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(i)
A course in woodwork for local teachers
could be arranged at the Trade School. The course
would have to be of about four months' duration in
all but could be planned to fall half in January and
February and half in July and August.
(ii) If woodwork instructors are required,
students who have passed through the Junior Technical
School and then spent three or four years in the
pattern shop at Taikoo Docks would be quite suitable.
(iii) Equipment for a woodwork class would cost
not more than £5 per head. Not more than twenty boys
at bench work can be efficiently supervised by one
teacher. Technical Drawing must be taught as part of
the Woodwork Course so that in a class of 40 boys,
half can be doing bench work while the other half does
drawing. The woodwork room should be if possible about
one and a half times the size of an ordinary classroom,
and should be located where the noise will not disturb
other classes.
(iv) If a woodwork course is started in any
local schools, it should be possible to arrange for
instructors from the Trade or Technical School to
undertake some supervision.
As regards staff we are of opinion that that
suggestion (i) above is preferable to (ii), provided that
trained teachers can be released to take the course
suggested. If however it is found necessary to appoint
instructors as in (ii), they should be full time members of
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