The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s4.t6: Teaching of Accounts
The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s4.t6
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Teaching of Accounts
c4.s4.t6.1
Regarding the content of elementary teaching, Adam mentioned various books which were used in teaching. These varied considerably from district to district, but all schools in the surveyed districts, except perhaps the 14 Christian schools, taught accounts. Also, most of them taught both commercial and agricultural accounts. *Table 13* gives a district-wise statement:
c4.s4.t6.2
Table 13: ACCOUNTS TEACHING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
c4.s4.t6.3
The age of admission in elementary schools varied from 5 to 8 years, and, that of leaving school from 13 years to 16.5 years.