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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SCHOOL, RANGOON, FOR THE YEAR 1908.
The hours of instruction were from 7- 3 0 A.M. to 11 A.M. in the Hospital for
practical training and from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. in the school for lectures.
5. The attendance at lectures was very good. Unlike the previous year the
health of the students was good and the average attendance for the year was
97.9 per cent.
6. The conduct of the students was very satisfactory and their progress in
their studies moderately so. They were on the whole hardworking and willing to
learn, but their imperfect knowledge of English is still a very serious obstacle in
their way. This not only made their studies more laborious but also prevented
their giving clear expression to their ideas in examinations. The following is a
table showing the results of the Annual Examination held in December 1908 at
the completion of the second year's course :—
Rank
Name of Student.
GENERAL EDUCA-
TION.
Ana-
tomy.
Materia
Medica. Surgery. Total.
Remarks.
Examination
passed.
200
200
200
600
1
Raja Rao
. . . 8th Standard ...
145
156
182
483 Private Student.
2
Ma Nellie Pathei
. . . 8th Standard ...
149
150
161
460
Public Students.
3 Tun San Baw
. . . 7th Standard ...
116
120
1 62
398
4
Tha Do Khine
. . . 7th Standard ...
131
1 0 8
155
394
5
Tun Oung Gyaw
. . . 7th Standard ...
90
146
144
380
6
D. Daniel
. . . 7th Standard ...
107
124
130
361
7
C. S. Doraiswamy
. . . Lower Secondary
83
130
136
354 Private Student.
8
Sein Geh
. . . 7th Standard ...
96
112
143
351
Public Students.
9 Kyu Pe
. . .
7th Standard ...
83
118
136
337
1 0
T. San E
. . . 7th Standard ...
66
74
155
295
1 1
V. P. Jebamoney
. . . Lower Secondary
81
78
124
283
Private Student.
12
Saw Hla Tin
. . . 7th Standard ...
63
108
107
278
Public
Students.
D i s -
m i s s e d .
13
Abdul Rahim
. . . 7th Standard ...
56
76
105
237
This year, as in the previous year, the first two have done much better than
the rest. They have had better general education than the others and are well
conversant with English, and to this must be attributed their superiority to the
rest. It may be mentioned here that the students have improved greatly in their
knowledge of English and their ability to grasp the lectures by their two years'
training in the school. Two of the students answered badly in the examination
and as their progress in other respects was very unsatisfactory they were informed
they could not be permitted to continue their studies.
7. Ten of the students received stipends from Government and three were
private students paying a nominal fee. The stipends which were originally at
Rs. 10 a month were raised from the 1st of June 1908 to Rs. 40 per mensem.
Statement F. 8. The total receipts during the year amounted to Rs. 51-8-0, and the total
expenditure was Rs. 12,113-5-2. A detailed account of the finances is given in
Statement F.
9. There were a few changes in the staff of the school during the year under
review. Major Barry, the Superintendent, went on leave in March and was
succeeded by Major Penny from whom I received charge of duties as the
Superintendent on the 28th of November 1908. Other changes in the teaching
staff are shown in the account of lectures delivered during the year.