STATISTICS CONCERNING PRIMARY INSTRUCTION According to the Manual del viajero, [154] published in 1877, there are in all Filipinas, at the account of the State, 1,016 schools of primary instruction for boys, and 592 for girls, 98,761 attending the former, and 78,352 the latter, as follows: Schools Pupils who attend Boys Girls Boys Girls In Luzón 599 244 44,416 28,805 Adjacent islands 49 28 3,934 1,970 Visayas 302 284 43,281 41,193 Mindanao 66 36 7,070 6,384 ----- --- ------- ------ 1,016 592 98,761 78,351 ---------------- ---------------- 1,608 177,113 According to data sent to the Statistics Board of Filipinas, and compiled by Señor Cavada, [155] the condition of public instruction in 1870 was as follows. PRIMARY INSTRUCTION Island of Luzón Boys.--Schools, 657; attendance, 118,652; read, 34,119; write, 25,374; talk Castilian, 2,165; ignorant, 56,994. Girls.--Schools, 439; attendance, 76,773; read, 19,447; write, 7,924; talk Castilian, 1,940; ignorant, 47,462. Visayas Islands Boys.--Schools, 325; attendance, 98,687; read, 28,003; write, 23,518; talk Castilian, 3,062; ignorant, 44,104. Girls.--Schools, 317; attendance, 84,357; read, 25,978; write, 12,817; talk Castilian, 979; can sew, 22,380. Island of Mindanao Boys.--Schools, 22; attendance, 4,769; read, 1,547; write, 1,064; talk Castilian, 114; ignorant, 2,044. Girls.--Schools, 19; attendance, 2,669; read, 763; write, 130; talk Castilian, 58; ignorant, 1,718. INSTRUCTION Island of Luzón Males.--Read, 183,394; read and write, 194,628; ignorant, 1,051,823; talk Castilian, 48,206; ignorant of Castilian, 1,381,639. Females.--Read, 174,516; read and write, 50,082; ignorant, 1,119,994; talk Castilian, 26,844; ignorant of Castilian, 1,314,748. Visayan Islands Males.--Read, 109,373; read and write, 125,187; ignorant, 628,960; talk Castilian, 21,466; ignorant of Castilian, 842,054. Females.--Read, 89,558; read and write, 49,681; ignorant, 731,240; talk Castilian, 9,019; ignorant of Castilian, 861,460. Island of Mindanao Males.--Read, 8,169; read and write, 5,733; ignorant, 62,534; talk Castilian, 76,436; ignorant of Castilian, 4,994. Females.--Read, 6,160; read and write, 1,510; ignorant, 60,721; talk Castilian, 68,391; ignorant of Castilian, 3,934. SECONDARY EDUCATION Academic course, 1883-84 Registration of Studies of matriculation application