Memorandum on the position and salaries of
Women Teachers in Hong Kong.
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A.
In the Education Department in Hong Kong there are
about the same number of women as of men teachers (approx
There are five super-scale posts for men, the 34).
headships of Queen's and King's Colleges and three inspectorships, and the men are asking for the headship
of the Central British School to be made super-scale
post also. For the women there is one super-scale post only, the headship of Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is no woman inspector in Hong Kong in spite of the fact that the women teachers have petitioned the Government three times in the past seven years to appoint one. The urgent need for a woman inspector should be obvious, if it is realised that the following long list of girls' schools, each with a large number of pupils are
all inspected entirely by men.
No. of pupils (Year
1935.)
Schools
1. Central British
150
2. Belilios Public
513
3. Diocesan Girls'
375
4. French Convent
415
5. Italian Convent
632
6. St. Francis
196
7. St. Mary's
565
8. St. Stephen's
285
9. Fairlea
200
10. Victoria Home
145
11. Ying Wa
410
12. St. Paul's
243
13. Vernacular Normal
179
14. British Primary (3)
over 199