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EDUCATION AND CULTURE
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SPECIAL SCHOOLS
A few more special schools comprising agricultural schools, technical schools have been opened in the district during the Third Plan period. The number of such schools increased from 9 in the year 1962-63 to 13 in the year 1965-66, whereas the strength of boys and girls also increased correspondingly from 307 and 2 in the year 1961-62 to 719 and 81, respectively, during 1965-66. There is a Government agricultural school at Gondia and Government Mining Polytechnic at Tumsar. The latter imparts instructions in mining and mine-surveying. The following statement gives the information of other professional and special educational institutions working in the district in 1967-68:—
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Name of Institution |
Type of Institution |
Enrolment |
Teachers |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
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Leprosy Training Centre, Gondia |
Leprosy |
82 |
2 |
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Sanskrit Pathshala, Gondia |
Oriental school |
16 |
1 |
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Government School for the Blind |
Blind |
50 |
7 |
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Shivaji Tailoring and Cutting Institute, Sakoli. |
Arts and Crafts |
16 |
2 |
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Kshirsagar Tailoring and Cutting Institute, Bhandara. |
Arts and Crafts |
16 |
2 |
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Tailoring and Cutting Institute, Shahapur. |
Arts and Crafts |
9 |
1 |
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Parvatidevi Shivan Class, Bhandara |
Arts and Crafts |
18 |
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Adarsha Shivan Sanstha, Gondia |
Arts and Crafts |
38 |
3 |
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Sangamira Education Society, Bhandara. |
Arts and Crafts |
19 |
2 |
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Nanda Tailoring and Cutting College, Bhandara. |
Arts and Crafts |
16 |
1 |
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