Administration Reports.—
Report of the Bombay Veterinary College
for the year 1900-1901.
Educational
Department.
Bombay Castle,
No. 1363
16th August 1901.
Letter from the Director of Public Instruction, No. 3518, dated the 31st July 1901.
Submitting the Annual Report of the Bombay Veterinary College for the year 1900-1901,
and observing as follows :—
" The Report shows that there were 33 students of the Diploma Course in the
College on 1st April 1900, six less than in the previous year. 15 new students joined and
15 left the College during the year. 31 were presented for the annual examination which
was this year entirely oral and practical, and 19 passed, the percentage of success rising
from 46.15 to 61.29. In addition to these, four students who had failed in previous years
were admitted to the Diploma Examination, and of these two were successful. They are
not shown in Appendix A, but should be, in my opinion, under a separate heading.
"The Principal hopes that, under the new conditions as to scholarships which
have been sanctioned by Government, men with the requisite qualifications will be
forthcoming in future years when the scheme is more fully advertised. In the
current year seven men only were specially selected under this scheme.
" The Salutri Class had full numbers and the examination results were satis-
factory. I lately inspected the students in the Saultri Classes and formed the opinion
that they were generally men who are likely to profit by, and do justice to, the
instruction afforded to them. No Military students, however, joined the class in
January 1901.
" Paragraph 4 of the Report shows the success of graduates in obtaining employ-
ment. The results are not very encouraging, for eight graduates are still unemployed.
" There were several changes in the teaching staff and the College was without the
services of Veterinary Lieutenant Baldrey for six months in the year. The constant
removal of the Assistant Principal from his legitimate duties is very undesirable, but,
as I write, Veterinary Lieutenant Baldrey is again withdrawn from the College, and
I understand that he is not likely to return for some time.
" The Institution appears to have been carefully managed by the Principal and
his staff during the year."
RESOLUTION.—Government concur generally in the remarks of the Director
of Public Instruction. The rise in the percentage of passes from 46.15 to 61.29
is fairly satisfactory, but it is observed that out of 19 successful students only six
obtained a first class. The Vernacular Class appears to be popular and the
results of the first examination are encouraging, but it is a matter for regret that
so many as 11 students should have left the College before their training was
completed either for want of means or because they were unfit for veterinary
work.
2. The attention of the Deputy Adjutant General, Bombay Command,
should again be invited to the fact that no Military students have as yet been
sent to join the Salutri Class.
3. Government share the hope entertained by the Principal that the new
scheme of scholarships will, on becoming more widely known, attract more
students connected with agriculture. Orders have already issued for translating
into the vernaculars of the Presidency abridged editions of the prospectuses of
the English and Vernacular Classes in the College, and for giving every publicity
to them.
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