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concerning the schools under the immediate direction of the Egyptian Govf^rument in 1897 and 1911 respectively. The schools marked with an asterisk are under Departments other than the Ministry of Education.

1897

1911

—

Pupils

1

Pupils

Schools

Schools

Male

Female

Male

Female

Professional Colleges :—

Medicine ....

1

40

11

1

234

Law .....

1

75

—

1

282

Engineering ....

1

•29

—

1

160

—


 * Military ....

1

204

—

1

—

—


 * Veterinary ....

—

—

—

1

—

—

Teaching ....

3

72

—

3

547

28

^School for Cadis

—

—

—

1

—

—

Special and Technical Schools : —

Agriculture ....

1

59

—

1

226

—

Accountancy & Commerce Schools

—

— ■

—

2

150

—

Technical. . . ,

«2

35(i

—

2

301

—

Trades .....

—

—

—

2

462

—

Teaching (Kuttabs).

—

—

—

5

482

69

Housewifery ....

—

—

—

1

—

59

• Nurses acd niidwives

—

—

—

1

—

29

♦Police officers

—

—

—

1

,, constables

—

—

—

1

. —

♦Reformatory Schools

—

—

—

2

528

70

Secondary Schools

3

612

—

5

2,160

—

Higher Primary Schools

38

6,830

270

34

7,241

505

Kuttabs (Elementary Vernacular

Schools) ....

55

2,547

377

146

9,901

5,268

By an enactment extending the powers of Provincial Councils, which came into force on January 1, 1910, these bodies are empowered to levy temporary taxes for purposes of public utility, including education. Seventy per cent, of the taxation devoted to education must be applied to the improvement of elementary and industrial (including agricultural) education. The remaining 30 per cent. n)ay be used for the development of Higher Primary and other schools of a more advanced grade. All of the Councils have availed themselves of their powers under the Act.

The following Table, compiled from the Statistical Return for 1911 issued by the Statistical Department shows the total number of schools in Egypt, whether Government or private, exclusive of 'kuttabs' : —

Number of Schools

Number of Pupils

istitutions.

Males

Females

Total

Egj'ptian Ii

557

82,654

12,692

95,346

English

,,

30

1,519

1,0.84

2,553

American

jj

188

10,315

4,434

14,749

Austrian

,,

8

728

563

1,291

Dutch

•J

105

34

139

French

152

12,703

8,316

21,019

German

jj

312

618

930

Greek

jj

42

3,772

2,979

6,751

Italian

49

3,351

3,094

6,445

Other

))

3

786

2

788

Total

1,086

116,245

33,766

150,011

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