Beginning with the 1863 education has been offered to the whole people, and so far as funds permit is absolutely free for all. All Armenian education is under the direction of lay committees. During this period in Russian Armenia the association of the schools with the Church is rather closer, but the same principle obtains. This became a problem for Russian administration, which was peaked during 1897, Tsar Nicholas appointed the Armenophobic Grigory Sergeyevich Golitsin as governor of Transcaucasia, and Armenian schools, cultural associations, newspapers and libraries were closed.
The Armenian charitable works, hospitals, and provident institutions we were organized along the explained perspective. The Armenians, in addition to paying taxes to the State, have voluntarily imposed extra burdens on themselves in order to support such philanthropic agencies. The taxes to the State did not have direct return to Armenians in such cases.
The education and philanthropic agencies made the Armenians most educated and rich section of the Ottoman population.
There existed over 1,996 Armenian schools with 173,022 pupils before World War I.
The following table is the list of Armenian schools in the Ottoman Empire gives the number and statistics of Armenian schools for each geographical district in the Ottoman Empire in 1912.
Sanjak Number of Schools Number of Students Sivas (Sebastia) 119 10,988 Amasya (Amasia) 31 3,396 Şebinkarahisar (Koghonia) 36 3,040 Tokat (Yevdokia) 18 3,175 Erzurum (Karin) 211 13,741 Erzincan (Yerznka) 61 4,768 Doğubeyazıt (Daroynk) 50 2,839 Diyarbakır (Dikranagerd) 71 4,305 Maden 38 3,650 Mardin 13 1,705 Elazığ (Kharpert) 129 11,064 Tunceli (Dersim) 47 2,178 Malatya (Malatia) 28 2,390 Bitlis (Baghesh) 45 2,391 Muş (Mush) 135 5,669 Siirt (Sghert) 22 974 Bingöl (Chapaghjur) 5 275 Van 188 N/A Hakkâri (Julamerg) 4 N/A Maraş (Marash/Germanik) 37 2,584 Antep (Aintab) 26 5,380 Urfa (Urha/Yedesia) 20 N/A Antakya (Antiok) 30 487 Adana 25 2,755 Kozan (Sis) 20 1,879 Osmaniye (Jebelbereket) 18 1,200 Istanbul (Constantinople) 64 25,000 Edirne (Adrianople) 6 565 Tekirdağ (Rodosto) 9 1,873 İzmit (Nicomedia) 53 7,480 Bursa (Prusa) 20 2,078 Bilecik 10 1,263 Kütahya 5 1,174 Afyonkarahisar 7 850 Balıkesir 8 1,334 İzmir (Smyrna) 27 2,935 Konya 26 4,585 Ankara (Angora) 24 3,889 Kayseri (Kesaria) 56 7,119 Yozgat 42 9,300 Kırşehir 4 990 Trabzon (Trebizond) 116 6,000 Gümüşhane 3 800 Samsun (Amisos) 71 2,454 Sinop 18 2,500 TOTAL 1,996 173,022
See also Historical topics: Ottoman Armenia Education in the Ottoman Empire Modern topics: Education in Turkey Education in Armenia List of Armenian Schools worldwide
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