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Secretary of State:
BY FAST AIRMAIL
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GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG,
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FURTHER ACTION.
Merrig. Miss White
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Your savingram No. 22. of 23rd April.
Education Grant Code.
1. Following are further comments of Non-
African Sub-Committee of A.C.E.C.
Part I, Section 19. Thilst they appreciate
the difficulties mentioned by the Director of
Education in (b), (c) and (d), the Sub-Committee
would point out that similar conditions are
experienced in England. Teachers of handicrafts
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and other specialist teachers in grammar schools in
England are in a similar position to the Chinese
teachers mentioned in (b).
With reference to (a), the Sub-Committee
would suggest that if pupils were encouraged to
read and discuss a little more and to write a little
less, there would not only be a reduction in the
time spent in correcting written work, but there
would be an improvement in the standard of their
English.
Section 20. The Sub-Committee hope that
amendment of the syllabus in order to widen the
scope of the School Certificate examination will
be made as early as possible. They will be
interested to receive a further report when it has
been