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I. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
(i) Vernacular Middle School-Head Teacher, Mr. Li King Hong, B.A.
The Maximum Enrolment was 253 (191 in 1929).
The Average Attendance was 223 (176 in 1929).
Of the 14 students entered for the "Special Final Examination" conducted by the Hong Kong University, 7 passed, and of the 7 "Final" students in the Normal Division, 3 passed.
To accommodate the large number of applicants who seek admission at the beginning of every year, two additional classes in the Primary Division have been opened this year.
General interest in Sports has been maintained, but the school has been most successful in Volley Ball, being Runners-up in the Hong Kong Inter-School League for three years in succession.
(ii) Vernacular Normal School for Women-Head Mistress, Miss Chan Yat Hing.
The Maximum Enrolment was 167.
The Average Attendance was 155.
The results of the Final Examination were disappointing - only 4 out of 18 passed. The failures cannot, however, be ascribed to any negligence on the part of the teaching staff, as the school has continued to do its work conscientiously and quietly.
(iii) Taipo Vernacular Normal School-Head Teacher, Mr. Chan Pun Chiu.
The Maximum Enrolment was 36.
The Average Attendance was 31.
Three out of 16 students passed their Final Examination, and are all taking up teaching in the New Territories.
The small percentage of passes at the Final Examinations is not unexpected and need not be discouraging. The majority of students come to the school with a very poor foundation and it is not easy for them in the short space of two or three years to reach the fairly high standard which the external examiners have quite rightly insisted upon, but even those who have failed in their Final Examination have evidently benefited by the
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