The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c5.s6: VIII
The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c5.s6
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PRINCIPAL COLLECTOR, COIMBATORE TO BOARD OF REVENUE: 23.11.1822
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(*TNSA: BRP: Vol.932, Pro.2.12.1822, pp.10939-943, No.43*)
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To, The President and Members of the Board of Revenue
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Gentlemen,
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1. I have the honor to forward the information called for in Mr Clarke’s letter of the 25th July 1882 regarding the schools in the district.
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2. The statement No.1 is drawn up after the Form which accompanied Mr Clarke’s letter.
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The statement No.2 shows the particular language taught in each school, the number of pupils, the average amount of stipends paid by parents, to the teachers, the average annual charge to pupils for the purchase of cadjans.
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The statement No.3 shows the number of institutions in which Theology, Law and Astronomy are taught, the number of pupils educated in them, and the amount of maximum land granted by the Hindu Government, for their support, and assumed either by the Mussulman, or by the British Government.
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3. The earliest age at which boys attend school is 5 years, they continue there until they are 13 or 14. Those who study Theology, Law, etc., begin at about 15 and continue to frequent the colleges until they have attained a competent knowledge in the Science, or until they obtain employment.
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4. Besides their regular stipends, school masters generally receive presents, from the parents of their pupils, at the Dassarah and other great feasts; a fee is also given when the pupil begins a new book. The annual stipend from one pupil varies from Rs.14 to Rs.3 per annum, according to the circumstances of the parents. The school hours are from 6 a.m. to 10, and from 1 to 2 p.m. until 8 at night. Besides the several festivals they have regular holidays, 4 days in each month on the full moon, the new moon, and a day after each.
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5. The education of females is almost entirely confined in this district to the dancing women, who are generally of the Kykeler caste, a class of weavers. There are exceptions to this rule, but the numbers are too insignificant to require notice.
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6. There is a school for teaching English in the town of Coimbatore, which is superintended by an English writer belonging to this Cutcheree.
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Coimbatore, 23rd November 1822. *(Signed) J. SULLIVAN,* *Principal Collector.*