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Admission examination.
13. The number of students admitted in April, 1908, was 67, including
25 from Indian Cavalry, 2 from the Army Remount Depart-
ment, 1 from Imperial Service Troops, 1 from a Native State,
4 from the Central Provinces and 14 from the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
The balance is made up of 29 civilian students who were selected from about 200
candidates assembled for the competitive examination on the 20th April, 1908.
Educational qualifications.
14. The educational qualifications of the 67 men admitted
during the year were as follows:—
Entrance passed ... ... ... ...
Middle passed ... ... ... ...
Students from Native Cavalry Regiments and Remount Depôts
Total
... 10
... 30
... 27
... 67
First year class.
15. The first year class was brought up to 71 by the addition of 4 men
who had failed at their examination in the previous year.
Of these, 2 men were not allowed to appear in the examin-
ation on account of irregular attendance at lectures and 2 absented themselves
from the examination before the Board of Examiners, thus leaving the number of
examinees for this class, 67 only.
Second year class.
16. The second year class commenced with 81 students. This number
at the end of the year was reduced to 73. Two sowars of
Native Cavalry and 1 from the Kashmir Imperial Service
Artillery were found unsuitable and were recalled to their regiments. Four men,
through irregular attendance, were not allowed to appear in the examination.
One civilian student left the College without assigning any reason.
Third year class.
17. The third or final year class commenced with 111 students. This
number by the end of the year was reduced to 109. One
man was accidentally killed on the railway, and one, through
irregular attendance, was not allowed to appear in the examination.
Re-examination of stu-
dents who had failed in one
subject in the previous year.
18. During the year, 4 final class students and 30 students of the junior
classes, who had failed in one subject only at the previous
annual examination, were again examined at the end of June
in the subjects in which they had failed. Of the 4 final class
students 3 succeeded in passing and 1 failed. Of the 30 men of the junior classes,
who were re-examined, 26 passed and 4 again failed. Those who failed were
consequently remanded for another year to their respective classes.
Examination results.
19. The result of the Annual Examination is as
follows:—
1st year ...
2nd year ...
3rd year ...
Class.
... ... ...
...
...
...
... ... ...
Examined.
67
73
109
Passed.
59
62
69
Percentage.
88
84
63
Of th6 8 failures in the first year class, 3 failed in one subject only and
will be re-examined in that subject at the end of June next. Of the 5 remain-
ing failures in this class, one civil student, having failed twice in this class, has
been removed from the College. Of the 11 failures in the second year class, 4
failed in one subject only, and will be re-examined in that subject at the end of
June next. Of the 7 remaining failures in this class one military student was,
on my advice, removed from the College. Of the 40 failures in the final class, 8
will be re-examined in the one subject in which they failed at the end of June next.
Three men having failed twice were considered unsuitable for the work required
of them, and in consequence, have been struck off the rolls of the College. The
remaining 29, together with any who fail to satisfy the examiner in June, are re-
manded for another year.
Report of the Board of
Examiners.
20. The examiners in their report remark—
"The technical subjects, contained in the 3rd year's course require far more individual
tuition than it is possible to give to such a great number of students. In the circumstances
we consider that the results are satisfactory."