# Annexe B.
REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, 1925.
year.
(Table IX)
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 580 against 597 in 1924.
In June and for Teachers' Classes in December Examinations were conducted as in previous years by independent examiners. 220 Students were examined (185 in 1924); of these, 125 passed in one subject, and 1 in two subjects; a total of 126 students or 57% passed. As remarked in my last Report the low percentage of passes is due to the high standard required throughout, but particularly in the Teachers Classes, where it is being raised steadily year by year. Gratifying reports continue to be received of the good work done in various schools of the Colony by Teachers who have been trained in these Classes, and notably in the Gap Road English School and the Cheung Chau School. At the December examination, of 44 Teachers examined in the "English" Classes, 34 passed; in the "Vernacular" Classes 76 Teachers were examined and only 22 passed. Final "Teachers' Certificates" were gained by 5 men and 4 Women in the "English" Teachers' Classes and by 1 Woman in the "Vernacular" Teachers' Classes.
In October an effort was made to establish Classes in Kowloon. The popular demand said to exist almost ceased as soon as provision was made to meet it. There were grounds for expecting that the Classes would be largely attended; in the result, Classes in Shorthand, Mathematics and French were formed and have continued with fair success; the Book-keeping Class is in a moribund condition. Preparations were made to open Classes in Practical and Theoretical Chemistry and in Physics, the number of applicants for admission did not justify the formation of the Classes; in Cookery, for which there was said to be a very great demand, there was not a single applicant, although a highly-qualified Teacher of long experience was prepared to take charge.
Subjects taught during the Session included Building Construction, Electrical Engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics, Chemistry (Practical and Theoretical), Physics, French, Commercial English, Shorthand and Bookkeeping; in the Teachers' Classes the subjects include Psychology, School Management, Practical Teaching, English Literature, Reading and Recitation.
E. RALPHS,
Director, Technical Institute.