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THE BRITISH EMPIRE

-EGYPT

The number of schools under the control of the Provincial Councils in February, 1920, either through direct management or through grants-in- aid, was as follows : —

No. of Schools

No, of Pupils

Boys

Girls

Total

Maktabs (Elementary Vernacular Schools) ....

Higher Elementary Schools.

Elementary Training Colleges for Teachers ....

Industrial, Agricultural and Com- mercial Schools

Higher Primary Schools

3,316 18

22

20 44

182,546 1,370

1,020

1.99S 3,964

25,290

381

1,034

207,836 1,370

1,401

1,998 4,998

Total

3,420

190,898

26,705

217,603

By agreement with the Provincial Councils it was decided in 1912 that the Ministry of Education should hand over to the Councils the duty of making provision for Elementary Schools in their areas, including the giving of grants-in-aid to the private Maktabs.

The Ministry of Education has under its direct management (February, 1920) :—

Attendance

Boys

Girls

Total

9,524

8.779

18,303

4 Training Colleges for Elementary Teachers

261

447

70S

77

77

46

46

619

_

619

8,609

578

9.1S7

7 Secondary Schools

8,6*6

—

2,525

5 Technical and Commercial Schools (and night classes)

M9

—

949

1 8chool of Medicine (and Pharmacv) ....

270

—

270

310

—

310

44S

82

630

1 Higher School of Commerce and Accountancy.

77

—

77

Egyptian Educational Mission in Europe.

30

_

30

6 Higher Elementary Schools

207

464

671

170

—

170

23,999

10,473

34,472

Under other Government Depart men ts are the School of Law (353 students), the Military School (90 cadets), the Veterinary School (19 students), the Higher School of Agriculture (99 students), the Inter. mediate School of Agriculture (108 students), the School for Cadis (higher section, 107, lower, 166 students) ; the Police School (95 cadets), and 2 reformatories (590 boy.s, 139 girls). It is proposed to establish a State University at Cairo.