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The last style includes four councils: the Education Council, which provided 281 books; the Ghamra Council, which provided 74 books; and the Giza Council, which provided 40 books and 90 books from 911 under the administration of the councils themselves. Only girls were taught in these, and their number was 23 in 1912 and 11 in 1913. The number of girls in these kuttabs or primary schools increased from 4,229 in 1911 to 5,235 in 1912 and 6,333 in 1913. 241 of the boys' kuttabs and 24 of the girls' kuttabs can be considered advanced. The Ministry of Education inspected all kuttabs or primary schools under the administration of the provincial councils in 1913 with regular legal inspection. The number of students present during the annual inspection was 46,722, of whom 328 were blind and 1,474 were deaf. 1,193 students had memorized the entire Quran, and 1,212 had memorized at least half of it. The number of male teachers was 2,107, and female teachers was 49. All primary education was entrusted to the provincial councils from the beginning of 1914, as mentioned earlier. They are responsible for agreeing upon, developing, and expanding it within each province. A temporary arrangement was made for 1913 whereby the Ministry of Education would pay 64% of what was given to primary schools that it used to provide aid for inspection, and the remaining 36% would be paid by the provincial councils. Every provincial council must establish a college for teacher training so that it can have a sufficient supply of qualified teachers if these councils wish to establish suitable primary schools in their provinces. Four colleges for teacher training were established in 1910, then three were established in 1911, and the Ministry of Education provided four colleges in 1913 in each province for teachers, except for Education, Gharbia, and Aswan, but the Gharbia provincial council established one soon. I am confident that the provincial councils' attention to teacher training colleges will not be less in the future than it is now, because the presence of qualified teachers is very necessary to maintain the standard of education in schools. The councils now manage 25 industrial schools, compared to 18 industrial schools in 1912. Six of them are in Sharqia, primary only, and it is hoped they will become practical. All the councils have established industrial schools, and this includes the eastern, Gharbia, and Upper Egypt regions. An agricultural school will be opened in Shibin El Kom in 1914. A project for a large industrial and agricultural school in Qaziniq is currently being considered. The councils have eleven industrial schools (or industrial branches).