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61. Secondary Education.
367. Two new Government schools were opened in 1920, one at Zagazig,
and another at Mansura, resulting in the admission of about 400 new pupils. There
are now eight Government secondary schools, and the number of pupils in attendance
rose from 3,261 in October 1920 to 3,679 in October 1921. During the last two years
there has been a total increase in numbers of 45 per cent. Another secondary school
is urgently required in Cairo to remedy the overcrowding of classes, and it is also
proposed to establish a school at Minia, as there is at present only one Government
secondary school in Upper Egypt. When these two new schools are provided, the
Ministry of Education will for the time have completed its programme for the
establishment of Government secondary schools in Egypt. One third of the general
total of pupils in these schools are now full boarders, and all new schools contain
ample boarding accommodation.
368. The number of private secondary schools under the inspection of the
Ministry increased from thirty-two to thirty-five; of these nine (with a total
attendance of 3,052 pupils) provided a complete four-years’ secondary course, while
the remaining twenty-six (with an attendance of 1,966) provided only a partial
course, in most cases one or two years leading up to the examination for the Secondary
Education Certificate (Part I).
369. The schools under inspection are of varying degrees of efficiency. In a few
of them the standard of efficiency is practically equal to that of the Government
schools. In others the teaching and discipline still leave much to be desired, chiefly
owing to the low salaries paid and to the insufficient output of teachers from the
Government Training College. Very little improvement, however, can be expected
in their present state unless advice is accompanied by money grants to enable
governing bodies to carry out the recommendations of the Ministry’s inspectors. The
Ministry has requested that a credit of £E. 6,000 should be provided in the 1922
budget for this purpose. As a first step it is intended to publish a list of schools
recognised as efficient, and no school will be eligible for a grant unless it has been
so recognised.
370. In the following statistical table the results of the examinations held in
June and September are shown ;—
Secondary Education Certificate Examination, Parts I and II, 1921.
Number of
Passed.
Percentage
Candidates.
Successful.
Per cent.
Part II—
From Government schools
573
'
Ordinary 400
Supplementary 24
. 424
73
,, private schools under inspection
353
Ordinary . 171'
Supplementary 11
> 182
51
„ not under inspection
162
Ordinary .. 52'
Supplementary 7
► 59
36
„ private study
175
'
Ordinary .. 44
Supplementary 8
> 52
22
Total
1,263 |
Ordinary .. 667
Supplementary 50
► 717
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Part I—
From Government schools
853
Ordinary .. 384 '
Supplementary 36
• 420
50
„ private schools under inspection ..
2,034 |
Ordinary 440"
Supplementary 71
• 511
25
M not under inspectiou
1,273
'
Ordinary 380
Supplementary 49
• 429
34
„ private study
640
\
Ordinary .. 121'
Supplementary 18^
» 139
21
Total
4,800
Ordinary .. 1.325"
Supplementary 174
«1,499
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62. Female Education.
371. The remarkable increase in the number of applications for admission to all
types of girls’ schools has been maintained.