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sary schools; manuer of removal.
56. A school may be struck off the Grant List on the ground that it is inefficient or unnecessary,
But no school which has otherwise fulfilled the conditions of the Education Ordinance und of this Code shall be deprived of a (irant except in the following manner :—
(1.) The Director shall, in his annual report, report the school inefficient or unnecessary and state specifically the grounds of his judgment, and the Government shall communicate the report to the Correspondent and give formal warning to him that the Grant may be withheld under this Article, if the Director again reports the School inefficient or unnecessary,
(2.) The Director shall, in his next annual report, and after a visit paid with due notice during the last month of the School Year, again report the school inefficient or unnecessary, and again state specifically the grounds of his judgment.
Note. A school will as a rule be considered unnecessary if the average
attendance falls below twenty.
57. Where any of the conditions set forth in the Code (except such as are specially imposed by law) are not fulfilled, or where a school has been struck off the Grant List under Article 55, the Government has power to pay the Grant or portion of the Grant, and to give a warning to the Correspondent that the Grant may be withheld next year if such conditions then remain still unfulfilled.