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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
In 1951 there were 22 professors and lecturers, 136 servants and 3,523 teachers, including 466 women in the educational institutions.
The total number of middle schools and high schools in the district in 1958 was 61, out of which 19 were middle schools. Of the 42 high schools in the district, 19 high schools were located in urban areas. The total strength of staff in middle schools was 55 including 3 women and in high schools 510 including 85 women.
The total number of primary schools in the district in 1958 was 1,124 of which 17 were run by municipal school boards, 154 by local bodies and private agencies, one by Government and 952 by district school board. Fifty-four primary schools were located in the urban area. Of these 17 were run by municipal school boards.
The total employment of teachers in all primary schools was 4,454 including 508 women.
There were seven training colleges for primary teachers, five for men and two for women, Six of these colleges were run by private bodies and one by the Government. The total strength of staff employed in them was 75 including eight women. The primary teachers had their association which was formed in 1950 and had a membership of 1,213 persons in 1958. In Satara there was one secondary teachers' training college.
There was one vocational and technical school imparting both theoretical and practical knowledge on subjects like agriculture, carpentry and smithy, handloom-weaving, and conducting wireman's
and electrician's courses. The strength of staff in this school was 25. Persons holding diploma certificates in mechanical and electrical engineering were appointed as instructors.
There were 15 other special schools and nine pre-primary schools, four gymnasiums and two schools for music and dancing. The strength of staff in these schools was 54.
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