'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎67r] (132/137)

EDUCATION.
1907
.1908. ]
98 Chap. vii.
INSTBUCTION.
High Schools.
Middle Schools.
Schools for
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Expenditure on
Se aondary Schools.
Primary education.
0 The number of High Schools increased from 136 to 188 n u. j
High ^ , 0 , 8W , JS, SSCt ‘ism s
2,535 pop* 1 ® last j' ear '
10. The number of Middle Schools increased by 11 to 392, and the number of pupils by
j 294 to 24,905. ^ p *
H- The number of schools for Europeans was 46, a decrease of one, and the number of
pupils 3,560 adeerease of 1P3_ Non-Europeans numbered 336, or 8 per cent. English-teach-
ing schools, in which the non-European element is 89 per cent., increased by one to 39.
12 . The total expenditure on Secondary Schools rose from Rs. 23,01,709 to Rs. 23,87,941
13. The number of Primary Schools for boys rose from 9.485 to 9 662 a .,6 n,„ „ ,
o£ pupils from 516,719 to 542,1 21 . About 20 per cent of the increase fo the number of pSls
is due to a smaller number of schools having been closed on account of plague at the end of the
yea r. Local Board Primary Schools for boys numbered 4,970, 54 more than last year while
the number of pupils increased by nearly 17,000 to 267,050. The number of Munioiml
Primary Schools for boys fell from 670 to 665, but the attendance increased from 75 83 to
81,254. The number of Pnmary Schools for boys in Native States was 2,132 with 1 H 233
pupils, against 2,089 with 1,12 380 pupils last year. The number of Aided Primary Schools
for boys and the number ot pupils attending them have increased from 1,678 to 1 761 and from
70,574 to 72,255 respectively. Primary Schools for girls numbered 1,026, an increase of 29
the attendance being 60 ,419 against 62,910. There were 128 Night Schools, with an attend-
ance of 3,0^4. Or the private institutions mentioned in paragraph 1, all except 115 were
elementary schools.
I 4 - The total expenditure on (public) Primary Schools rose from Rs. 42,94,435 to Expeuditoe on
Rs» 44,0 7,0 ID. Primary Schools.
15. There were 5,848 candidates for the Vernacular Pinal Examination against 4,155 The Vernacular
last year. ^ passed against 1,975. The increase is important because it means a larger Final Examination,
supply of qualified teachers. &
, mo 1 ?* 1 ln the a 8 - T 5u im -| D <? ® cl ? ools Masters there were 1,199 students compared with Normal Schools.
1,109 last year, and m the 13 Training Schools for Mistresses there were 368 students, com
pared with 223 last year. The total cost of all Training Schools was Rs. 2,47,790 against
Rs. 2,38,236. , , s o
17. The number of students at the School of Art was 365, one less than last year. A Technical education
new Architectural Class has been opened, in which there were 16 pupils. Out of 361 candidates
for the 3rd Grade Drawing Examination 316 passed, out of 1,445 for the 2nd Grade 923 passed,
and out of 4,304 for the 1st Grade 2,653 passed. The percentage of successes shows a marked
increase. The number of Drawing Teachers' Certificates awarded was 34. The average daily
attendance in the 3 Government Medical Schools dropped from 277 to 273, but the number of
successes in the Final Examination w s 78 against 64. TheBombay Veterinary College had 107
pupils compared with 111 in 1906-1907 23 out of 29 candidates received the College Diploma.
The Agricultural College, now separated from the College of Science and affiliated to the
Bombay University as a separate College, had 108 students against 95 in the year before.
The revised curriculum commenced from June 1st 1908. The examination results are given in
paragraph 7. The number of Technical and Industrial Schools increased by one to 32, but the
attend nee fell from 2,030 to 1,943. Government have made a yearly grant of Rs 3 2,000 in
aid of certain experiments in weaving at Nagar. In the Southern Division carpentry classes
have been attached, as an experiment^ to 19 Local Board Schools. The Victoria Jubilee
technical Institute, Bombay, had 387 pupils on the rolls. There were 207 candidates for
admission, of whom 95 passed the entrance test. Out of the grant for Tecnnical Education
vrovernment contributed Rs. 64,180 to this institution.
in- number of Mahomedan pupils under public instruction increased from Mahomedam.
0,o57 to 109,932. Of these 105 are in Arts Colleges, 38 in Professional Colleges, 4,049 in
condary Schools, 105,040 in Primary Schools, and 700 in Special Schools, including 177 in
mining Schools. In Koran Schools and other private institutions there were 36,582 Maho-
edans against 38,548 last year,
t 1 ^rn Rdjkumar College, Rdjkot, there were 41 Kumdrs on the rolls, an increase of Special classes,
wo. . The Mahomedan Kum&rs do well, but their number is declining. Ninety-one sons of
d sias and T&lukd&rs are being educated in the Special Schools at Gondal and Wa ihwan, and
inoKT 16 n 8 * n .the Ordinary Primary Schools under the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . 658 chddren of Talukddrs,
Scho attended schools in the Ahmedabad District. The Rewa Kantha Tdlakddri
°f ^ ^enmov ed from Wajiria to Godhra, where it will be directly under the supervision
pAn+f ? Were 2,219 children belonging to aboriginal tribes being educated in the Aboriginal Tribes
thoRA* A T V1 f. lonj 339 ^<3 Southern Division, and 11,760 in the Northern Division, including ^f q ^ pre83ed
Hur Settl a ^ lve ^tates. These figu?es show a slight improvement. The 10 schools in the
Punils Kai Gtn ^ 11 ^ s ^ Shffi hmve now 411 pupils, and show excellent progress. The nomhe''of
ongmg to the depressed classes at school was 9,03 S, 3,412, and 3 858 in the Central,
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