'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎205v] (142/148)

CHAPTER TIL— INSTRUCTION.
Number of
institutions
and pupils.
Distribution of
upils by race.
Distribution of
schools.
Expenditure.
University.
Arts Colleges.
Professional Colleges,
For
general system op public instruction
See
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1901-1902, PART j r
PAGES 168.169.
1.—Education.
For detiils see the Annual Report of the Director of Public Instruction for 1909-1910 and the Report of iv
Reform dory School at Yeravda for 1909 ; also tables under Education and Reformatory Schools, printed in p lhe
VII and VI of the Statistics of British India. ai h
1 . The total number of public educational institutions rose from 11,561 to 12,424 and the
number of pupils from 715,713 to 770,435, of whom 653,704 were males and 116 731
were females. The average daily attendance rose from 526,708 to 575,244. The schools closed
on account of plague were 152 with 12,215 pupils against 184 schools and 10,769 pupils i n ^ e
preceding year. The number of private institutions was 3,008 at which 79,858 pnpil s
attended. The corresponding figures for 1908-1909 were 3,028 and 76,846. The pereentao'e
of all pupils under instruction to the general population has risen from 3‘1 to 3 3 . The
number of pupils learning English rose from 71,627 to 74,897 and the number learnino-a
classical language from 33,837 to 39,411.
2 . The number of Brahmins in public institutions rose from 109,120 to 115,316, of non-
Brahmins from 453,087 to 490,425. Mahomedans increased in number from 114,762 to
125,110. Parsis number 16,207 and Lingdyats 58,013.
3. In British districts with an area of 123,070 square miles and a population of
18,573,767 in 25,653 towns and villages are found 9,364 public institutions and 2,298 private
institutions with a total of 593,086 and 53,192 pupils respectively, The number of villages
with schools increased to 8,320 and the average number of square miles to each village
with a school decreased from 16’! to 14*8. In Native States with a population of 6,897,601
distributed over an area of 65,756 square miles in 14,961 towns and villages there are 3,016
public institutions with 17 5,641 pupils and 710 private institutions with 26,666 pupils, the
number of villages with schools being 2,525 with an average of 26 square miles to each.
4. The total expenditure increased from Rs. 1,18,03,024 to Rs. 1,23,52,291, of which
Provincial Funds accounted for Rs. 49,04,412, an increase of Rs. 2,32,664 ; Local Funds for
Rs. 10,34,371 against Rs. 10,77,113; Municipal Funds for Rs. 7,49,962 against Rs. 7,33,864;
fees for Ks. ^3,15,610 against Rs. 22,40,232. From all other sources the expenditure was
Rs. 32,67,9.1o^against Rs. 30,b0,067 in the preceding year. The decrease of over Rs. 40,000
under Local 1 unds is shared by all divisions and is partly due to decreased expenditure on
Local Board buildings. The increase under Provincial Funis is most noticeable under the
sub-head “ Primary Schools, ” where the increase is Rs. 2,90,956, chiefly due to additional
grants loi new schools and for raising the pay of trained and untrained masters and also for pro
viding books and slates to deserving pupils.
A lie agricultural curriculum has been modified and reform
resolved upon. At the Matriculation 1,63S passed or 47 per cent.; 331 out of 500 Candida
passe 1 tor the B.A. degree ; 14 out of 17 for the B.Sc. degree. The M.A. degree was gaii
by 53 out of 93 the LL.B. by 154, the L.M. & S. by 89, the M.D. by 2, the B.Ag. by
and the L.C.E. by 3 d. j
• 4 - '■ ii 1 T R m ° er Colleges is 11, of which 2 are managed by Government, 3 a
maintained by Native States, 5 are aided under private management and 1 is unaided.
ni ? m i G p 0 10Se ! rom ^>676 to 3,034. The total expenditure was Rs. 5,19,950,
Which Rs 15/ 230 came from Provincial Funds, Rs. 5,950 from Local Funds, Rs. 11,275 fro
umcipsl i uude, Rs. 2,07,054 from fees, Rs. 02,681 from Native States revenues a*
&s. YD,/65 from private sources.
j-Ue number of students in the Government Law School increased from
to 052. tees declined by Rs. 4,203, through 161 students leaving the class in the moi
them to
term nflQnQ i T ^ through 161 students leaving the class m the nn
lecture* in fhw 86 UUd€ ? tbe , Gew arrangements it was not necessary for them to :
©f whom 9 ^ ^°^ e g e Science there were 148 University sfcu
wnom 2 warn Science and 146 Engineerino- ~ ‘ 1
O *
ace there were 148 University ou
In the workshop numbers declieet