MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS IN 1911 was 947 including 20 women. Twenty years later the same increased to 1831 including 104 women. The number of professors, lecturers and research workers; teachers; and servants of educational institutions in 1951 was 51; 4,793 (including 597 women) and 377 (including 83 women) respectively. In 1957, there was one Arts and Science college at Ratnagiri; four training colleges for primary teachers, one each at Ratnagiri, Mithabao, Rajapur and Malvan; and two technical schools, one at Ratnagiri and the other at Sawantwadi.

There were 14 middle schools and 38 high schools in the district. Of the total number of high schools, 16 were located in the municipal areas and 22 in the rural areas. The total number of primary schools was 2,328, of which four were run by Government, 2,099 by the District Local Board and municipalities and 225 by private agencies. The number of primary schools located in municipal areas was 77.

The number of teachers employed in the secondary schools was 499 including 56 women. The number of teachers employed in middle schools was 38 including two women. The minimum essential qualifications required for secondary teachers are B.A. or B.Sc, with S.T.C., T.D. or B.T. The basic scale of a trained graduate teacher in secondary schools is uniform throughout the district. The basic scale of each category is given below. The scale of a matric or S.S.C. with S.T.C. or T.D. is Rs. 56-2-80-E.B.-4-120 with dearness allowance. A graduate with S.T.C. or T.D. is employed on a scale of Rs. 74-4-114-E.B.-4-130 plus dearness allowance and a graduate with B. T. on Rs. 80-5-130-E.B.-6-160-8-200 plus dearness allowance.

The number of primary teachers employed in the district was 5,795, out of whom 915 were women. At Ratnagiri town, 188 teachers including 61 women were employed in primary schools. The number of teachers employed in primary schools in municipal areas was as follows:-

A person who has passed Primary School Certificate examination and obtained 40 per cent, marks in it is qualified to become a primary teacher. The basic scale of a teacher in a primary school is uniform throughout the district. He is paid dearness allowance in addition to the pay. No city allowance is paid to teachers employed in schools in municipal areas. The scale is Rs. 40-1-50-E.B.- 1½-65 with selection grade of Rs. 65-2½-90 plus dearness allowance. The basic scale of an untrained teacher is 35-1-40 plus dearness allowance. There was one recognised association of primary teachers, viz., "Ratnagiri District Primary Teachers' Association" and one of secondary school teachers, viz., "Ratnagiri District Secondary School. Teachers' Association".

Besides these schools, there were three music schools, three pre-primary schools and two gymnasia. The total number of staff employed in them was 14.

There were two technical schools, one at Ratnagiri and the other at Sawantwadi. They were run by Government. Courses in elements of engineering, auto-apprenticeship and motor mechanics, mechanical apprenticeship and motor body-building, electrical installation, wireman apprenticeship, etc., are taught in these schools. The total strength of staff in them was 27.

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