ANNUAL REPORT ON THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
1919.
1. I was absent from the Colony on leave during the greater part of the year, Mr. E. Ralphs, Inspector of English Schools, acting for me. He is responsible for this Report.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
(Tables I, II, VI, and VII.)
2. After deducting the school fees received, the total nett expenditure on education was $254,302 ($243,362 in 1918).
3. School and Technical Institute fees amounting to $103,505 were collected ($100,206 in 1918). In addition $4,185 fees were remitted to free scholars ($4,253 in 1918).
4. The cost of the Government Schools is compared in Table I with the average of preceding years.
CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS.
5. These are divided into:—
(a) Schools exempted from liability to registration and inspection under the Education Ordinance of 1913.
(b) Controlled Schools, subject to the provisions of the Ordinance.
SCHOOLS TO WHICH THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT APPLY.
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
(Table 1)
6. Queen's College. The system of medical inspection instituted last year has been applied to Queen's College and has been extended to the Ellis Kadoorie School. It is now a rule of the Schools that recommendations made by the Medical Officer examining the school be carried into effect by the pupils concerned. In the cases of defective eyesight, where a further examination by a specialist is recommended, such examination must be undergone, and where spectacles are required they must be obtained as prescribed.
7. The College has made progress in many directions during the year, and is now in a very efficient condition.
8. The total number of pupils enrolled during the year was 1,139 (989 in 1918). The average daily attendance throughout the year was 609 (579 in 1918).
9. Notwithstanding the shortage of Teachers in the Department, the staff of Queen's College has been well maintained during the year by the engagement of Temporary Mistresses, who have rendered useful service.