"تقرير عن إدارة رئاسة بومباي لسنة ١٨٨١-١٨٨٢" [ظ‎‎١‎٧‎١] (٥٨٩/٣٤٧)

Chap. VII. 272 Bombay administration report* [1881-82.
INSTRUCTION.
The Elphinstone School again shows a large increase in attend
ance and fee receipts > and the teaching staff has been increased ;
yet the annual cost of educating each boy has fallen from Rs. 15
to Rs. 10. The Poona School has also made marked progress du
ring the year. After Elphinstone and Poona comes the SaUra
School, and next to S4tara is placed Thana^ where an increase in
attendance is attributed by the Inspector “ partly to the reduc
tion of the fee rates and partly to the increasing efficiency of the
school.” The fee rates were reduced under instructions from
Government, and the people of Thana deserved the favour which
was shown them, as they have been liberal in their contributions
for the purchase of a new school-house* Mr* Waman Ramchandra
Oka has very generously offered Rs. 600 for the purpose of
awardiug a prize every year in the name of Mr. Ooghlan, the
late Judge of Thana, to the student from this school who passes
the Matriculation Examination with the highest number of
marks.
In the University examination the Poona School did Well, but
the Elphinstone School showed a falling off, owing to the unex
pected failure of the Gujarathi or Par si boys. The Gujar&thi
classes generally contribute most to the success of the institution,
but this year the Marathi side passed double the number which
the Gujarathi side could claim. But the Elphinstone School still
heads the list of high schools which are represented at the
Matriculation. The Satara School improved its place in the Uni
versity list. Ratnagiri did very badly, and General Waddington
reports that he cannot speak favourably of the general effici
ency and progress of the school* Sholapur did not send up any
boys to the Matriculation* Thana has improved its place on
the University list, and the results at the Inspector’s examina
tion contrast very favourably with those obtained in the previous
year.
With regard to the aided schools for natives, the four Mission
schools passed 27 boys in the University examination, while the
number of boys who passed from the Parsi Benevolent Institution
fell from 18 to 11, but yet this school is highly spoken of* Among
the Mission schools the Free General Assembly’s Institution in
Bombay appears to be first ; the Poona Mission School does not
rank high.
The schools for Europeans and Eurasians were successful in the
University examination, the number of candidates who passed
having risen from 27 to 37.
?'^ ie ^ ns P ec l' or thoroughly well satisfied with St. Mary’s
School, Poona, and with the Scottish Orphanage at Mdhim. He
was also pleased with the Bishop’s High School, Poona, and with
the Bombay Education Society’s Girls’ School; but in instituting
any comparison between the girls’ school and the boys’ it must be
orne m mind that a considerable portion of each girl’s time is
devoted to needle-work, and also that the whole of the household
work is done by the girls themselves.
Some progress has been made at Dhulia and Nasik, and the
ailing oil at Ahmednagar may be attributed to a severe out-
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