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29. The Staff of a school may be composed of Certificated Tea- chers, Passed Student Teachers and Student Teachers. It must be adequate.
30. In considering the adequacy of the Staff, the Director will have regard to the circumstances and requirements of the locality and the organisation and co-ordination of other schools in the neigh- bourhood, the arrangement of the premises for teaching purposes, the number of pupils in attendance, their organisation and profi- ciency, the nature of the approved course of instruction, the qualification of each member of the Staff and his suitability for the work assigned to him, and the regular absence of any Teacher during school hours for the purpose of receiving professional train- ing or otherwise.
31. In English and Upper Grade Vernacular Schools forty, and in Lower Grade Vernacular Schools fifty is the maximum number of pupils which may at any time be under the instruction of one Teacher, except when Classes are massed for such purposes as drill, needlework or singing.
Note. Whenever owing to temporary difficulties it is found necessary to increase this number, the circumstances should at once be reported to the Director,
32. In English Schools the Staff will not be considered adequate unless it is in accordance with the conditions of this Article.
(a.) The Staff of the Higher Classes shall consist of Certi- ficated Teachers or partly of Certificated and partly of Passed Student Teachers in ratio of not less than two to three.
(b.) The Staff of the Remove Classes shall consist of Certi- ficated Teachers or partly of Certificated Teachers and partly of Passed Student Teachers in a ratio of not less than one to three.
(c.) The Staff of the Lower Classes shall consist of Certi- ficated Teachers or partly of Certificated Teachers and partly of Student Teachers (whether Passed or other- wise) in a ratio of not less than one to three.
(d) The Staff of the Infant Classes must consist of Certifi
cated Teachers or Passed Student Teachers or partly of either and partly of Student Teachers in a ratio of not less than one to three.
(e.) In English Schools where there are Chinese boys there shall be one Vernacular Student Teacher (whether Passed or otherwise) for each 100 Chinese boys enrolled in Remove and Lower Classes, in addition to the Staff required under the preceding part of this Article.
CHAPTER VI.
Premises and Accommodation.
33. The following condition, in addition to any required by law, must be complied with :-
In English Schools there shall be not less than 120 cubic feet of internal space and 12 square feet of internal area, and in Vernacular Schools not less than 100 cubic feet of internal space and 10 square feet of internal area, for each pupil in attendance.
CHAPTER VII
Courses of Study.
34. The Correspondent shall forward to the Director the Course of Study of his school for the School Year; in the case of English Schools, not later than 1st May. The Director may withhold his approval of the whole Course or any portion thereof, and the Corres- pondent shall thereupon be required to modify it accordingly.
35. Two or more Courses may be taken by one school, provided that it is shewn to the satisfaction of the Director that there is suffi- cient Staff to provide adequately for such a differentiation of studies.
tion and
36. There shall be a Course of Study for Class 1 in preparation Matricula- for the Matriculation or Senior Local Examination of the Hong- Local kong University, and a Course of Study for Class 2 in preparation Examina- for the Junior Local Examination of the Hongkong University.
Note. These examinations are intended to meet the needs of Hongkong
Schools. The University Authorities will consider additions to and variations from the published Course if submitted by the Corres- pondent of a school through the Director of Education not later then 1st May.
tions.
37. The Course of Study in the Remove and Lower Classes Course in should be of equal difficulty with that in force in Government Remove and Schools of the same standing. In the case of Chinese boys, unless Classes,
Lower