Correspondence on the subject of the education of the Muhammadan community in British India and their employment in the public service generally (Calcutta: Government Printing India, 1886)

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35. An analysis of the above gives the following:—

Subject.
1st Class.
2nd Class.
Hours per week.
Law ......
3
3
Principles of Law .....
3
2
Law of Inheritance .....
1
1
Logic ......
1
1
Rhetoric ......
4
3
Literature ......
8
9
Translation ......
3
2
Oral questions .....
1
2
3rd and 4th Classes.
Law ......
8
Literature ......
4
Grammar . “ .
6
Translation ......
3
Oral questions .....
3

36. From the above it would appear that in the 1st and 2nd Classes attention is chiefly
paid to Literature and Rhetoric, these subjects occupying in each of these classes no less than
12 hours out of the 24 per week. In the 3rd and 4th Classes, however, eight hours per week
are devoted to Law.

37. The above routine is not, however, strictly followed, though there is no authority for
any divergence. For instance, the Officiating Head Professor informed us he had not taught
“ Law of Inheritance ” or Logic at all this session, though he intends to teach them for one
or two months before the annual examination; the reason being that these subjects are not
difficult and have been studied in the Second Class. He further stated that he devoted more
than the prescribed time to Law, ' ’ toric and Literature.
38. There are 28 Scholarships :—
12 Senior—4 at R20 per mensem, and 8 at R15 per mensem.
16 Junior—at R8 per mensem.
These are competed for every year in April or May.

39. The Senior Scholarships are competed for by the First and Second Classes; the same
questions—a most extraordinary arrangement
as it seems to us—being put to both classes.
The total number of marks is 400, which are
distributed as per margin.
40. The Junior Scholarships are competed
for by the Third and Fourth Classes (but any
student holding a Junior Scholarship in the
First or Second Classes retains it, if he obtains
one-third of the total marks allotted to the
subjects of the First and Second Classes), the
same questions being put to both classes. The
total number of marks is 250, which are distri-
buted as per margin.
41. At least half the total number of marks
must be gained either for a Junior or a Senior
Scholarship, and as the half also gives promo-
tion to a higher class, practically Senior
Scholarships are only held by the First Class, and Junior Scholarships by the First, Second or
Third; in the Third only for one year when gained in the Fourth Class.
42. A Junior can be held for four years. A Senior is also tenable for four years; but a
Junior cannot be gained, or retained, after a student has reached the age of 21, nor a Senior
after he has reached the age of 24. To retain a Senior Scholarship, two-thirds of the marks
must be gained. To retain a Junior Scholarship, if the candidate is in the First or Second
Class, one-third marks must be gained. To retain a Junior Scholarship, if the candidate is in
the Third Class, two-thirds of the marks must be gained.

Law . . . . .50
Principles of Law. . . .25
Law of Inheritance . . . 25
Logic . • • • .50
Rhetoric • • • .50
Text Book Poetry to translate . • 50
Prose ditto . ■ • .50
Translation of a non-Text Book passage from
Arabic into Persian . . .50
Ditto from Persian into Arabic • . 50
Total . 400

Law . • • • .50
Literature • ■ • .50
Syntax . • • • .25
Etymology . • • .25
Translation from Arabic (non-Text Book) into
Urdu . • • .50
Translation from Urdu into Arabic . . 50
Total . 250