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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.