Bulletin de l'instruction primaire des Établissements français dans l'Inde. Issues 1 to 12 (1897)

Vol and Issue: Issues 1 to 12

Scope and content: The volume contains pedagogical material, including pedagogical lectures and book lists; information relating to examinations (dates, subjects, results etc.); preparation of the CAP examinations; administrative communications and instructions, and inspection notes; reports on monthly meetings of the directors of schools and the teachers; nominations; some government orders relating to education; prize distribution etc. Issue 1-2 (pp. 33-37) contains the continuation of the article on the education of young Hindu girls started in the previous volume. Issue 4 (pp. 78-88) contains a piece on the teaching of French in schools. Issues 6-7 (pp. 122-126) and 8 (pp. 160-164) contain write-ups on the teaching of handicraft (such as tailoring) in the girls' schools. Issue 9-10 (Sep-Oct 1897) is entirely devoted to a report on the situation of primary education in French India during the academic year 1896-1897. It includes tables containing statistical data.