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| Article Name : | | | DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN MADRAS PRESIDENCY | | Author Name : | | | T. Chandrasekaran,K. Vetrivel,D. Senthil Kumar, | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-887 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The first impulse to education in the Presidency was given by a Government inquiry into the matter suggested by Sir Thomas Munro in 1822. This showed that there was approximately one school to every 1,000 of population and that the number of boys taught was one-fourth of the population of school-going age; but it also showed that the instruction imparted in these indigenous institutions was of little practical value, tending rather to burden the memory than to train the intellect | | Keywords : | | |
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