'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [‎170v] (345/589)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. VII*
INSTRUCTION.
DavidSassoon
Reformatory.
Dh&rw&r
Factory An East India Company trading post. ,
Surat School.
Dhulia
Workshops.
Ratndgiri
Factory An East India Company trading post. .
Orphanage
Press, Poona.
Orphanage,
Pandharpur.
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[ 1881 - 82 .
as a separate institution; but in place of it an engineering
class has been attached to the high school, and this class is now
attended by 10 pupils.
The number on the rolls has risen from 204 to 208. Of these
42 were learning English, 106 Mar&thi and 32 Gujarathi. Of
the boys learning English half attend on alternate days at the
Central Press, where they learn printing, &c.; 20 boys also who are
employed during the day at spinning-mills in the neighbourhood,
and 7 who are occupied in the gardens, &c., do not attend school.
The progress in reading, writing and arithmetic was fair, but
the workshops are now so fully employed that perhaps scarcely
sufficient time is devoted to mere book-learning. When examined
the order and discipline were excellent, the premises clean,
well kept and tidy, and the institution evidently in a flourishing
state.
The Inspectors^ returns show 69 apprentices against 38 in the
previous year. No report has been received from the managing
committee; but the examination of the boys in reading, writing
and arithmetic showed that progress had been made.
The Fardunji Parekh School of Art and Industry at Surat
shows an expenditure of Es. 5,536 against an income of Rs. 5,901,
including a Government grant of Es. 2,000 and receipts from
sale-proceeds amounting to Es. 1,943. With regard to attend
ance the Secretary reports that there were 51 boys under in
struction, 22 of whom were learning drawing, while 16 were
being trained as carpenters and 13 as fitters. The Secretary adds
that, in 1881-82, 6 boys left the school to seek for employment
as fitters, and 4 of them have 4 been taken on in mills or fac
tories.
The industrial class at Dhulia has proved to be a failure; the
boys commenced well, but after six months most of the boys ceased
to attend the carpentry-class, because, they say, their parents do
not wish them to waste any time in learning carpentry to the
prejudice of their regular school studies.
No report has been received from the managers of the factory An East India Company trading post. ,
but the Inspector reports that the number of apprentices has
risen from 73 to 80, and that the boys passed a fairly good
examination under the first four vernacular standards.
This institution, which is managed by the Mission of the Free
Kirk of Scotland, has been registered under the ordinary grant-
in-aid rules and also receives a special grant of Rs. 20 for every
pupil learning a handicraft, on condition that fair progress has
been made during the year, and that each boy, for whom the
special grant is claimed, has attended half-time at an elementary
school and is presented for examination by the Inspector. This
} ear special grants were paid for 7 pupils who were learning
printing or book-binding.
£ JJ 16 ■^ arL ^ ar P ur Orphanage, which is under the management
o e municipality, shows an attendance of 65 boys who are to
be taught a trade as carpenters or blacksmiths. The institution
receives a grant according to the ordinary rules for aided schools.