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EDUCATION
centres in the urban and rural areas. Other forms of adult educa- tion are provided by the Technical College Evening Department and by the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the University of Hong Kong, private night schools and vocational organizations. The Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies offers advanced courses in Chinese studies to graduates of Chinese senior middle schools. The school provides a three-year course in general arts, leading to a diploma issued by the Education Department. Candi- dates for admission must have a Chinese school certificate or show evidence that they have reached an equivalent standard. Classes are held at the university for two hours each evening, five evenings a week. Subjects taught include Chinese literature, philosophy, sociology, philology, Chinese poetry, study of the Chinese novel and drama, English language and literature. Most of the students are teachers in the day time.
Education and recreation are combined at the 12 Adult Educa- tion and Recreation Centres. Apart from regular evening activities, music appreciation, choral singing, physical education, educational film-shows, and group discussions are organized once or twice a week. A social evening or concert is held once a month, when members provide the entertainment. Educational visits are arranged. Elementary art, photography, harmonica playing, paper-sculpture, Chinese boxing and dramatic groups, have been successful. Talks on baby-care, housecraft and general health are well attended, and a series on 'human relations at home and in the community' aroused enthusiastic discussion. Government departments give lec- tures and demonstrations at the centres to help people acquire a better understanding of their role and of the work of Govern- ment at large.
TEACHERS AND TEACHER TRAINING
Teachers. There are 24,619 full-time and part-time teachers employed in registered schools, of whom 5,640 are university graduates and 8,424 trained non-graduates. At the end of the 1962 school year the ratio of pupils to teachers in all types of schools was 27.9:1. School classes are planned to have a maximum of 45 pupils in primary classes and 40 in secondary classes. The required qualifications for teachers are a university degree, a certificate in a special subject, or a teaching certificate. Most teacher training is