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Annexe B.
REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,
(Table VIII.)
The Institute was open as usual during 8 months of the year.
The number of students in attendance during the Session ending June 30th was 583 as against 588 in 1920.
At the end of the Session Examinations were conducted as in previous years by independent examiners. 207 students were examined; 104 passed in one subject, 3 in two subjects, 1 in three subjects; a total of 108 students or 52%, passed. The low percentage of passes is due in part to the high standard required in the Teachers' Classes; the standard is raised gradually year by year in these Classes, the benefits being apparent eventually in the improved teaching in the schools to which the members belong. At the June Examination referred to 59 Teachers' Certificates including 3 with Distinction, were awarded (77 in 1920). Of these, 5 were given for Third Year work in English and 5 for the same in Chinese, and were in the nature of final Certificates, marking the completion of the Course. The average attendance at the English Teachers' Classes was 31, and at the Vernacular Teachers' Classes 109.
The Vernacular Teachers' Classes are under the direct supervision of Mr. Y. P. Law, B.A., who reports as follows:—
"The school year has been changed, and, from 1922, will begin and end with the Chinese year.
There were 64 men and 87 women in attendance in the 1st term, but in the 2nd term, the number of men was only 54, and of women, 74, some of the 3rd year students having passed out and few new pupils being admitted owing to the change of the school year.
At the June Examination, 6 men and 2 women passed the final examination.
Mr. Au's lectures on Chinese Classics and Literature continue to flourish; 16 passed students have returned to attend them. The 1st year Women's Class has been full, and at the beginning of each term, for the past 2 years, we have had to turn away 10 to 15 applicants for admission. It should, however, be pointed out that the girls who come to this class are not all teachers; many are private students who wish to further their Chinese studies, and it is only these that have been refused admission, when the class is full. The Men's Classes are, on the other hand,
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