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NUMBER OF PUPILS.
5. The total numbers of pupils at schools in the Colony were :-
Number of Pupils iu
English
Vernacular
Schools. Schools.
Total.
Government Schools
Military Schools
8,439 157
41
3,480
157
Excluded Private Schools.
348
348
Grant Schools.
3,351
1051
4,402
Controlled Private Schools
5,621
23,253
28,874
Controlled Private Schools, New
Territories....
4,665
1.665
Technical Institute....
526
526
Total
13,442
29,010
42,452
6. This is an increase of 3.238 over 1923-a decrease of 288 in English Schools and an increase of 3,526 in the Vernacular Schools. Of the English Schools the attendance at Government Schools has decreased by 143 and increased at the Grant Schools by 581. All these schools are practically full. The decrease in the numbers attending Government English schools is explained by a more rigid enforcement of the rules limiting numbers.
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH.
( Annexe A.)
BRITISH SCHOOLS.
7. The four British Schools had an average attendance of 249 233 in 1922). Special attention has been given to the senior British School in Kowloon: the staff has been greatly strengthened and a mach higher standard of work has been attained. At the beginning of the school year (December) the name of the school was changed to "Central British School". Physics and Chemistry Laboratories are being equipped.
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