ACEC(OT)(49)1st Minutes (Draft)
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3.
ADVISORY COM.ITTEE ON EDUCATION IN THE COLONIES
OTHER TERRITORIES SUB-COMITTEE
NİN KLANG
Exliat from
Draft Minutes of the first meeting held on Tuesday, 15th February, 1949.
Present:
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Sir Mark Young (in the Chair)
Also Present: Mr. Robison
(Assistant Educational Adviser)
1.
Item 1.
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Man
Mr. Kisch
(Secretary) (Social Service Department 'B')
(Eastern Department)
Present for Item 3.
(Hong Kong and Pacific Department)
Present for Item 4.
The 4th minutes were approved subject to an amendment (20) on 48
suggested by Sir Mark Young to paragraph 2(a) (already circulated).
Item 2. Mr.Robison reported on the 4th minutes that a reply to
the comments of the sub-committee had been received from the Governor of (1)
Hong Kong.
(i) The Governor explained the need for a Subsidy Code as well as a Grant Code. He admitted that both Codes dealt with vernacular schools i.e. schools in which the Chinese language was the principal medium of instruction, but the three vernacular schools, which were under the Grant Code, had staffing and equipment comparable with those of English Grant schools. These three vernacular schools had also expatriate staff for English instruction and eventually would have parallel vernacular and English classes lending to the Local Certificate examination, whilst the vernacular schools under the Subsidy Code had no parallel classes in English.
(ii) Paragraph 3 of the revised Subsidy Code would be amended as suggested by the sub-committee (paragraph 2(b) of the 4th minutes. )
(iii) Paragraph 12, would be revised by the addition of the words "a part-time teacher may not in any circumstances draw a salary higher than that to which he or she would be entitled as a full-time teacher", at the end of the paragraph (Paragraph 2(c) of the 4th Minutes).
(iv) In Paragraph 20(a) "approved" would be inserted before "educational purposes" (Paragraph 2(a) of the 4th Minutes).
(v) "Higher standards" referred to classes in the Middle School which were Junior Middle 1, 2, 3 and Senior Hiddle 1, 2, 3 which with Primary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 formed a 12-years' course. "Middle" corresponded to "Secondary" (paragraph 2(c) of the 4th Minutes).
(vi) The Governor added that schools with classes higher than Primary would benefit under the Subsidy Code only in exceptional cases, and then only if they had also primary classes 1 - 6.
3. Itom 3. The sub-committee read with great interest the Progress Report dated 6th January, 1949 by the acting Director of Education en the Singapore 10-year Plan and satisfaction was expressed at the progress made. All concerned were to be congratulated on the way they were over-coming the delays caused by the war.
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