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The entrance examination held at the beginning of the year was attended by 98 candidates, of whom only 4 were found fit for, and subsequently admitted, to the 1st year Normal Class, but 43 others were admitted to the lower standards.
There was only one 4th year student who passed her "Final" very creditably.
The school continued to do excellent work. It was visited and much admired by an educationalist from Japan.
During the Summer Vacation, an Algebra class was conducted by myself and attended by all the 3rd and 4th year Normal Students. This was an experiment to work through the 'Senior Local' Algebra Syllabus taught through the medium of Chinese in a course of 16 lessons, and the result of the experiment was that 15 out of 22 students attending were able to pass the test examination held at the end of the session, the standard reached being somewhere between the Senior and the Junior.
(iii) Taipo Vernacular Normal School.—Head Teacher, Mr. Chan Pun Chiu.
The Maximum Enrolment was 37 (34 in 1928).
The Average Attendance was 31 (27 in 1928).
16 Final students were examined by external examiners, and 5 were successful. Practically all the Passed Students are being engaged in teaching, in the New Territories and have proved themselves quite useful.
The school has made steady progress, though Chinese Composition is still weak.
There were less cases of Malaria than in the previous year, but 2 cases of Tuberculosis occurred. The general health was satisfactory however.
Discipline and tone are very good.
II.—GRANT SCHOOLS.
The Maximum Enrolment in the 4 Vernacular Grant Schools was 987, and the Average Attendance was 874.
The Ying Wa Girls' School presented for the 1st time 4 students for the Senior Local Examination and 2 passed. Both the Fairlea Girls' School and the Kowloon Victoria Home have started a Middle School Division—a sign showing the tendency of Chinese girls to remain in school longer than they used to.
Very satisfactory work is being done in all these schools, and their discipline and tone are excellent.
The Maximum Grant was recommended for each school.