130 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES
There are in addition, various institutions of a special character, such as technical schools teaching arts and industries, engineering, &c. ; law- schools ; medical schools and colleges ; and training colleges and normal schools for the training of teachers.
The following table gives the number of institutions and scholars in 1918-19 in British India, including Ajmer-Merwara, British Baluchistan, and Civil and Military Station of Bangalore : —
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Institutions for
Scholars
Males
Females
Males Females
General Education : Secondary
Spscial schools . .
193
7,427
129,803
3,404
16
722
20,468
297
62,727 1,103
1,103,234 108,899
4,821,611 1,119,871
110,557 10,661
Private institutions
33,169
525,020 1 72,894
Total .
173,996 23,351
6,628,146 1,318,428
Grand Total
197,347
7,936,577
The " special" schools include (1918-19) 703 training schools for masters, with 17,600 scholars ; 114 for mistresses, with 3,100 scholars ; 8 schools of art, with 1,400 scholars ; 2 law schools, with 62 scholars ; 27 medical schools with 4,600 scholars ; 17 engineering and surveying schools, with 1,000 scholars; 272 technical and industrial schools, with 13,500 scholars ; 79 commercial schools, with 4,400 scholars ; 4 agricultural schools with 64 scholars ; 6 reformatory schools with 1,150 scholars ; and 2,469 other schools with 74,400 scholars.
The following table shows the number of institutions and scholars, and expenditure on public education, in the several provinces in 1918-19: —
Province
Public Institutions
Institutions Scholars
Madras . .
Bombay
Bengal
United Provinces
Punjab
Burma
Bihar and Orissa
Central Provinces aud
Berar Assam North-west Frontier
Province . Coorg . Delhi .
Ajmer-Mtrwara . llritieh lialuchistan Bangalore .
Total .
32,879 12,679 49,223 14,002 6,767 9.23S 26,752
4,751 4,680
726 100 170 174 73 110
lliL', 880
1,583,087 797,406
1,862,320 848,049 431,628 377,191 789,096
347,747
215,448
42,637 8,023
V-',304 8,857 8,620
11,178
7,338,663
Private Institutions
Institutions
4,003 1,514 2,478 8,967 2.198 17,862 1,961
68 270
330
9
71
99
175
6
85,017
Scholars
109,864
«9,209 76,680 45,572 195,717 3?,044
1,990 9,267
5,723 166 2,994 3,534 2,499 102
597,914
Expenditure
on Education.
£
1.053,453
1,801,211
1,850,509
1,149,H8
826,818
514,036
51'3,430
391,859
17S.877
MjM
7,748 17,191
88,785
11.044 33,987
S,657,588
The following was the educational expenditure for " public " institutions