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PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN BENGAL 1912-13 TO 1916-17. FIFTH QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW. BY W. W. HORNELL, c.i.e. CALCUTTA : A BENGAL SECRETARIAT BOOK DEPOT. 1918. j c b C i> - '■ f. ! ^ A Published at the Ben(<a( S e ci'e ta ria t Book Depot, Wpitei<s' Buildings, Calcutta. OFFICIAL AGENTS In M i a — M essr s. T h a c k e r , S p in k & Co., Calcutta and Simla. M e s sr s. N e w m a n & Co., Calcutta. Messrs. Hisginbotham & Co., Madras. M essr s. T h a c k e b & Co., L d ., Bombay. M e s sr s. A . J. C o m h u id g e & Co., Bombay. T h e S upwiintbnde .v t , A J!eb io a n B aptlst M issio n P r e s s , Rangoon. M b s . R a d h a b a i A t m a r a m S agoon , B om bay. M e s sr s. R . C a .m b r a t & C o., Calcutta. R a i SAHin M. G ula h S in g h & S o.ns, Proprietors of the Mafid-i-ain Press, Lahore, Punjab. Messrs. Thompson & ('o., Madras. M e ssrs. S. M iir t h y & Co., Madras. Me,ssrs. GoPAi N aratan & Co., Bom bay. M essr s. B. B a n e iw e e & Co., 2.i, Cornwallis Street, Calcutta. 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K ing & S o n , 2 & 4, Great Smith Street, Westminster; London, S.W. M e.ssrs. H. s. K in g & Co., Go, Cornhill, London, E.C. M r. B. H. B l a c k w e l l , 50-51, Broad Street, Oxford. M e s s r s . U e ig h t o n B e l l & Co., L d ., Trinity Street, Cambridge. M e s sr s. L u za c & Co., 46, Great Russell Street, London , W.C. M e s s r s . O l iv e r an d B o y d , Tweeddale Court, lidinburgh. M e s sr s. E. P o n s o n b t , L im it e d , 116, Grafton Street, Dublin. M r . T. F is h e r U n w i n , L im it e d , i , Adelphi Terrace, London, W.C. Messhs. W illiam W esley an d So n , 28, Esses Street, Strand, London. On the Continent— M r . E r n e st L e r o u x , Hue Bonaparte, Paris, France. M r . M a r t ik d s N ij h o f e , The Hague, Holland. [Length of text fixed at 150 pages.] TABLE OF CONTENTS. Paragraph. Subject. Page. CHAPTER I.— Introductory. 1. Area ......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Pi>puIatioii......................................................................................................................................... ib. 3. Numbers in towiisi and rural a r e a s .................................................................................... ib. 4. Number of district boards and m u n icipalities ................................................................ ib. 5. Children o f school-going a g e .............................................................................................. ib. CHAPTER II.— The Educational System. Statistics of management. 6. Public and private institutions .......... 2 7. Departmental standards ........... ib. 8. Public and private m a n a g e m e n t.............................................................................................. ib. 9. Primary, secondary and special s c h o o l s ......................................................................... ib. 10. Colleges .............. ib. 11. Management s u m m a r is e d ......................................................................................................... ib. The Eduoation budget. 12. Keceipta .............. ib. 13. Kxpenditnre ............. ib. The Education Departmant. 14. Tlie Indian Educational Service . 2-3 15. Temporary allowance-i for the Indian E.lucational Service 3 IG. Tiie Provincial Educational Service .... lb. 17. The Subordinate Pjducatioiial Service .... ib. 18. Tlie Lower Subordinate Educational Service ib. lU. Pojts outside the graded services .... ib. 2vJ. Pcrsunal allowances for members of the Provincial ridacational tiervice ib, 21. Local allowancjd for liead-ma.iter^ and a <»i itaut head-masters . ib. 22. The office of the Director of Public Instruction, Bengal 4 23. UnpupuUrity o f the educational s e r v i c e s ....................................................... ib. Dipaction and inspect! an. 24. D i r e c t i o n ........................................................................................................................................... ib. 25. The iuspecti.ig a g e n c y ................................................................ < 4-5 26. Oust of direction and i.ispection ......... 5 Secondary e:lucati3n improvem'ent scheme. 27. The secondary eduoation improvement scheme ....... ib. Executive and judicial officers and education, 28. Relation between executive, judicial and educational officers .... ih. 11 CONTENTS. Paragraph. Subject. Page. District and local boards and municipalities as local education authorities. 29. Educational responsibilities of district boards ...... 5 30. The orders issued by tlie Governiiieui, of India in l9l6 .... ib. 31. Powers o f local b o a r d s .............................................................................................. ih. 32. Inadequacy of tlie funds which district boards can devote to education . 5-6 33. Want of punctuality on the [.art of district boards in making payments o education grants ........... 6 34. Schools in district board areas and total district board expenditure on education ib. 35. Educational responsibilities o f m u n i c i p a l i t i e s ..................................................... 6-7 36. Schools in miinioipai areas and total municipal expenditure on education . 7 The Corporation of Calcutta. 37. Expenditure cn ecliools for Indians . ib. Private agencies. 38. Christian agencies ............ ib. 39. Indian associations ............ ib. C H A P TER III.— The University and Arts Colleges. The University of Calcutta. 40. University and post-graduate t e a c h i n g .......................................................................... 8-10 41. M.A. and M.Sc. classes at Di).oca ......... 10 42. Afliliated institutions ........... 10-11 43. E x a m in a t io n s .............................................................................................................................. 11 The Dacca University Scheme. 44. The Bill .............................................................................................. ib. Arts cbllegas In the Bengal Presidency. General Statistics. 45. Number of colleges .......... ib. 46. Classification of colleges according to management ...... ib. 47. Classification’ of colleges in the several divisions of the Presidency according to grades . 11-12 48. Students ............... 12 49. Students by communities ........... ih. 50. Staff ■ . • . • .................................................................................................................... ih. 51. E x p e n d i t u r e ............................................................................................................................... 12-13 52. Cost o f Governm ent c o l l e g e s ............................................................................................... 13 53. Cost o f aided c o l l e g e s ..........................................................................................................' ib. 54. Cost o f unaided c o l l e g e s .......................................................................................................... ib. 55. Buildings and e q u i p m e n t ............................................................................................... .......... ib. 56. C ojt o f educating a s t u d e n t ..............................................................................................