Facilities Available to Students and Teachers for Study and Work in Higher Secondary Schools of West Bengal: An educational Survey, Report Number 2

Abstract

From Preface: This is the second of a series of reports meant to present the findings of a statistical enquiry into the facilities for study and work available in the higher secondary schools of West Bengal. The present report covers the districts of Howrah, Hooghy, Nadia and Murshidabad, the first report being devoted to a similar study in Calcutta and 24-Parganas. Non-response has been strenuously avoided and sampling study has been discarded in favour of complete enumeration for girls’ schools since the numbers of higher secondary girls’ schools in these districts are small. Mechanical tabulation was resorted to for the analysis of information Regarding teachers. The questionnaire used for collection of data from schools in these districts was practically the same as the one used for collection of data from the schools in Calcutta and 24-Parganas except for some minor changes. A few items of information have been inserted while a few existing ones have been dropped. An analysis of examination results has been attempted, a study of the incomes of teachers has been added, and information relating to certain other items has been analysed.