'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎281v] (146/150)

Chap. VII.
INSTRUCTION.
Secondary
education.
High Schools.
Middle Schools.
Schools for
Europeans and
Eurasians.
Primary education.
Normal schools,
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number of pupils. The degree of L.C.E. was gained byj3 out of 61 candidates. A :
"^numbered “ Of^Vwho appeared'for the B.Ag. examination 20 gain^f^l
total exoenditure on these colleges increased from Rs. 3 , 76,213 to Rs. 3 , 95 , 935 . g s -
The total expenditure
collegi
935-
8. The total number of High ^ MiddkSchook was S^^with Jj.^S^upils, and ^
total expenditure on secondary education was Rs. 28 10,842 compared with Rs. 26 , 36 , 68 ;
• xhe number of candidates for Matriculation was 3,661 boys and - 4 1
in
the previous year, ihe numoer ui cdiiuxua.^ ^ T u l0 S virk
an increase of 332 , and of these 1,407 boys and_ 5 ^ g>^ Passed.^hi the School IQ
examination .466 out of 1,360 candidates passed. No girls appeared for this examination.
9 . The number of High Schools increased from^i 4 o to 141 and that of pupijg , ro ^
40,636 to 42 , 556 . There were 24 schools for girls with 2 976 pupils against 26 schools Bit u
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3,050 pupils in 1909 - 1910 . There were 20 Government Kigh Sc ^ods for boys b which\
pupils numbered 7 , 796 , 4 more than in the previous year and 2 Government High Schools W
o-irls There were 3 Municipal High Schools, at Pandharpur, Hubli and Sukkur, 29 hJ
Schools in Native States, and 87 schools under private management, of which 69 were aided
and 18 unaided. The Alfred High School at Rajkot was handed over during the year to the
Rajkot State. Amongst unaided schools the Proprietary High School at Ahmedabad returned
1,229 pupils. The total expenditure on High Schools was Rs.» 19 , 20 , 287 .
1 o. The number of Middle Schools decreased from 408 to 400 and the number of p U pii s
from 29,718 to 29 , 487 . Fifty of these schools with 3,454 pupils were for girls.
11 . The number of these schools increased from 44 to 45 and the number of pupils from
3,626 to 3 , 788 , the percentage of non-Europeans being 9 - 3 . For the European High School
examination 20 passed out of 28 , and for the Matriculation 96 out of 169 . In the 38 English
teaching schools the pupils increased from 7,419 to 7 , 577 . The proportion of Europeans & ro S e
from 8-4 to 12-1 per cent, of the total.
12 . The total number of primary schools increased from 11,790 with 690,533 p U pU s
(including 74,926 girls) to 12,388 with 705,302 pupils (including 75,525 girls). Thenumber
of pupils in the upper primary stage increased from 202,940 (of whom 15,984 were girls) to
20 7>°39 (°f whom 16,201 were girls). The total number of teachers increased from 21,714 to
22 , 694 , the number of female teachers being 1,255 against 1,200 in the previous year. Of the
male teachers, 31-8 per cent, were trained and of the female teachers 45-2 per cent. Out o[
6,022 Local Board schools for boys with 318,826 pupils, 2,412 schools are housed in Local
Board buildings and 1,177 in temples. The number of municipal schools for boys increased
from 680 to 700 but the number of pupils fell from 85,845 to 84 , 561 . The number of primary
schools for boys in Native States increased by 70 to 2,432 and of pupils by 2,897 1 35 , 052 .
Aided schools for boys increased from 1,878 schools with 81,008 pupils to 1,939 schools with
82,981 pupils. The number of night schools fell from 182 with 4,261 pupils to 173 with 4,086
pupils. There were 3,169 private schools with 81,470 pupils. The expenditure on primary
education rose from Rs. 51 , 42,685 to Rs. 54 , 11 , 566 . The expenditure made from Provincial
revenues was Rs. 20 , 17 , 180 , from Local Funds Rs. 7 , 66 , 861 , from Municipal Funds
Rs- 7 , 54^49 and from fees Rs. 4 , 68 , 176 . A special grant of Rs. 1 , 44,000 made for the
purpose of opening new schools resulted in the opening of 524 schools. Candidates for the
Vernacular Final examination numbered 6 , 833 , whom 2,749 passed, including 3 girls who
entered and passed. The figures for the preceding year were 6,553 an(4 respectively.
I 3- There were 8 training schools for men with 1,120 students and 15 for women with
384 students. Of these, 6 training schools for masters with an attendance of 988 and 4 for
mistresses with an attendance of 252 were under Government management.
Technical education.
14 . The number of students in the Bombay School of Art fell from 408 to 358 , including
27 women. For the Drawing Teachers , Certificate the number of candidates increased from 109
to 318 , of whom 32 passed against 76 in the previous year. Candidates for the first grade
Drawing examination increased from 5,957 to 6,085 while the number of successful candidates
fell from 3> 2 34 to 2 , 602 . In the Reay Art Workshops attendance fell from 183 to i 5 2 - Two
gold medals and one in bronze were awarded for exhibits sent to the Allahabad Exhibition, one
of the gold medals being an award for work done in the Pottery Department. Attendance at
the 3 Government Medical Schools fell from 316 to 308 . There was also an aided Medical
School with 4 pupils. Of 67 candidates for the 4 th year English Medical examination 53 passed.
There vyere 3 aided schools for Engineering and Surveying with 46 pupils. There were
13 candidates for the 1 st year examination in Engineering, of whom 10 were successful, an
4 candidates each for the 2 nd and 3 rd year examinations, all of whom passed. Technical an
n ustnal Schools numbered 32 with 2,243 pupils against 31 with 2,105 pupils in the previous
) ear. Of these, the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute had 345 pupils against 3 X 4 I9 0 9' I 9 10-
The course at the Institute has been lengthened from 3 years to 4 . Of the other schools,
are un er Local Board and 5 under Municipal management, 5 are in Native States, and t ere
5 private schools, of which 12 are aided. Seventeen candidates presented themselves 0
are 1
the Victoria Institute examinations and all passed. In the College *of Science examination
7-. 0 1 45 candidates passed the Sub-overseePs examination, one candidate was examine
c-f Pioneering and passed, 16 out of 17 passed in Mechanical Engineering, and 0 3
Terknf 1 ? "Vt G 1 Acc ? untant,s examination one was successful. The total expenditure 0
former!^ ^ Schools was Rs. 4 , 04 , 503 , including a sum of Rs. 1 ,54*957 " ^
P r o a special grant of Rs. 1,67,000 made for the development of this branc
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