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"part in parrot fashion having learnt them in a language which they do not know. Such results are not beneficial either for the development of the individual, or for the spread of sound knowledge amongst the people."
We submit that this statement is as sweeping a condemnation as any to be found in the Report.
"The attempt to enforce the proposals made would inevitably lead to the closing of a very large proportion of the Grant-in-Aid Schools,"
There are seventy-eight Grant Schools in the Colony, made up as follows:-
Fifty-seven Vernacular Schools. These are left untouched by the Committee except that Western Knowledge is to be taught in all classes - a provision definitely approved by his Lordship, and which cannot therefore have been considered by him as likely to close the Schools.
Nine English Schools. All these too, remain practically untouched. One of these schools is in a satisfactory condition. As to the rest, the Committee only recommended that in the event of their still proving unsatisfactory in the future, the Grant to them should be withdrawn and they should be replaced by the English classes in the Vernacular Schools, if the latter were sufficient in numbers and efficiency. (Section 49 of the Report).
Four Roman Catholic Portuguese Schools. His Lordship agreed to section 28 of the Report which recommends the unconditional withdrawal of the Grant from these Schools.
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