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Appendix III.
REPORT BY THE PRINCIPAL, TRADE AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
Junior Technical School.
1. The School year was altered to commence in September, instead of in February.
2. 12 students left in 1938 on completing their course. All these entered on apprenticeships in various engineering works. All are attending classes in the Evening Institute. Two were transferred to the Trade School.
3. The workshop courses are becoming increasingly popular, and some extension of workshop accommodation will soon be essential. Students can now prepare a drawing, make a pattern of the article drawn, cast it in lead, and trim up the casting to produce a finished article. An endeavour to substitute aluminium for lead is now being made.
4. The concessions made to Junior Technical School students by the Dock Companies make a higher standard of English essential. During 1938 the teaching of English was reorganised, following generally the Oxford English Course, with promising results.
5. During 1938, owing to the admission of new boys being postponed from February to September, the School was two classes short. The average enrolment, therefore, shows an artificial decrease.
Maximum enrolment 131. Average enrolment 97.33 Average attendance 95.14Trade School.
1. The School was officially opened by His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote, C.M.G., Governor of Hong Kong on 12th April, 1938.
2. Equipment purchased during 1937 and 1938 was installed during the year. The Building and Wireless Departments are now almost completely equipped, while the equipping of the Engineering Department is far advanced.
3. Mr. S. J. G. Burt assumed duty as Chief Instructor in Wireless Telegraphy, while Mr. A. J. Peaker was appointed Assistant Instructor in Building. These appointments leave the European Staff of the Trade School only one short of establishment.
4. 26 new students were admitted to the Department of Building and 26 new students to the Motor Car Engineering Course.
5. Courses in Wireless Telegraphy opened as follows:-
May, 1938 24 students. October, 1938 30 students.6. The difficulty of obtaining competent Chinese workshop instructors limits the number of students who can be accepted to the number who can be directly taught by the European Staff. Increase in numbers admitted annually must be postponed until suitable instructors can be trained.