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The total number attending these schools is about 120. The CHAP. XXV. 

 schools are under Government inspection. Educational- 



The Catholic Mission has also a school for boys with native 

 teachers ; the school is still rather elementary. The school-house 

 was once the Roman Catholic Church of the station. 



The Church of England Tamil Mission has a school for boys Tamil Mia- 

 held in the chapel near St. Stephen's Church. There are about 100 ^^°° 

 children in attendance. The school is under Government inspec- 

 tion, and receives salary grants from the Municipality. English 

 is taught, but the standard of the school is low. The Mission has 

 a small branch school at Kandel. 



In the bazaar there is a neat school-house named the Hobart The Hobart 

 School, Lady Hobart having promoted a scheme of providing a " ^ 

 school for native girls and contributed liberally towards its erec- 

 tion the sum of Rupees 500, the total cost being rather over 2,500 

 rupees. The school-yard is neatly fenced in and planted. A 

 dwelling house within the enclosure for the schoolmistress has 

 recently been erected. Funds were obtained by subscription. 

 The property is vested in the Bishop and Archdeacon of the 

 Diocese in trust. The trustees are required to maintain a school 

 for native girls, the agency now employed being the Church 

 Mission Society, who maintain and manage the school. It is under 

 the " Results System." There are about 50 names on the books ; 

 there is accommodation for about 80 little children. 



There is a small school-house and cottage in St. Stephen's, 

 vested in the Church Committee. It was left in trust to the 

 Committee for school purposes. An elementary school for girls 

 has been maintained there. 



There are several small private schools in the town for the Other 

 education of both Europeans and Natives. 



The great educational need of Ootacamand is a good public Educational 

 middle-class school — higher and lower grades— -for boys and girls, J^^^^ 

 enabling boys to obtain entrance into the public service or the 

 Madras University, and girls their livelihood, if necessary, as 

 teachers or otherwise, supplemented by branches for the instruc- 

 tion of the children of the poor in letters and industries. At 

 present the educational necessities of the most important Euro- 

 pean settlement in India are left to chance and spasmodic private 

 effort. 



The principal school in this station for European and Eura- Coonoor. 

 sian children was established by Mr. T. Stanes and is maintained 

 by subscription. It is located in a neat building, with a residence 

 for the mistress attached. It is under Government inspection ; 

 there are about 40 children in attendance ; there are four teachers. 

 The children are offered for examination under the Results system. 



