T. HASTINGS, Esq., ... ... ... ... ... ... BABU RUSSIC KRISHNA MULLICK, ..... Judge. Civil Assistant Surgeon. Establishment as on the 30th September 1850. Local Committee, The following is the Local Committee's report: "The Burdwan Government School was established on the 1st October 1845. "No changes of masters have taken place during the year. "The duties of the school are well carried on by the head and other masters, and the committee have no suggestions respecting the studies of the school, to bring to the notice of the Council of Education. Messrs. W. Alexander, W. C. Lochner, "Rupees 96 are annally given by the Government for the school prizes; and with the exception of a few books presented to the school, during the year by gentlemen noted in the margin, no donations have been presented to it. "The annual examination was commenced on the 9th ultimo, and was finished on the 19th idem, the whole of the committee (with the exception of the Principal Sudder Ameen, who is not conversant with English) taking a part in it. The committee were well satisfied with the result of the examination, and considered that the students were much further advanced than at the examination last year, and generally answered the questions given to them satisfactorily. A tabular statement, exhibiting the studies of each class and the names of those who have been selected for prizes, was furnished. The age of the boys average from seventeen years to eight or nine. "The library is in a good state, and carefully looked after by the head master. "The school is held in an old Barrack belonging to Government, and is in good repair. NAMES OF BOYS SELECTED FOR PRIZES. First Class-Cobileshur Chowdree. BABU TARINI PROSAD MOOKERJEA, { A. W. RUSSELL, ESQ., ... Offg. Civil and Sessions Judge. Principal Sudder Åmeen. Law Officer. Sheristadar to the Civil and Sessions Judge. {Secretary, Assistant to the Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector. Establishment as on the 30th September 1850. Head Master, 100 Date of Appointment. 26th July 1848. 50 18th Nov. 1848. 30 7th May 1849. Babu Nobinkrishna Sircar, Babu Gopalchunder Chatterjee, Second Master,- Local Receipts and Disbursements. *Rupees 2760, this includes the rate of a head master's salary (rupees 150.) The present head master receives rupees 100 per mensem. Total, 3001 6 2 Local Com- The following report of the school has been mittee. submitted by the Local Committee: "No particular changes have occurred during the past session, with the exception of some alterations in the studies of the several classes, which a comparison of the information on this point conveyed in the report with that which is exhibited in a statement below, will discover. The comparison shows that the studies of the first class have been enlarged considerably in the departments of History, Algebra and Literature, to some extent also in Arithmetic, while Geometry has been superadded as a new subject of study. To the third class, and first section of the fourth, spelling books have been made a class study, and the second section of the fourth class have advanced to English Prose reading, before unattempted. The superintendence of the classes from the second downwards has also been more equally apportioned than it was; the second master now taking the second class, and last section of the fourth; and the first section of the latter, and the third class being assigned to the third master; an arrangement which gives an equal number of students to the care of each. "With regard to those matters, which the Local Authorities in this station would wish to bring prominently into notice, it has been suggested, and commonly agreed to, that Poetry, as a class study, might perhaps with advantage be allowed to occupy a less portion of the time and attention of the students; and those studies, which are both essential, and the most important in regard of the objects, for which the Bengali youth seeks an education in a Government School, be insisted on with greater vigour and assiduity. Throughout by far the larger portion of the school, a grievous deficiency has been observed in their writing. To remedy this evil the Local Committee at their last meeting adopted the resolution, that next year a prize for the best English writing should be awarded. Again, not this year only, but on previous occasions, also, it has been remarked, that the education of the boys in the Bengali tongue has been very defective, and leaves large room for improvement. In respect of this point also, the committee proposed that in future a prize should be given for the best vernacular translation, (English into Bengali and Bengali into English) in the determination of which the matter of writing, including both languages, shall be taken materially into consideration. In addition, it is thought that the introduction, as a branch of study, of papers and records in the style of the various courts of the provinces would be a most useful auxiliary to the general objects of the system here pursued. "The donations that have been made during the past session have been solely for the purpose of placing the late Free School house in a fit state to accommodate the school with all its appendages." |