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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Since Independence, people (both men as well as women) have acknowledged the importance of education not only to follow it as a career, but also to make use of it as a source of their livelihood. This has resulted in the growth of institutions imparting education of all types and consequently in an increase in the number of persons, employed in the education and research services.
The 1961 Census gives the number of teachers employed in various educational institutions, as under:-
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(1) |
1951 |
1956 |
1961 |
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(2) |
(3) |
(4) | |
Primary Schools |
628 |
911 |
1,029 | |
Secondary Schools |
29 |
46 |
70 | |
Colleges |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. | |
Other Institutions |
47 |
70 |
113 |
The 1951 Census gives the number of persons employed in educational services and research at 2,401, and classifies these services as follows:- |
(1) |
Persons |
Men |
Women | |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) | |
(1) Educational services and Research (if production is on a small scale, productive enterprises attached to a research or training institution). |
2,401 |
2,174 |
227 | |
(2) Professors, lecturers, teachers and research workers employed in universities, colleges and research institutions. |
522 |
500 |
22 | |
(3) All other professors, lecturers and teachers |
1,721 |
1,529 |
192 | |
(4) Managers, clerks, and servants in educational and research institutions, including libraries and museums, etc. |
158 |
145 |
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The 1961 Census gives the classification figures of the number of persons employed in 'educational and scientific services' as 5,351 [In 1971 there were 7198 persons engaged in 1760 establishments.]
and classifies the services as in table No.1.
TABLE No. 1
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES, 1961.
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(1) |
Total |
Rural |
Urban |
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Persons |
Males |
Females |
Persons |
Males |
Females |
Persons |
Males |
Females |
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(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) | |
Educational and Scientific Services |
5,351 |
4,798 |
553 |
3,183 |
2,964 |
219 |
2,168 |
1,834 |
334 | |
(1) Educational services as those rendered by technical colleges, technical schools and similar technical and vocational institutions. |
210 |
206 |
4 |
32 |
28 |
4 |
178 |
178 |
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(2) Educational services such as those rendered by colleges, schools and similar other institutions of non-technical type. |
5,140 |
4,591 |
549 |
3,150 |
2,935 |
215 |
1,990 |
1,656 |
334 | |
(3) Scientific services end research institutions not capable of classification under any individual group. |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
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