AnnualReport-1915

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The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Territories are:

Total. English Schools. Vernacular Schools. Government Schools, - 2,409 2,409 Military Schools, 114 114 - Excluded Private Schools, 605 605 - Grant Schools, 1,560 2,054 3,614 Controlled Private Schools, 2,500 8,944 11,444 Controlled Private Schools, New Territories, - 1,094 1,094 Technical Institute, 576 576 - Total, - 7,764 12,092 19,856

The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese, four District Schools its feeders, one being the Ellis Kadoorie School, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance. Kowloon School and Victoria School for children of British parentage have an average attendance of about 120. There is also a small school for the children of the Peak District. The Diocesan School and Orphanage and St. Joseph's College are important boys' schools in receipt of an annual grant. The Italian, French, and St. Mary's Convents, and the Diocesan Girls' School, are the most important of the English Grant Schools for girls.

The Hongkong Technical Institute affords an opportunity for higher education to students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1915 in Mathematics, Machine Drawing and Building Construction; in Chemistry, Physics and Electricity; in Commercial English, Logic and Political Economy; in French, Shorthand and Book-keeping; and in Translation from and into Chinese. Classes in Sanitation (Public Hygiene) and First Aid to the Injured are also held, the examinations being conducted under the auspices of the Royal Sanitary Institute, London, and of the St. John Ambulance Association respectively. Classes for Men and Women Teachers are a feature of the Institute.

The Lecturers are recruited from the members of the Medical and Educational faculties of the Colony, and from the Department of Public Works, and receive fees for their services. The Institute is furnished with a well-equipped Chemical Laboratory and excellent Physical apparatus.