'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎66v] (131/137)

CHAPTER TIL— INSTRUCTION.
Number of
institutions
and pupils.
Distribution of
schools.
Distribution by
race.
Expenditure.
University.
Arts Colleges.
Professional Colleges.
Secondary education.
Results of
examinations.
For-
GENERAL SYSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
See-
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1901-1902, PART II,
PAGES 168-109.
1. Education.
For details see the Annual Report of the Director of Public Instruction for 190 <-1908 and the report of
Reformatory School at Yeravda for 1907, also tables under Education and Reformatory Schools, printed in Part
of the Statistics of British India.
1. The total number of public educational institutions rose from 11,086 to 11,305 and the
number of pupils from 646,777 to 677,147. Allowing for pupils unrecorded last year on account
of plague, the net increase in attendance is 24,888. The number of private institutions
2,809 against 2,881, and the number of pupils 72,244 against 73,770. The percentage of all
pupils under instruction to the population was 2’9. The number of pupils learning English hi«
increased from 64,583 to 66,179. ^
2. In British Districts, with an area of 123,070 square miles, 25,653 towns and inhabited
villages, and an estimated population of 18,573,767, there were 8,570 public institutions with
526,666 pupils, and 2,124 private institutions with 47,686 pupils. The number of vilW
with schools increased from 7,254 to 7,421, while the average number of square miles to
village with a school was 17, as last year.
3. ^ The number of Brahmins in public and private institutions increased from 104 9S5
to 107,525, the number of non-Brahmins from 427,515 to 453,545, and the number of
Mahomedans from 144,405 to 146,514. All other classes show a slight falling off.
4 The total expenditure increased from Rs. 1,06,43,089 to Rs. 1,13,42,532, expenditure
rTs ,7 q °ir al • F ^ S J S ', 41 - 90 > 110 a g aiust 43,07,947, from Local Funds
f > • ^ a2 v aln „ St 7,81,916, from Municipal Funds Rs. 7,07,526 against Rs. 5 88 671
rNaTi; * ° £ feeS 21,81,036 against Rs. 20,11,713, and from all other sources’
thedislontin-lu^f ri^p 29 ’ 52 ’ 839 ' Thc lnerease under Munici pai Funds is mainly due to
fees Z so W ° f ’-t Government F ant tlie Bo “bay Municipality. The increase under
Collew R 99 Ml “ 14 ow . m y to fact that the fees from the Grant Medical
=’ e ’ ■ 42,031, were, by an oversight, shown under Provincial Funds last year.
Mechanical'''inid" 3 !' IpfoT e< l S ’ i, 0 I Bachelrji' of Engineering in its three branches, Civil,
appropriate courses of TV f »°5, Bac ^ e ? r o£ Agriculture, have been instituted, witli
appropriate courses of study for each of the examinations leading up to the degrees.
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from fees ^ atl ™ States Revenues, Rs. 46,085 from private sources and Rs. 1,81,767
Receipts feoZCKetrlncr^L^T^f ^ TV 8 ? deCreaS f d fr0m 496 to Tr S
the First LL.B. examinaHori A 1 V students passed the Second and 1'6
transference of the Aoricultulal el ecieas ®,° pupils in the College of Science is due to the
shop numheZ ih4° tT“ e LZ 88 “ C °T Se ° £ A S ticaI ‘”e. Pupils in the work-
Medical College had 500 students V Tftval “ the L ‘ C ' E - examination. The Grant
and 71 as L. M. & S. In A^rieulture thf ° 7 ,aS L year ' 0,18 stu,1 ent graduated as M. D-
tion for the degree of L Ae Th fe T’ T TT® « 1 su8cess 1 ful candidates in the final examma-
Th • ° nd a " d 30 the Krst
to a very marked falhfeT'oViZhNti'V'' 6 f can ‘B date3 for Matriculation, almost entirely due
compared with 1 453 in 1906-1907 °f pnvate stucle Dts, of whom there were only ^
percentage of pasZ Z d ; 44-2 ■ t . 7 °^ , t0tal ° £ - 535 candidates, 1,121 passed, the
wHom 41 passed. lV the School FhfVV 47 : Ua ,. last 0 y car. There were 73 girl candidates;
in the School Frnal Exammatron 305 were successful out Sf 776 examinees.