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risk of complete failure.
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Subjects of Instruction.
For reasons of economy and in view of the difficulty of teaching Chinese and non-Chinese pupils in the same class, I decided to eliminate the lectures in Japanese (paragraph 5). I took the same course with respect to the classes in the Chinese language (paragraph 15) as the teaching of the Chinese language to Chinese, who form the bulk of the students, did not appear to me to fall within the scope of a scheme such as this. Typewriting (paragraph 15) also appeared to me to be an inappropriate subject, being chiefly a matter of manual practice and dexterity for which opportunity will be given by providing old machines and dummies for the use of the pupils in the shorthand classes.
4.
Length of course of study. It is as yet, as the Committee point out, premature to lay down definitely the time to be spent on each course. But subject to alteration after further experience I propose to adopt the courses of study suggested.
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Engagement of Teachers. The suggestion that the nucleus of a permanent teaching staff might be obtained by adding to the agreements of teachers engaged for Government Schools a special condition that they