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 PAR 135 are the following schools in the interior of the district :- Two vernacular tawo schools at Patti and Bihar. One grant-in-aid school at Nawabganj (Pariáwan). Fifty village schoolg. One girls' school at Nawabganj near Bela This gives us exactly one school for every forty-one villages, which, con- sidering the average small size of the latter, is an excellent distribution. The High School.-- In the high school only is English taught. The high school, in addition to preparing pupils for the Canning College at Lucknow, and for the University classes, "must also," it has been distinctly laid down, play the part of an ordinary village school," and again, that the elemen- tary education of the agricultural masses, is “ one of the special though incidental duties of the high school." The average attendance during the year 1869-70 was 129, which was 78 per cent of the number registered. Two of the taluqdars of the district, Rája Chitpal Singh of Núrpurt and Bábu Mabesh Bakhsh of Dahiáwán, have been educated at this school, which they attended for some seven years. The senior inspector has reported that both have received a very fair education, and take much interest in the village schools on their estates, as well as in the school where they were educated.". They are still anxious to improve themselves, and devote much of their leisure time to reading English standard works. They are good landlords, and have the respect of their tenantry. Vernacular toum schools.— With regard to the vernacular town schools, Mr. Harington has recorded that they are of peculiar interest and deserve special encouragement. Their high aim is ultimately to convey in Eastern tongues to Eastern minds the advance which has been made in Western civilization and thought." The Patti school registers 90 students, of which number 80, or 888 per cent., constitute the average attendance; while 52 is the number borne on the rolls of the Bihár school, of which the average attendance is 45, or 865 per cent. Urdu, Nágri, and Persian are the languages in which instruction is conveyed. Of the total number of students 116 are Hindus, principally Chhattris, Brahmans, and Kayaths, and 26 are Muhammadans. There are five teachers on monthly salaries of from Rs, 30 to Rs. 7. Grant-in-aid school...The grant-in-aid school at Nawabganj on the estate of Shekh Dost Muhammad, Taluqdar of Pariáwan, is supported by subscriptions and by the Government grant-in-aid. It is attended by 54 pupils, of whom 20 are Muharamadans and the remainder Hindus. Two teachers are employed-one on Rs. 20 per mensem and the other on Rs 6. The course is much the same as in the vernacular town school. Shekh Dost Muhammad takes a deep interest in the welfare of this school, and though far from well off, has contributed handsomely towards the neat and substantial building, which is now the alma mater of Nawabganj. were written some years ago. There are at present in Partabgarh 90 schools of all classes, and the number of scholars on the rolls, on the 31st March, 1876, was 3,194. † The head and representative of the old family of Partabgarh,
 * School&-In addition to the high school at the sadr station, there
 * These remarks on schools, wbich are taken from the Partabgarh settlement report,