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Number of Pupils in
English Vernacular ! Schools. Schools.
Total
* Government Schools 3,386 19 3,405 * Military Schools * Excluded Private Schools 140 140 Grant Schools 281 12 293 2,401 3,736 6,137 † Controlled Private Schools 4,882 15,854 20,736 ↑ Controlled Private Schools, New Territories 3,989 3,989 † Technical Institute 582 582 Total........... 11,672 23,610 35,282Average Attendance.
Total enrolment.
7. This is an increase of 6,575 over 1920, the increase in pupils in English Schools being 1,880 and in the Vernacular Schools, 4,695.
8. The increase in English pupils appears in every class but principally in the Private Schools. Of these, rather less than half are night schools, some of the pupils in which may be in attendance at other schools during the day time. None of the Private English Schools receive any assistance from Government.
9. The increase in Vernacular Education is equally widely spread, one half of it occurring in the Private Schools of the Colony. The increase in the New Territories is apparent rather than real, and corresponds with the registration of a number of schools which in former years had been uncontrolled.
10. A Census of the Colony was taken in April. The following figures derived therefrom are of interest.
11. The total number of children and young persons of both sexes and all nationalities between the ages of six and eighteen inclusive is 155,427. This includes the floating population and the New Territories, and represents the maximum catch which the broadest educational net could be expected to cover in any country. Of this number 35,282 are registered in our schools, or nearly 23%.
12. Excluding the floating population, the Chinese boys in Hongkong and Kowloon between the ages of six and sixteen number 38,988. Of these, 11,789 are in Vernacular schools and at least 6,000 in English schools or 17,789 altogether. But it is certain that the average child does not remain at school for as long as 11 years i.e. from the sixth to the sixteenth year. If the average school life be taken at 5 years out of a possible 11, the