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Annexe D.
Report on the Vernacular Schools, Rural Districts, 1923.
1. Number of Subsidised Schools.-98 schools were on the Subsidy List at the end of 1922. In the course of the year, 15 of these closed, and 4 others (Pok Wai, Kwai Chung, Luk Keng and Pai Tau) were removed to the Private school list. 19 schools were newly subsidised, thus bringing the number up to 98 again.
2. Classification of Schools and Subsidies.-The Shui Lau Tin School received, as in 1922, a special subsidy of $60 per month. 8 schools (as against 12 in 1922) were awarded class A subsidies, 42 class B (34 in 1922) and 47 class C (54 in 1922). Though there was a slight increase in the number of class B schools, the standard of the work done in the Subsidised schools was not higher than it had been the teachers seem to have done their level best. 3 other schools received a class C subsidy for part of the year; these were :
these were: (i) Pai Tau which was struck off the list in September, (ii) Un Kong where the teacher died in the Autumn, and (iii) Tai Lam Chung which disappeared in November,
3. Building Grant.-A grant of $1000 was made to the Shui Lau Tin School to help with the restoration of the School Building which sustained considerable damage during the typhoons in August.
4. English-A certificate was issued to one Private English School at Saikung which is managed by the Roman Catholic Mission. This is the second English school on the New Territory Register, and is at present the only one of the kind in these districts, the first one, registered in 1921, having had only a short existence. The school, with an average attendance of 25, has done satisfactory and useful work, and has been awarded a Subsidy of $15 per month for the past year. English is also taught in 2 of the Subsidised Schools, viz.: Shui Lau Tin and Kau Wa Kang. The former continues to make satisfactory progress.
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5. School gardening-The Tai Wai School, Sha Tin, reaped its first crop of onions in March, the proceeds from the sale of them being distributed among
the students as reward for their efforts. Their second attempt was at the cultivation of maize, but, unfortunately, a very promising crop was completely destroyed the typhoons in August. The school has continued to take an interest in this work, and potatoes and onions are being growu. Taipo school has begun to interest itself in gardening and has made a very good start, a patch of ground on the south side of the Taipo Land Office having been allotted to it by the Government,
6. Free Scholarships-3 Free Scholars were admitted to Taipo School from Vernacular Schools in the neighbourhood, and 3 to Un Long. 6 scholars from the Sha Tin District were sent to Yaumati School.