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Report On The Inspection Of Chiefs College 1937PDF 9
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~75 boys. It is significant that, in the matter of residential i
» the third boarding house, which (with suitable adaptations) coud wee”
modate about a hundred boys, is lying vacartt. om
10. The main problem which confronts the authorities .
therefore, how to increase the numbers from 75 to 170 a pee
my opinion, the College is doomed. Even if the financial situation could be
restored by means of liberal donations (these should bo continuous not
spasmodic), the educational conditions necessary to success would not havo
been supplied. .
My associate, Nawabzada Mir Saeed Alam Khan, will be more competent
than myself to offer an opinion whether this incroased entolment can be
provided from Indian States and, in particular, from among the families and
relatives of Ruling Chiefs; the presont statistics do not warrant optimism
in this respect.
It is equally hazardous to predict that, in existing conditions, the terri-
torial aristocracy will be able to supply the requisite increase in the number of
boys, Even if they could do so, it is doubtful whether tho education of their
sons would be such as they themselves dosire or would be desirable. -
Il. I understand that plans for reconstructing the College are under con-
sideration, but have not been acquainted with theit purport. If (as seems
+o me inevitable) the intention is to liberalise the scope of admissions, cate
“should be taken in regulating new admissions; and thoso classes, who are
now entitled io receive admission, should continue to receive preference.
But my main contention is that, even if the conditions of admission wero
liberalised, there is little hope of a largely increased enrolment, unless the
College can provide training and teaching which are far superior to what
obtains in the ordinary schools and colleges and which will be suitable for the
directing classes of the future.
12. The first essential is to curtail the expenses of schcollifo. The actual
college fees, the rates of which have recently been revised and are now graduat-
ed in accordance with the age and school status of the boys, with a maximum
of Rs. 85 per mensem, are incapable of reduction, but the mam burden on
parents is imposed by the personal expenditure of the boys. The Principal
has estimated the total cost to parents at about Rs. 2,500 in the case of the
older boys and of a somewhat smaller amount in the case of the younger boys.
Whethor the rules of admission be liberalised or not, it is optimistio
to anticipate » largely increased enrolment, unless an inclusi
Bs, 1,800 per ancum at most can be charged. inclusive foo of
Besides eliminating the previous practice of widcspread pti iti
the Principal has already striven to reduce perscnal oxpe nditire yao number
of directious. Agr.ded maximum scale of pocket money has been introduced ;
the management of the College Shop has been improved ; the privato servants
of the boys have been brought under somo measure of contral.
- 13. A more important innovation has been the introduction of the
dormitory system in respect to the younger boys, and the appointment of
a specially qualified matron who supervises the arrangements for their health, °
welfare and comfort. The clothes and expenditure of these boys are now
entirely under College control ; and their private servants have been replaced
-by servants controlled and. paid by the College. An extension of these
arrangements is essential to the reduction of expenditure ; it is even mare
essential to a well-organised school life for the boys. It is significant that
‘common messing and dormitory systems’ have recently been made
compulsory for all in Rajkumar Colloge, Rajkot.
"other salutary innovation is that the single English assistant
and the so master now undertake the duties of a housemaster as a rine’
thei ordinary duties without extra allowance ; with an increase in the art of
staff this practice should be oxtended. The assistant housemasters are now
imarily ordinary. mombers of the teaching staff, but alsc assist in the super”
primarily ing houses, for which they each receive a small allowahes
jpion. | rdi ;
By thee fneans the feaching and boarding arrangements have boon brought
gnto closer union with each other. :