Primary education:
Boys.
Expenditure.
Night schools.
Examination results.
Training schools.
Technical education.
Eemale educa‘.ion«
Europeans and
Eurasians.
13. The number of night schools increased from 110 to 115 and the number
from 2,332 to 2,630.
14. The numbers of pupils presented and passed in Standard VII, VI and Y w
respectively 952 and 588, 4,477 and 2,385, and 11^015 and 5*826.
15. As in the previous year, there were 7 training schools for masters, which had an
average daily attendance of 742 as against 728 last year. The average attendance at the 11
training schools for mistresses was 197. The cost rose from Rs. 1,67,398 to Rs. 1,77,457.
16. The attendance at the School of Art, including the workshop classes, decreased fi«
460 to 441. The three Government Medical Schools had an average attendance of 221, Tk
examination results were fair, but the bad conduct of eight pupils at Ahmedabad necessitate]
their dismissal. At present technical instruction in agriculture is confined to classes at tk
Poona College of Science, where instruction is given by the Professor of Agriculture,tk
Agricultural Chemist, and Economic Botanist. Demonstration plots are worked at the Vernacular
Training Colleges at Ahmedabad, Dharwar and Hyderabad (Sind), for the benefit of normal
students in enabling them to deal intelligently with the agricultural lessons under pre x
for the use of Primary Schools. The Hyderabad Agricultural School had an average
attendance of 102. The Bombay Veterinary College had 86 students at the end of thfcjv,
Out of 66 candidates who presented themselves for examination 49 passed, a percentage of 7b
Students attended the College from the Punjab, Madras, Mysore and Travancore. It b
been decided to abolish the “ Salutriclass, as regular and systematic employment is B(k
available xor the men trained in it. Proposals for the improvements and extension of tk
Codege have been submitted to Government. The attendance at the Engineering^ darf
attached to the D. J. College, Sind, rose from 21 to 25. There were two private Engine® 11 !
classes at Hyderabad (Sind). The number of Industrial and Technical schools was 22, at
they are reported to have done good work during the year. They were attended by V
pupils. The Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute had 315 pupils as against 266 last Jf' 1
Inen work was favourably reported upon by the Board of Examiners. As usual the hon 0
Chamber of Commerce held commercial examinations in Bombay.
17. The total number of girls in public institutions was distributed as follows:
Secondary schools 5,753, Primary schools 82,141. The total number last year was T'
J-he number of primary schools for girls increased from 867 to 923. There were 24,/h jA
m boys primary schools. The total expenditure on girls schools, primary and secon
amounted to Rs. 7,21,061.
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q,s* 9 ‘ ^I iei ’ e We re 511 pupils under instruction in the High Stage? 767 in LU " A
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Aided Hostels and Boarding Houses was 18 of which 10 were for girls.
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