THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THAT OF CHILDREN LIABLE TO PRIMARY INSTRUCTION

In accordance with the census of 1900, the entire variety of kids between the ages of six and twelve years was 670,375, of whom 338,205 have been boys and 332,170 ladies. It should be talked about right here that the course of main instruction is 4 years and never six years, because it was once earlier than X899. The youngsters, due to this fact, attend the first colleges not till the age of twelve, however till the age of ten. Alternatively, there are kids who solely start to attend college on the age of seven. Within the final place, an allowance should be made for the pupils who stay two years in the identical division.

Taking all this under consideration, it will likely be extra appropriate to put the typical interval of attendance at 5 years, or, in different phrases, to think about that solely kids between the ages of six and eleven are obliged to attend the first colleges. The variety of such kids is 554,568, of whom 279,540 are boys and 275,228 ladies. Of this quantity, as we now have seen, 340,668, particularly 220,620 boys and 120,048 ladies, have attended the first colleges through the yr 19031904. In order that, of the youngsters for whom the attendance of faculties is compulsory, 78 9 per cent, of the boys and 4364 per cent, of the women, or 6143 per cent, of the 2 sexes, have complied with the necessities of the legislation.

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AS COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL

POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPALITY

The comparative tables which we now have already given and people which we now suggest to offer will assist the forming of an thought of the extent to which main instruction is unfold over the nation. By adopting this methodology as regards Bulgaria, we arrive on the following conclusions for the yr 19031904^

Complete inhabitants of the Principality: three,744,283 inhabitants. Variety of pupils through the yr 19031904 : 340,668, or 91 pupils per 100 inhabitants. This proportion of 9*1 per cent, varies with the completely different nationalities. Thus, it’s :

9*9 per cent, for the Bulgarians (Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Mahommedans).

eight zero          „              „              for          the         Turks.

68           „              „              for          the         Greeks.

134         „              „              for          the         Jews.

It seems from these figures that, as regards instruction in Bulgaria, the Jews occupy the primary place, and the Greeks the final. It is just truthful so as to add that, in actuality, the Jews stand even higher than is proven by these figures, a substantial proportion of younger Jews who attend the Bulgarian nationwide colleges not being included within the above statistical tables.