44. The Examination for promotion to Class 3 at Queen's College and King's College which is now open to all schools of the Colony was conducted as usual in 1933. 327 boys were examined and 188 passed or 57%. The number of entries from non-Government schools was still very disappointing as only two candidates presented themselves, one of whom passed.
45. The total number enrolled in the four Lower Grade Schools was 433 as compared with 374 in 1932.
46. The three rural English schools were established with the intention of giving a wider opportunity to the country boy but they present a problem which is not peculiar to this colony. It is not practicable to confine attendance to boys who, by their economic circumstances or their ability to win scholarships, will continue their English education elsewhere to the stage where it becomes of cultural value. The risk has to be taken of imparting that proverbially dangerous modicum of English which provides a way out of one vocation, for which a boy is by nature fitted, without facilitating his entry into another and wider sphere of usefulness.
47. At the end of the year Class 6 in Cheung Chau School and the other Lower Grade Schools were subjected to the same examination as the corresponding class in Yaumati District School with satisfactory results.
PROVIDED SCHOOLS-VERNACULAR.
48. The University Examination results of the Vernacular Middle School at the end of 1933 were very good. Two candidates were presented and both passed.
49. The project of a new school building for the Vernacular Normal School for Women not having yet been realized it has not been possible to extend the school by adding a Primary Division thereto.
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Arrangements have, however, been made for the introduction of Physical Training.
PROVIDED SCHOOLS-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
50. The Teachers' Classes held at the Technical Institute, a report of which will be found in Chapter V, provide a useful although unpretentious and inexpensive opportunity for teachers to improve themselves and the quality of their teaching. The English Classes were attended by sixty-three teachers of whom thirty-eight were men and twenty-five women. Vernacular Classes were attended by one hundred and ninety-six of whom forty-two were men and one hundred and fifty-four women.
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