APPENDIX S OBSERVATIONS OF THE INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONFERENCE ON THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS
Observations of the Indian Public Schools Conference regarding the award of Scholarships out of public funds to students of outstanding ability tenable at their school.
"The Indian Public Schools Conference is anxious that the educational facilities provided by the schools it represents should not be confined to boys whose parents are able to pay the full cost of education at the school.
They have not, however, funds with which the cost of such scholarships could be financed. But they think it likely that some of the provinces and organizations represented on the Central Advisory Board might be willing to find the funds for this purpose.
They would wish only to emphasize the following points:-
(1) the scholars must be boys who are likely to be above the average in intellect, physique and character in the schools to which they are sent,
(2) they must be prepared to partake fully in the life of the schools, in which there are no distinctions based on birth, caste or creed.
(3) The scholarships must list for at least 6 years from the age of 11.
(4) They must not be, committed to the adoption of any particular profession when they grow up. The boys from these schools receive a training which will serve them in good stead in any walk of life government service, medicine, engineering, the Army, Navy or Air Force, or business--and the scholars would be equipped to stand on their own feet when they leave school.
The selection of the boys, and of the schools to which they are to be sent, would lie with the body that produce the funds for the scholarships, though it would be essential that they would co-opt for the selection representatives of the Conference to ensure that the candidates would fit into the life of the school.
The details of the methods of selection could be considered with any body that contemplated the provision of scholarship. For instance, a business firm might offer a scholarship to the son of any employee earning under Rs, 200 per month; or a government might do the same; or a municipality might offer a scholarship to the most promising boy from the local schools.
Mr. A. E. Foot, Headmaster of the Doon School, Dehra Dun. and President of the Conference will attend the meeting of the Central Advisory Board when this matter is under consideration, and will be prepared to answer any questions about the nature of the education at the Public Schools.
The schools which are members of the Conference are :_
1. The Aitchison College, Lahore.
2. The Daly College, Indore.
3. The Doon School. Dehra Dun
4. The Rajkumar College ,Raipur
5. The Rajkumar College Rajkot.
6. The Scindia School, Gwalior.
7. The Shri Siwaji School, Poona.
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