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 RELIGION AND INSTRUCTION

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Scattered throughout the country there hare existed from time im- memorial a number of indigenous schools called 'Maktabs. ' In 1897, th« Ministry of Education endeavoured to bring these independent ' Maktabs ' voluntarily under Departmental supervision by means of a system of inspection and reward. Government aid was made dependent upon daily instruction being given in reading, writing, and arithmetic, apart from any religious teaching, and upon the school reaching a satisfactory level of efficiency. The extent to which the scheme has developed is shown in the following table :

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1918-14

1315-1(5 1918-17

1017-18

Maktabs awarded grants-in-aid and under inspection

3,744 3,970 8.8M

3,534 3.271

8,188

Since 1913 the grants-in-aid to maktabs situated within the areas governed by Provincial Councils have been paid from the funds of the Councils.

The following table gives statistics (corrected to February, 1920), concerning the schools under the immediate direction of the Egyptian Government in 1897 and 1920 respectively. The schools marked with an asterisk are under Departments other than the Ministry of Education.

Higher Colleges : — Medicine and Pharmacy •Law

Jneering. •Military •Yeterinary. Teaching
 * School for Qadis

culture. Accountancy and Commerce

Special and Technical Schools :—

Agriculture (Intermediate)

School for Qadis (Intermediate)

Accountancy & Commerce (Inter mediate)

Technical (Intermediate)

School of Egyptian Aits & Crafts

Trades (Elementary)

Teaching (Elementary)

Domestic Economy.

Nurses and midwives •Police .... •Reformatory Schools Secondary Schools Higher Primary Schools Higher Elementary Schools. Maktabs (Elementary Vernacular

Schools) Infant Schools.

1897

1920

Schools

Pupils

Schools

Male Female

40

75

29

204

7-:

612 ,S30

Pupils Male I Female

270

353

810

90

19

448

107

99

77

10S 166

290 236 34 619 261

95 590

2,525

S.6C9

152

i

111,913

170

477 77 46

578 303

9,243