# Adam's Reports on Vernacular Education in Bengal and Behar/Report 3/Chapter 1/Section 17

Section XVII.
Adult Instruction.
The state of school-instruction and of domestic instruction shows the nature and amount of the means employed to instruct ​the juvenile population. The state of adult instruction will contribute to show the effect which is produced by these means on the general condition of society. The general condition of society in respect of instruction may be estimated by the kinds and degrees of instruction existing in society and by the number of persons possessing each kind and degree. The following results have been obtained in attempting to form this estimate:—
City of Moorshedabad.
In this city the number of adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching, is 33, of whom 24 are Hindus and nine are Musalmans.
The number of adults who have received a learned education, and who are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 75, of whom 58 are Hindus and 17 are Musalmans.
The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 60, of whom 42 are Hindu teachers of Bengali and Hindi schools, two are Hindu teachers of English in the Nizamat College, 15 are Musalman teachers of Persian schools, and one is a Musalman teacher of a Bengali school.
The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 4,767, of whom 4,079 are Hindus and 688 are Musalmans. Of the Hindus, 3,082, in addition to a knowledge of reading and writing, are acquainted with Bengali accounts, 592 with Hindi accounts, 342 with Bengali accounts and Persian, 55 with Bengali accounts and English, and eight with Bengali accounts, Persian, and English. Of the Musalmans, 192, in addition to a knowledge of reading and writing, are acquainted with Bengali accounts, 88 with Persian, 399 with Bengali accounts and Persian, and nine with Bengali accounts, Persian and English.
There are five Native Christians who, besides a colloquial knowledge of the native vernacular languages, have some knowledge of English reading, writing and accounts.
The number of adults who can merely read and write is 1,700, of whom 1,555 are Hindus and 145 are Musalmans. One of the Hindus is a woman.
District of Moorshedabad.
In thana Daulatbazar of this district there ace no adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching.
The number of adults who have received a learned education, and who are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 13, who are all Hindus.
The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 25, of whom 23 are Hindu teachers of Bengali schools and 2 are Musalman teachers of Persian schools.
The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 555, of whom 501 are Hindus and 54 are Musalmans.
The number of adults who can merely read and write is 614, of whom 553 are Hindus including one woman, and 61 are Musalmans.
The number of adults who can merely decipher writing or sign their names is 565, of whom 474 are Hindus and 91 are Musalmans.
District of Beerbhoom.
In thana Nanglia of this district the number of adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching, is two, who are Hindus.
The number of adults who have received a learned education, and are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 12, who are all Hindus.
The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 34, of whom 30 are Hindu teachers of Bengali schools, 1 a Hindu teacher of a Persian school, and three are Musalman teachers of Persian schools.
The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 352, of whom 335 are Hindus, and 17 are Musalmans.
​The number of adults who can merely decipher writing or sign their names is 620, of whom 601 are Hindus and 19 are Musalmans.
District of Burdwan.
In thana Culna of this district the number of adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching, is 38, of whom 37 are Hindus and one is a Musalman.
The number of adults who have received a learned education, and who are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 99, of whom 80 are Hindus and 19 are Musalmans.
The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 93, of whom 82 are Hindu teachers of 72 Bengali schools; 71 for boys and one for girls; nine are Musalman teachers of six Persian, two Bengali, and one English school; and two are Native Christian female teachers of a girls’ school.
The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, are 2,424, of whom 2,271 are Hindus and 153 Musalmans.
The number of adults, who can merely read and write, is 2,304, of whom 2,115 are Hindus and 189 are Musalmans.
The number of adults who can merely decipher writing or sign their names is 2,350, of whom 2,100 are Hindus and 244 Musalmans.
District of South Behar.
In thana Jehanabad of this district the number of adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching, is six, of whom one is a Hindu and five are Musalmans.
The number of adults who have received a learned education, and who are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 19, of whom nine are Hindus and 10 are Musalmans.
The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 53, of whom 26 are Hindu teachers of Nagri schools and 27 are Musalman teachers of Persian schools.
The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who ​possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 992, of whom 727 are Hindus and 265 are Musalmans. Of the Hindus, 503, in addition to a knowledge of reading and writing, are acquainted with Hindi accounts, and 224 with Hindi accounts and Persian. Of the Musalmans, two, in addition to a knowledge of reading and writing, are acquainted with Hindi accounts, and 263 with Hindi accounts and Persian.
The number of adults, who can merely read and write, is 761, of whom 644 are Hindus and 117 Musalmans.
The number of adults, who can merely decipher writing or sign their names, is 1,004, of whom 927 are Hindus and 77 are Musalmans.
District of Tirhoot.
In thana Bhawara of this district the number of adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching, is seven, who are Hindus.
The number of adults who have received a learned education, and who are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 27, who are Hindus.
The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is six, of whom five are Hindus and one is a Musalman.
The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 425, of whom 409 are Hindus and 16 Musalmans. Of the Hindus 375, in addition to a knowledge of reading and writing, are acquainted with Hindi accounts, and 34 with Hindi accounts and Persian. Of the Musalmans, two in addition to a knowledge of reading and writing are acquainted with Hindi accounts, and 14 with Hindi accounts and Persian.
The number of adults, who can merely read and write, is 303 of whom 302 are Hindus and one is a Musalman.
The number of adults, who can merely decipher writing or sign their names, is 265, of whom 262 are Hindus and three are Musalmans.