NUMBER OF PUPILS.
5. The total numbers of pupils at schools in the Colony are :-
Number of Pupils in English Vernacular Total. Schools. Schools. * Government Schools 3,582 19 3,601 * Military Schools 131 131 *Excluded Private Schools. 345 12 357 *Grant Schools.. 2,770 948 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 39,214Average Attendance. Total Enrolment.
6. This is an increase of 3,932 over 1921, the increase in pupils in English Schools being 2,058, and in the Vernacular Schools 1,874. Of the English Schools, the attendance at the Government schools has increased by 200 and at the Grant schools by nearly 400. All these schools are practically full, and in consequence the Private schools have reaped the benefit of the persistent demand for more English.
7. The increase in the attendance at the Vernacular schools of the Colony is 12 per cent, and 10 per cent, in the Vernacular Schools of the New Territories.