INSTRUCTION
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Population according to reli
gioE, 1910 :—
—
1,000's
per
cent. — of pop.
1,000's
per cent, of pop.
Roman Catholics Greek Catholics Armenian Catholics. Old Catholics Greek Oriental Armenian Oriental
22,530
3,417
2
21
666
1
78-8 Evangelical .
12-0 Other Christian sects
0-0 Jews
0-1 Others .
23
0-0 Total .
589
7
1,314
25
2-1 0-0 4-6 01
28,572
100-0
Instruction.
The educational organisation of Austria comprises : — (1) Elementary schools ; (2) Gymnasia and Realschulen ; (3) Universities and colleges ; (4) Technical high schools ; (5) Mining high schools ; (6) Veterinary high schools ; and (7) Schools for special subjects.
The progress of elementiiry education in Austria between the census of 1880 and that of 1900 is shown in the following statement : —
Population
Austria
1880
10,930,099
1,345,781 9,858,364
1890
\
1900
Read and write . .
Read only ..,,,.
Neither read nor write ....
13,258,452 1,031,624 9,605,337
16,067,972
778,782 9,303,954
22,144,244
23,895,413
26,150,708
Attendance is comr-ulsorv from 6 to 14 in Austria generally ; in Krain, Istria, Galicia, and Dalinati.i, 6 to 12 ; Bukowina, 13. Of these schools there are two grades.
In the elementary schools the subjects taught are religion, read- ing, writing, language (Unterrichts-Sprache), arithmetic with elementary geometry, some branclies of natural history and physics, geography, history, drawing, singing, gymnastics ; to girls, domestic duties. The cost of erecting and maintaining elementary and burgh schools, and the payment of the teaching staff falls ultimately on the communes or the land. In only a few special cases are elementary schools supported by the State.
Latest statistics of elementary schools : —
Year
Elemen- tary Schools
Teachers
Pupils
Children of School Age
Training Colleges
1908 1 . 19091 . 1910 1 . .
22,9852 23,450'^ 23,847^*
102,937 105,370 108,006
4,377,913
4,454,238 4,520,138
4,618,097 4,744,521 4,818,870
131
133 142
1 End of the calendar year. ^ Including 1,208 private schools.
3 Including 1,174 private schools. ■* Including 1,245 jri'.ate schools.
In 9,120 of the elementary schools (1910) the language used was German ; in 5,984 Czech (mainly in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia) ; and in
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