MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

THE CENSUS OF 1911 RECORDED the number of teachers and professors as 646. Out of this number, 48 were women. Twenty years later this number had risen to 834, out of whom 46 were women. In 1951, the number of persons engaged in educational services and research work was 2,624, of whom 268 were women. In 1955-56, there were four colleges, two technical institutes, three primary training colleges and one training college for secondary school teachers. There was also one rural university, Mouni Vidhyapitha at Gargoti. There were 37 secondary schools, of which five were run by Government and 32 including four for girls by private agencies. Nine of these schools were situated in rural areas and 28 in urban areas. The total number of primary schools was 1,087 out of which 633 were run by District School Board and 374 by private agencies. Of these primary schools, 80 were located in Kolhapur city, two each at Gadhinglaj and Jaisingpur, five at Ichalkaranji and three at Kurundwad.

The number of secondary school teachers at the end of March 1955, was 557 out of whom 502 were males and 52 females. The number of teachers serving in Government schools was' 68 including three women and of teachers in non-Government schools 489 including 52 females. The basic scale of a trained graduate teacher in Government schools was uniform throughout the district, so also that of trained teachers in non-Government schools. The basic scale of each category is shown below: -

No matriculates were appointed in Government schools.

The number of primary teachers employed in the district was 3,058 out of whom 376 were women. In Kolhapur city alone 601 teachers including 147 women were employed in primary schools. In the district, 1,997 including 218 women were employed in schools run by District Local Board and 460 including 11 women in schools run by private agencies. The basic scale of a trained primary teacher was Rs. 40-1-50-E.B.- 1½-60-S.G.-2½-90 with D. A. and that of an untrained primary teacher Rs. 35-1-40 with a pause of two years on Rs. 35.

There were five vocational and technical schools in the district. Three of which were run by Government, and two by private agencies. Of the five, four were vocational schools in which knowledge of agriculture and commerce was imparted and one was a technical school teaching commerce, technical subjects and fine arts. Ten teachers were employed in these schools, out of whom three were agricultural graduates and two commerce graduates:

There were 42 special schools of which four were arts schools, 23 gymnasia, one secondary teachers training institute, one language school, one music school, one school for defectives, and eight preprimary schools.

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