# AIDED SCHOOLS-VERNACULAR
54. In 1934 these numbered 318 of which four were Grant-in-Aid Schools for girls classed in Table II as Secondary schools.
55. The Capitation Grants for these four schools were in 1934 paid on a $14 basis.
56. During the year the number of urban schools receiving subsidies was slightly reduced: while the number of rural schools receiving subsidies was increased from 106 to 119.
57.
# UNAIDED SCHOOLS
Statistics of these schools will be found in Inspectors' Reports and Tables I and II.
58. The hope previously expressed that more of the private schools for teaching English would avail themselves of the examination for entrance to Class 3 in Queen's and King's Colleges has to some small extent been fulfilled during the year, but (as will be seen from paragraph 42) the quality of the entrants was below the necessary standard.
# SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS
59. Of the 72,928 children under instruction in the schools of the Colony during 1934, 22,850 or rather more than 30% of the whole were attending schools for girls or were girls attending mixed schools.
The following figures show comparison with 1933 :-
1933. 1934.
(a) In provided schools 1,143 1,095
In aided schools 10,635 10,641
In unaided schools 10,610 11,114
22,388 22,850
(b) In Vernacular Schools 18,367 18,816
In English Schools 4,021 4,034
22,388 22,850
60. Of the 1,095 in provided schools 253 were in the mixed schools for British children. The Technical Institute accounted for 225. There were 173 in attendance at the Vernacular Normal School for Women and the remaining 444 were at the Belilios Public School.
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