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the Mahomedan section of the population is practically ignored in the educational arrange-
ments at present in force in the Government schools. The same remarks are applicable to
the great majority of the aided schools. This is a state of things which, in the opinion of
the Governor in Council, ought not to be permitted to continue, nor can the Government
consider the difficulties in the way of its removal to be so great as the Director of Public
Instruction appears to regard them. The true remedy would seem to lie in establishing and
encouraging the establishment of elementary and middle-class schools and corresponding classes
in existing schools in which instruction should be given by Mahomedan teachers and in the
Hindustani language, in those subjects which are ordinarily taught through the medium of
a Hindoo vernacular language; schools and classes which as regards the Mahomedan branch
of the population would serve the purpose, which as regards the Hindoos is served by the
Government taluq schools and other schools and classes of a corresponding grade. The views
of the Government on this subject coincide with those expressed by the late Acting Director
of Public instruction, Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, in a recent letter in which be remarks
that “there are obvious reasons which render it necessary that Mahomedans should be taught
in separate schools and classes up to a certain extent, as there is much which can only be
learned and explained through the medium of the vernacular, but when they pass under the
charge of European and East Indian masters, and receive all instruction through the medium
of English, they rather gain than lose by being associated with Hindoo boys in their studies?’
The Governor in Council accordingly directs that the Director of Public Instruction will,
without delay, take steps with a view to the establishment of elementary schools at Arcot and
Ellore, and corresponding classes in the existing schools at the principal centres of the
Mahomedan population such as Trichinopoly, Cuddapah, Kurnool, and perhaps Mangalore
in which instruction will be given in the Hindustani language, and Mahomedan boys may thus
acquire such a knowledge of the English language, and of the elementary branches of instruc-
tion, as will qualify them for admission into the higher classes of the zillah and provincial
schools and other similar institutions. In issuing these instructions, the Governor in Council
has not overlooked the statement made in the letter, already referred to, from the Director cf
Public Instruction, that qualified teachers and appropriate text books are not available. In
regard toiteachers, the Government can hardly suppose that it will not be in the power of the
Director to procure a sufficient number of competent teachers for at least a few of the projected
schools and classes, but if, as is probably the case, the supply of qualified persons is very
scanty, arrangement should be made, without loss of time, for training Mahomedan teachers.
Of Hindustani text books, the supply in this Presidency is undoubtedly very small, but there
are a few elementary school books in that language, and there can be no difficulty in pre-
paring others or procuring them from the other Presidencies. These, however, are matters of
detail which will require to be carefully considered and reported on by the Director of Public
Instruction.
3. In accordance with the recommendation recently made by Lieutenant-Colonel Mac-
donald, the Governor in Council has sanctioned the transfer of the higher classes of the
Madrissa to the Junior Department of the Presidency College—an arrangement which, it is
confidently expected, will lead to beneficial results. The Government will be prepared to
consider favorably any recommendations which the Director of Public Instruction may submit
for the provision of instruction in the Persian language in any of the higher schools in which
either now or hereafter there may be a sufficient number of Mahomedan pupils to justify the
expense. The transfer of the classes referred to the Presidency College will, of course include
such provision.
Table A.
4. Closely connected with the question of Mahomedan education is that of the employ-
ment of Mahomedans in the
public service, which of late
Showing the proportion of Mahomedans employed in the upper grades of the
Uncovenanted Civil Service.
Judicial Department.
Designation of appointment.
Hindoos.
Mahome-
dans.
Others.
Total,
Principal dadar Amins on salaries
of R500 ....
10
None.
2
12
District Munsifs on salaries from
R200 to 113U0
87
6
17
110
Total
97
6
19
122
years has diminished to a re-
markable extent, it appears
from the annexed table that,
out of 485 persons (of whom
417 are Hindoos) holding the
higher subordinate appoint-
ments. in the Judicial and
Revenue Departments in this
Presidency, only 19 are
Mahomedans. This almost
complete exclusion of the Ma-
homedans from any share in
the administration of the
country which they once ruled
the Mahomedan section of the population is practically ignored in the educational arrange-
ments at present in force in the Government schools. The same remarks are applicable to
the great majority of the aided schools. This is a state of things which, in the opinion of
the Governor in Council, ought not to be permitted to continue, nor can the Government
consider the difficulties in the way of its removal to be so great as the Director of Public
Instruction appears to regard them. The true remedy would seem to lie in establishing and
encouraging the establishment of elementary and middle-class schools and corresponding classes
in existing schools in which instruction should be given by Mahomedan teachers and in the
Hindustani language, in those subjects which are ordinarily taught through the medium of
a Hindoo vernacular language; schools and classes which as regards the Mahomedan branch
of the population would serve the purpose, which as regards the Hindoos is served by the
Government taluq schools and other schools and classes of a corresponding grade. The views
of the Government on this subject coincide with those expressed by the late Acting Director
of Public instruction, Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, in a recent letter in which be remarks
that “there are obvious reasons which render it necessary that Mahomedans should be taught
in separate schools and classes up to a certain extent, as there is much which can only be
learned and explained through the medium of the vernacular, but when they pass under the
charge of European and East Indian masters, and receive all instruction through the medium
of English, they rather gain than lose by being associated with Hindoo boys in their studies?’
The Governor in Council accordingly directs that the Director of Public Instruction will,
without delay, take steps with a view to the establishment of elementary schools at Arcot and
Ellore, and corresponding classes in the existing schools at the principal centres of the
Mahomedan population such as Trichinopoly, Cuddapah, Kurnool, and perhaps Mangalore
in which instruction will be given in the Hindustani language, and Mahomedan boys may thus
acquire such a knowledge of the English language, and of the elementary branches of instruc-
tion, as will qualify them for admission into the higher classes of the zillah and provincial
schools and other similar institutions. In issuing these instructions, the Governor in Council
has not overlooked the statement made in the letter, already referred to, from the Director cf
Public Instruction, that qualified teachers and appropriate text books are not available. In
regard toiteachers, the Government can hardly suppose that it will not be in the power of the
Director to procure a sufficient number of competent teachers for at least a few of the projected
schools and classes, but if, as is probably the case, the supply of qualified persons is very
scanty, arrangement should be made, without loss of time, for training Mahomedan teachers.
Of Hindustani text books, the supply in this Presidency is undoubtedly very small, but there
are a few elementary school books in that language, and there can be no difficulty in pre-
paring others or procuring them from the other Presidencies. These, however, are matters of
detail which will require to be carefully considered and reported on by the Director of Public
Instruction.
3. In accordance with the recommendation recently made by Lieutenant-Colonel Mac-
donald, the Governor in Council has sanctioned the transfer of the higher classes of the
Madrissa to the Junior Department of the Presidency College—an arrangement which, it is
confidently expected, will lead to beneficial results. The Government will be prepared to
consider favorably any recommendations which the Director of Public Instruction may submit
for the provision of instruction in the Persian language in any of the higher schools in which
either now or hereafter there may be a sufficient number of Mahomedan pupils to justify the
expense. The transfer of the classes referred to the Presidency College will, of course include
such provision.
Table A.
4. Closely connected with the question of Mahomedan education is that of the employ-
ment of Mahomedans in the
public service, which of late
Showing the proportion of Mahomedans employed in the upper grades of the
Uncovenanted Civil Service.
Judicial Department.
Designation of appointment.
Hindoos.
Mahome-
dans.
Others.
Total,
Principal dadar Amins on salaries
of R500 ....
10
None.
2
12
District Munsifs on salaries from
R200 to 113U0
87
6
17
110
Total
97
6
19
122
years has diminished to a re-
markable extent, it appears
from the annexed table that,
out of 485 persons (of whom
417 are Hindoos) holding the
higher subordinate appoint-
ments. in the Judicial and
Revenue Departments in this
Presidency, only 19 are
Mahomedans. This almost
complete exclusion of the Ma-
homedans from any share in
the administration of the
country which they once ruled