RELIGION AND INSTHCJCTION
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concerning the schools under the immediate direction of the Egyptian Govf^rument in 1897 and 1911 respectively. The schools marked with an asterisk are under Departments other than the Ministry of Education.
1897
1911
—
Pupils
1
Pupils
Schools
Schools
Male
Female
Male
Female
Professional Colleges :—
Medicine ....
1
40
11
1
234
Law .....
1
75
—
1
282
Engineering ....
1
•29
—
1
160
—
- Military ....
1
204
—
1
—
—
- Veterinary ....
—
—
—
1
—
—
Teaching ....
3
72
—
3
547
28
^School for Cadis
—
—
—
1
—
—
Special and Technical Schools : —
Agriculture ....
1
59
—
1
226
—
Accountancy & Commerce Schools
—
— ■
—
2
150
—
Technical . . . ,
«2
35(i
—
2
301
—
Trades .....
—
—
—
2
462
—
Teaching (Kuttabs) .
—
—
—
5
482
69
Housewifery ....
—
—
—
1
—
59
• Nurses acd niidwives
—
—
—
1
—
29
♦Police officers
—
—
—
1
,, constables
—
—
—
1
. —
♦Reformatory Schools
—
—
—
2
528
70
Secondary Schools
3
612
—
5
2,160
—
Higher Primary Schools
38
6,830
270
34
7,241
505
Kuttabs (Elementary Vernacular
Schools) ....
55
2,547
377
146
9,901
5,268
By an enactment extending the powers of Provincial Councils, which came into force on January 1, 1910, these bodies are empowered to levy temporary taxes for purposes of public utility, including education. Seventy per cent, of the taxation devoted to education must be applied to the improvement of elementary and industrial (including agricultural) education. The remaining 30 per cent. n)ay be used for the development of Higher Primary and other schools of a more advanced grade. All of the Councils have availed themselves of their powers under the Act.
The following Table, compiled from the Statistical Return for 1911 issued by the Statistical Department shows the total number of schools in Egypt, whether Government or private, exclusive of 'kuttabs' : —
Number of Schools
Number of Pupils
istitutions .
Males
Females
Total
Egj'ptian Ii
557
82,654
12,692
95,346
English
,,
30
1,519
1,0.84
2,553
American
jj
188
10,315
4,434
14,749
Austrian
,,
8
728
563
1,291
Dutch
•J
105
34
139
French
152
12,703
8,316
21,019
German
jj
312
618
930
Greek
jj
42
3,772
2,979
6,751
Italian
49
3,351
3,094
6,445
Other
))
3
786
2
788
Total
1,086
116,245
33,766
150,011
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