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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:-
Number of Pupils. Total. Schools. English Schools. Vernacular Schools. Government Schools 19 3,582 3,601 Military Schools 131 - 131 Excluded Private Schools 12 345 357 Grant Schools 948 2,770 3,718 Controlled Private Schools 6,407 20,120 26,527 Controlled Private Schools, New Territories - 4,385 4,385 Technical Institute 495 495 Total 13,730 25,484 39,214The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese, four District Schools its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance now housed in a new building presented to the Colony by Sir Ellis Kadoorie. Kowloon School and Kowloon Junior and Victoria Schools for children of British parentage have an average attendance of 183. There is also a school for the children of the Peak District with an average attendance of 50. 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 of students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1922 in Building Construction, Machine Drawing, Mechanics, Chemistry (Practical and Theoretical), Physics, Electricity, Commercial English, French, Shorthand, Book-keeping. Classes for men and women teachers, both "English" and "Vernacular" 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.
The University of Hongkong, incorporated under the local University Ordinance, 1911, and opened in 1912, is a residential University for students of both sexes for the promotion of Arts,