GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
READ—the following paper :—
From H. B. GRIGG, Esq., M.A., Director of Public Instruction, to the Chief Secretary
to Government, dated Madras, 17th September 1883, No. N-1.
ORDER—dated 11th October 1883, No. 681, Educational.
The Director of Public Instruction submits the annual report of the Medical
College for 1882-83.
2. At the commencement of the session there were 211 pupils on the rolls ; 88
in the senior, 65 in the second, and 58 in the third or junior department against 82,
67, and 77 respectively in the previous year. The declension in numbers in the
junior department should have been explained.
3. The senior department was composed of 26 pupils qualifying for the M.B.
degree and 62 for the degree of L.M.S., and included three lady students, two of
whom came from Bengal holding Bethune scholarships. Eight candidates appeared
for the preliminary scientific examination, of whom seven passed, and five for the first
M.B. examination, of whom four were successful. In the L.M. and S. section, out
of three candidates who appeared for the first examination two passed, as did also the
four who appeared for the final examination. These results are satisfactory, and
fully maintain the past reputation of the institution. The many successes achieved in
England by former students of the Madras Medical College also testify, as observed
by the Director, to the soundness of the training there given.
4. Of the three lady students, one is qualifying for the M.B. degree, having
already passed the preliminary scientific examination, and the other two for the
degree of L.M.S.
5. The second department consisted of 53 apprentices, seven private, and five
lady students. Out of 21 students of the third year, 19 appeared for the final examin-
ation, of whom all but four qualified for the grade of apothecary. As, however, one
of these four was a failure of the previous year, and another a student dismissed in
1881-82 for incompetency, there were only two actual failures among men appearing
for the first time in the year under report. For the primary examination 20
students, including four ladies qualifying for the college diploma, appeared out of 21
belonging to the second year. The one student who failed to appear was apparently
a lady student who tendered her resignation. Of the students examined, twelve,
including one lady, were declared to have qualified. The first year's students are
mentioned favorably, but as no college examination is now held at the end of the first
year of the course, the class examinations, held by the Professors, afford the only
means of testing their progress. Separate orders will be passed regarding the
proposed revision of the curriculum discussed in paragraph 5 of the Director's
review.
6. In the junior department 14 pupils of the third year appeared for their final
examination, 10 of whom were successful. This department has since ceased to
exist, the remaining pupils having been transferred to the Ráyapuram Auxiliary
school.
7. Arrangements were made during the year for the practical instruction of all
students in vaccination.
8. In the Chemist and Druggist class only three students out of seven appeared
for examination, of whom only one passed.