The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s4.t1: Adam’s Report on Indigenous Education in Bengal and Bihar
The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s4.t1
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Adam’s Report on Indigenous Education in Bengal and Bihar
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Thirteen years after the initiation of the survey in the Madras Presidency, a more limited semi-official survey of indigenous education was taken up in the Presidency of Bengal. This was what is known as the celebrated *Adam’s Reports*, or to give the full title *Reports on the State of Education in Bengal 1836 and 1838*.⁵⁸
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It consists of three reports: the *first*, dated 1st July 1836, being a survey of the available existing information regarding indigenous education and its nature and facilities in the various districts of Bengal (pp.1-126); the *second*, dated 23 December 1835, being a survey of the prevalent situation undertaken by W. Adam in the Thana of Nattore in the district of Rajshahy (pp.127-208, pp.528-578); and the *third*, dated 28 April 1838, being a survey of the situation in parts of Murshedabad, and the whole of the districts of Beerbhoom, Burdwan, South Behar and Tirhoot, ending with Adam's reflections, recommendations and conclusions (pp.209-467).