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1. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
(i) Vernacular Middle School-Head Teacher, Mr. Li King Hong, B.A.
The Maximum Enrolment was 253 (191 in 1929).
The Average Attendance was 223 (176 in 1929).
Of the 14 students entered for the "Special Final Examination" conducted by the Hong Kong University, 7 passed, and of the 7 "Final" students in the Normal Division, 3 passed.
To accommodate the large number of applicants who seek admission at the beginning of every year, two additional classes in the Primary Division have been opened this year.
General interest in Sports has been maintained, but the school has been most successful in Volley Ball, being Runners-up in the Hong Kong Inter-School League for three years in succession.
(ii) Vernacular Normal School for Women-Head Mistress, Miss Chan Yat Hing.
The Maximum Enrolment was 167.
The Average Attendance was 155,
The results of the Final Examination were disappoint- ing only 4 out of 18 passed. The failures cannot, however, be ascribed to any negligence on the part of the teaching staff, as the school has continued to do its work conscientiously and quietly.
(iii) Taipo Vernacular Normal School-Head Teacher, Mr. Chan Pun Chiu.
The Maximum Enrolment was 36.
The Average Attendance was 31.
Three out of 16 students passed their Final Examination, and are all taking up teaching in the New Territories.
The small percentage of passes at the Final Examinations is not unexpected and need not be discouraging. The majority of students come to the school with a very poor foundation and it is not easy for them in the short space of two or three years to reach the fairly high standard which the external examiners have quite rightly insisted upon, but even those who have failed in their Final Examination have evidently benefited by the
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training they received here and have proved themselves quite useful as teachers in some of the remote villages, such as So Lo Pun and Kat 0.
II. GRANT SCHOOLS,
The number of Vernacular Grant Schools remained 4, having a maximum enrolment of 911 (including 104 boys) and an average attendance of 841,
All the four schools have now a Middle School Division and have maintained their high standard of efficiency.
III. PRIVATE SCHOOLS, URBAN DISTRICTS. Subsidized Schools-During the year, 10 Subsidized Schools closed, 12 were removed from and two were added to the Subsidy List. The number of such schools at the end of the year was 195, with a maximum enrolment of 14.415. (7,984 boys and 6,431 girls) and an average attendance of 13,367. The total amount of subsidies paid was $94,245, working out to be $459.78 per school ($440.69 in 1929) and $6.54 per pupil ($6.65 in 1929),
Non-Subsidized Schools-Of the 452 Non-Subsidized Schools existing at the end of 1929, 82 closed and two were transferred to the Subsidy List during the year. But 12 Subsidized Schools were transferred to this list and 107 new schools were registered, thus making the number of Non-Subsidized Schools at the end of the year equal to 487. The maximum enrolment in these schools was 24,787 (17,825 boys and 6,912 girls), and the average attendance was 22,267.
The total number of Private Vernacular Day Schools now existing is 688 (673 in 1929), consisting of 2 Exempted, 4 Grant. 195 Subsidized and 487 Non-Subsidized Schools. The maximum enrolment was 40,067 (37,382 in 1929) and the average attend- ance was 36,475 (33,412 in 1929), the former number including 14,150 girls.
Free Scholarships-30 scholarships tenable at the Govern- ment Anglo-Chinese Schools, and four tenable at the Vernacular Middle School were awarded to boys from various Subsidized Schools. It was again found difficult to fill the 18 Free Places for girls at the Belilios Public School, and only four girls were admitted.
Night Schools-20 Night Schools were opened and 18 closed during the year. The number at the end of the year stood at 24. with a maximum enrolment of 611 (526 in 1929) and an average attendance of 460 (371 in 1929).
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