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EDUCATION AND CULTURE
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MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
Marathi which is the mother-tongue of the
majority of the pupils in the district is now the medium of
instruction. However, schools with Urdu, English and Hindi media
are established to facilitate students whose mother-tongue is
other than Marathi.
The following table gives the numbers of pupils by media of
instruction as on 31st March 1962: —
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Medium of
instruction |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
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Marathi |
9,339 |
1,531 |
10,870 |
|
Urdu |
416 |
338 |
754 |
|
English |
35 |
2 |
37 |
|
Hindi |
11 |
3 |
14 |
|
Total |
9,801 |
1,874 |
11,675 |
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