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EDUCATION AND CULTURE
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SECONDARY EDUCATION
Secondary Education.- During the year 1961-62 the total number of students in the secondary schools was 24,980 including 4,592 girls. The total number of teachers was 1,059 in the same year. Out of them 528 or 49.9 per cent were trained teachers. In 1951 there were only 383 teachers and 8,683 students including 1,609 girls.
In March 1962 the number of institutions and their classification in the district was as under:
TABLE No. 2
NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT
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Total |
Vocational High Schools |
Higher Secondary Schools |
Middle Secondary Schools |
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Multipurpose |
Ordinary |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
State |
8 |
-- |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Municipal |
7 |
-- |
-- |
5 |
2 |
Private |
45 |
1 | 2 |
36 |
6 |
Zilla Parishad |
14 |
-- |
-- |
5 |
9 |
The number of secondary schools rose from 29 in 1950-51 to 70 in 1960-61. It was 96 in March 1966 [ During 1972-73 there were 152 schools with 33,905 boys and 11,363 girls. The number of teachers was 2,061.]. These schools are dispersed throughout the Buldhana district. Jalgaon tahsil has seven secondary schools as compared to Chikhli tahsil which has as many as 22 secondary schools.
Private institutions manage about 60.8 per cent of secondary schools in the district. The Government's share in the total expenditure on secondary education during 1961-62 was 83.9 per cent. It is incurred through various schemes of grants for maintenance, salaries, buildings, equipment, freeships, loans, scholarships, etc.. and special concessions to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes or other backward class students.
The following statement shows certain distinct features of secondary education in the district as compared to the State
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Buldhana District |
Maharashtra | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) | |
Population served by each school |
14,493 |
13,805 | |
Area served by each school (sq. miles) |
50.6 |
40.8 | |
Pupil-teacher ratio |
24 |
25 | |
Pupils per secondary school |
338 |
338 | |
Average annual salary per teacher (Rs.) |
1,745 |
1,870 | |
Average annual expenditure (direct) per secondary school (Rs.). |
32,189 |
39,543 | |
Average number of teachers per secondary school |
14.2 |
13.7 |
There are 9 municipal councils in this district. They have been given certain powers under the local self-government enactments of the former Central Provinces and Madhya Pradesh. They run primary, middle and secondary schools too in this district. The inspection of their schools is done by the Education department. The grants are placed at their disposal by the Deputy Director of Education, Nagpur.
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