Appendix to the Report of the

Council of Education.

APPENDIX A.

CIRCULAR.

No. 35.

TO THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL COMMITTEE.

SIR,

I am directed to transmit for your information and guidance the annexed Extract, para. 5, from a Letter this day addressed to the Secretary to the Local Committee, Midnapore.

Para. 5. The Head Master's report is, in the opinion of the Government of India, meagre. It should contain remarks—

1st. On the regularity of attendance-the causes of it-or of the contrary.

2d. The cleanliness of the boys and general conduct.

3d. The system of instruction pursued in the several classes-whether the interrogative? or what? How far the Pamphlet sent to your Institution entitled "Suggestions to Masters," has been attended to.

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4th. How far the Rules generally have been strictly adhered to? and where deviations have occurred, the nature of those deviations, and the reasons and authority for them.

5th. The knowledge possessed by the boys entered in the year, of English and Vernacular respectively, and the ages of those admitted during the year. The effect of this upon the pronunciation and conduct generally. Any local circumstances that may make early admis

sion difficult or easy.

6th. The estimation in which the Native Community regard the institution—the supposed reasons.

7th. The conduct and qualification of those concerned in imparting instruction under the Head Master, and the estimation in which they are held by the Native Community.

8th. The success year by year of those in after life (as far as can be ascertained,) who have left the School, and entered into public or private employ.

9th. Such other Occurrences or suggestions connected with the cause of Native Education, as may tend to affect or illustrate the state and progress of the Government Educational Institutions in the District.

Such a report by the Head Master should be accompanied with the observations of your Committee.

APPENDIX B.

CIRCULAR.

In forwarding this Programme I feel that I can hardly have suited the convenience of each and all. But I trust a little inconvenience caused will be excused in consideration of

1stly. The importance of having the Examination for Scholarships of the Institutions directly under us, going on at the same date to prevent unfair practices.

2d. The difficulty of naming the days so as not to interfere with those on which unavoidable official requisitions are most urgent, and at the same time to carry out our Resolutions by which we fixed the dates of Examination.

I would here ask the best attention of the Members to the follow

ing Memoranda :

1st. It is requested for the sake of uniformity and to prevent confusion, that each Examiner will take 50 as the highest number for a complete answer.

2d. I transcribe the rules for the qualifications and mode of conducting the Examinations.

No Candidate will be entitled to a Scholarship, whatever may be his superiority over others, unless his knowledge of the different branches of study mentioned in the following Scheme comes up to the standard therein described, or, unless his knowledge of any one or more of those branches is, in the estimation of the Committee, so much above the standard as to compensate for his deficiency in other branches.

The qualifications for obtaining the Junior English Scholarships

are

English Reading.-The candidate must be able to read with facility and correctness a passage of English prose, selected from Dryden, Swift, Addison or Johnson.

English Grammar.-He must be able to parse correctly, and correct false Grammar.

History. He must know the leading facts of the Histories of Greece, Rome, England and India; and the leading facts of Universal History, such as the rise and decline of nations and religions.

Geography. He must know the form of the Earth, its great divisions, and their sub-divisions into countries, the names of the capitals, and principal cities of each country, and of the principal mountains and rivers.

Arithmetic. He must know the Simple and Compound Rules.

Hindoostanee or Bengalee. He must be able to translate correctly from one of these languages into English, and from English into one of these languages.

Note. If the candidate is a pupil of any of the Zillah Schools, he will not be entitled to a Scholarship unless he has a certificate of good conduct from the Local Committee.

The qualifications for the Senior English Scholarships are as fol

lows:

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English Composition.-The candidate must be able to compose English Essay, equal at least in style and matter to the Prize Essays at the Hindoo College in the examinations of 1838-1839.

History. He must be able to answer a set of questions equal in number and difficulty to those given in 1838-1839 to the students of the Hindoo College, as fully and correctly as those questions were answered by the students who obtained the Prize.

General Literature. He must be able to explain passages

of prose and verse, selected from Shakspeare, Bacon, Milton, Dryden, Swift, Addison, Johnson, and any other authors, with any of whose works he may be acquainted.

Mathematics. He must have a knowledge of Algebra, as far as Simple and Quadratic Equations, of Plane Trigonometry, and of the four first books of Euclid.

Natural Philosophy.-He must have a knowledge of Mechanics, Astronomy, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics, as far as these subjects are treated of in the popular introduction to Natural Philosophy, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The qualifications for obtaining the Arabic Scholarships are lows:

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Junior.

1. The candiate must have an intimate knowledge of Seref Noho and be able to read and explain any part of Nufatul Yeminee.

2. He must be able to translate an easy tale from the Vernacular into the Arabic, and from the Arabic into the Vernacular language. He must know the Principles of Practical Arithmetic.

3.

Senior.

1. The candidate must be able to translate and analyze Tareek-iTymoree, and Dewanee Mutanubee, with facility and correctness.

2. He must possess a knowledge of the Principles of some the Sciences.

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3. He must be able to translate into and compose in Arabic, with facility and correctness.

The qualifications for the Sanscrit Scholarships are as follows:

Junior.

1. Grammar.-The candidate must have an intimate knowledge of Grammar; and be able to read and understand readily any part of the easier class books read in the Sahetya, or General Literature class.

2. Translation.-He must be able to translate from the Venacular into the Sanscrit language, and from the Sanscrit into the Vernacular, with correctness.

3.

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Arithmetic. He must know the Principles of Practical Arith

Senior.

1. Grammar.-The candidate must be able to translate and analyze any common Sanscrit work with facility.

2. Science. He must possess a knowledge of the Principles of one of the Sciences.

3. Composition.-He must be able to translate into and compose in Sanscrit, with facility and correctness.

Mode in which the Examinations for Scholarships are to be conducted.

Printed sets of questions, and the subject for an Essay will be sent on the previous day to the Examiners. The Examiners will give out as many questions as can easily be answered in one day, and seal up the remainder without communicating their contents to any one.

The students will not be allowed to communicate with each other during the examination, and on that account will be placed at a proper

distance from each other.

They will be required to answer the questions, and to write the Essay without any assistance whatever, and to ensure this one of the Members of the Council will remain in the room and superintend during the whole examination.

At the hour fixed for the close of each day's examination, each student will deliver to the superintending Member of the Council, his answers or his Essay signed by himself. The Member will immediately put

them all into an envelope and seal it up.

The answers and Essays will be opened and fully reported upon by the Examiners, who will carefully compare the Answers and Essays, and will report to whom, in their opinion, the Scholarships should be awarded, and transmit their report, together with all the Answers and Essays, under seal to the Council for its final Resolution.

The Scholarships will be forfeited if the holders of them do not make a reasonable progress in their studies.

An examination will take place, for the purpose of ascertaining if the holders of Scholarships have made such reasonable progress.

This examination will be conducted in the same way, and with all the same precautions as the examinations for Scholarships.

The Examiners, in transmitting the answers to the questions sent for this examination, will add any remarks of their own, and also the re