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10. The relative decrease is in
part due to the large increase in the number of Chinese
commencing the study of English. This increase was due to
the extraordinary impetus given to the study of English
in Kuangtung by the political events of the years 1897- to
1899,
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11. If the Government is anxious
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to encourage the study of English by Chinese and to induce
parents to keep their boys longer at school the institu-
tion of Scholarships might be found effective.
Scholarships should be open to all Chinese, and to boys
of other nationalities who may be domiciled in Hongkong.
Another inducement to boys to prolong their studies would
be the issue by the Inspector of Schools of certificates
to scholars who have passed the Seventh Standard.
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(e)' The unsuitability of the
present system of treing Chinese to the needs of primary
schools. (See para 19).
13. We cannot expect the liter-
ary classes of China to be guided by us in matters of
education, although the more intelligent and the better
educated are somewhat more open to reason than the very
inferior class of men who teach Chinese Schools in Hong-
kong. Any scheme for training teachers, if it is to be
effective, must receive the support of school-managers.
Perhaps if a thoroughly competent man who understands- and
appreciates the aims of the Government, was appointed
master of a Government Chinese School and an extra grant
was made to all teachers who should have spent six months
with him as assistant teachers, some good might be done
ultimately all teachers might be required to undergo this
training.
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14. (4)
The