Epidemic Grants.
Rent Grant.
Building Grant.
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48. When by reason of a notice of the Medical Officer of Health under Article 27 or by reason of any provision of law requiring the exclusion of certain children, or by reason of the exclusion under nedical advice of children from infected houses, the Average Attend- ance has been seriously diminished, and consequently a loss of Grant would, but for this Article, be incurred, the Director may advise payment of a special Grant, not exceeding the amount of such loss, in addition to the ordinary Grants.
49. A Reut Grant not exceeding two-thirds of the rental as appearing in the assessment made by the Assessor of Rates may be made to the following classes of schools occupying leased pre- mises :--
(a.) English Schools;
(b.) Vernacular Schools for Girls.
Provided that :-
(i) the Rent Grant shall be made only in respect of rooms
in actual use as a Day School and
(ii) it shall not be made in cases where the owner of the school building is a Missionary Body of which the Correspondent is a member.
50. A Grant not exceeding one half of the actual cost may be made to build a new school or to enlarge or repair an existing school.
51. The site, plans, estimates, specifications, title, and trust deed, must be previously approved by the Government.
52. The Trustees or other legal representatives of the school must state by a Declaration of Trust to be registered in the Land Office:
(a.) That the premises will be used solely for educational
purposes;
(b.) That the school will be managed in accordance with
the Grant Code in force for the time being
(c.) That if they should hereafter desire to release themselves from the foregoing obligations, they will repay the whole amount of the Grant.
The Grant is paid on presentation of a Certificate (with ba- lance sheet annexed), by the Trustees or other legal representatives
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of the school, setting forth that the building and conveyance are completed and that the money in hand, will, when added to the Grant, meet all claims and finally close the account.
of Grants.
53. The Government will decide each year which Grants should Assessment be paid to each school or whether no, Grant should be paid, upon the advice of the Director. In making his recommendation the Director will be guided by the adequacy of the Staff, premises, and equipment, the standard of instruction, the discipline, organisation, and general character and tone of each school and by the extent to which it has complied with the conditions of the Code.
Provided that nothing in this Article shall limit the power either of the Government or of the Director under Chapter X of this Code.
54. The Government will control the amount spent upon Grant Control. Schools in the following way:—
In preparing his annual Estimates, the Director will submit separate estimates of the numbers of pupils in (i) the Lower Classes, and (ii) the Remove and (iii) the Upper Classes of each English school, and of the total numbers in each Vernacular School. The Capitation Grants of the following year will be paid upon these as maximum numbers. Any desired increase upon the numbers of the previous year should forin the subject of a special application from the Correspondent of the school concerned.
Note. If the numbers of a school have in any year been adversely affected by any extraordinary circumstances, the average numbers of the preceding years may be taken.
CHAPTER X.
Removal of Schools from the Grant List.
Education
55. If a Grant School has been struck off the Register by the Schools Director by virtue of his powers under Sections 16 and 17 of the struck off
the Register Education Ordinance, 1913, and if the Manager of such school has under the not appealed to the Governor-in-Council or in the event of his Ordinance. having appealed, if the appeal has not been upheld, and the school has been closed in consequence, the school shall be struck off the Annual Grant List from the date on which it was struck off the Register. A Grant may thereupon be paid to such school up to the date on which it was struck off the Annual Grant List at such rate as the Director may recommend.
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