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Annexe B.
REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, 1923.
(Table VIII.)
The Institute was open as usual during eight months of the year.
The number of students in attendance during the Session ending June 30th, was 526 against 495 in 1922.
In Juve--and for Teachers' Classes in December--Examinations were conducted as in previous years by independent examiners. 257 Students were examined; of these, 129 passed in one subject, 3 in two subjects and one in three subjects; à total of 133 students or 51% passed. The low percentage of passes is due in part to the high standard required throughout, but particularly in the Teachers' Classes, where it is being raised steadily year by year. Gratifying reports are received of the good work done in various schools of the Colony by Teachers who have been trained in these Classes. At the December examination, of 79 Teachers examined in the "English" Classes, 53 passed, I with Distinction; in the "Chinese" Classes, 92 Teachers were examined and only 34 passed. Final "Teachers' Certificates" were gained by 9 Men and 9 Women in the "English" Teachers' Classes, and by 2 Men and 4 Women in the "Chinese" Teachers' Classes.
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Subjects taught during the Session included Building Con- struction, Machine Drawing, Mechanics, Mathematics, Chemistry (Practical and Theoretical), Physics, Commercial English, Short- hand and Book-keeping; in the Teachers' Classes the subjects include Psychology, School Management, Practical Teaching, English Literature, Reading and Recitation.
E. RALPHS,
Director, Technical Institute.
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