EDUCATION
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a year tenable at the University of Hong Kong. Eleven departmental scholarships were awarded to officers of the Education Department for training in the United Kingdom, and five British Council scholarships were presented to enable graduates and post-graduates to study at British institutions. The Federation of British Industries granted three scholarships for two year training courses in practical training in engineering firms in the United Kingdom, and there was one American Award for Colonial teachers.
EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION
In Government and Government-aided primary schools, fees are kept as low as possible and 10% of all places are reserved for the free education of poor children. In Government and aided second- ary schools between 30% and 45% of the places are also made available for free education.
A brief summary of expenditure by the Education Department from August 1960 to July 1961, is given in the table on finance in Appendix VI.
LEGISLATION
All Government schools are directly controlled by the Director of Education. Other schools, with some exceptions, are subject to the provisions of the Education Ordinance. The exceptions include schools for the children of members of Her Majesty's Forces, while the Post-Secondary Colleges and the University of Hong Kong have their own separate ordinances. Under the Education Ordinance the Director of Education has general control over education in the Colony, and is required to keep registers of schools, managers of schools, and teachers, and to ensure that school buildings are adequately maintained and that the general administration, con- duct and efficiency of schools and teachers are satisfactory.
Legislation to provide for retirement benefits for teachers in sub- sidized schools was enacted in September 1961. Unqualified and part-time teachers may join the provident schemes operated for grant schools and subsidized schools if they so wish, and a con- tributor may continue to contribute so long as he is employed in either a grant or subsidized school. Contributors' accounts may be transferred from the grant schools provident fund to the subsidized