INSTRUCTION

627

Population according to reli

gioE, 1910 :—

—

1,000's

per

cent. — of pop.

1,000's

per cent, of pop.

Roman Catholics Greek Catholics Armenian Catholics. Old Catholics Greek Oriental Armenian Oriental

22,530

3,417

2

21

666

1

78-8 Evangelical .

12-0 Other Christian sects

0-0 Jews

0-1 Others .

23

0-0 Total .

589

7

1,314

25

2-1 0-0 4-6 01

28,572

100-0

Instruction.

The educational organisation of Austria comprises : — (1) Elementary schools ; (2) Gymnasia and Realschulen ; (3) Universities and colleges ; (4) Technical high schools ; (5) Mining high schools ; (6) Veterinary high schools ; and (7) Schools for special subjects.

The progress of elementiiry education in Austria between the census of 1880 and that of 1900 is shown in the following statement : —

Population

Austria

1880

10,930,099

1,345,781 9,858,364

1890

\

1900

Read and write . .

Read only ..,,,.

Neither read nor write ....

13,258,452 1,031,624 9,605,337

16,067,972

778,782 9,303,954

22,144,244

23,895,413

26,150,708

Attendance is comr-ulsorv from 6 to 14 in Austria generally ; in Krain, Istria, Galicia, and Dalinati.i, 6 to 12 ; Bukowina, 13. Of these schools there are two grades.

In the elementary schools the subjects taught are religion, read- ing, writing, language (Unterrichts-Sprache), arithmetic with elementary geometry, some branclies of natural history and physics, geography, history, drawing, singing, gymnastics ; to girls, domestic duties. The cost of erecting and maintaining elementary and burgh schools, and the payment of the teaching staff falls ultimately on the communes or the land. In only a few special cases are elementary schools supported by the State.

Latest statistics of elementary schools : —

Year

Elemen- tary Schools

Teachers

Pupils

Children of School Age

Training Colleges

1908 1 . 19091 . 1910 1 . .

22,9852 23,450'^ 23,847^*

102,937 105,370 108,006

4,377,913

4,454,238 4,520,138

4,618,097 4,744,521 4,818,870

131

133 142

1 End of the calendar year. ^ Including 1,208 private schools.

3 Including 1,174 private schools. ■* Including 1,245 jri'.ate schools.

In 9,120 of the elementary schools (1910) the language used was German ; in 5,984 Czech (mainly in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia) ; and in

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