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8.-(1.) Before leaving the Colony the successful candidate shall submit for the approval of the Governor a statement of the course of study he proposes and undertakes to pursue. Subject to the sanction of the Governor, he may either proceed to one of the chartered Universities of the United Kingdom, or enter as a student of an inn of court, or of a medical school in connexion with one of the public hospitals, or of other recognised professional or scientific institution in the United Kingdom.
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(2.) The holder of the scholarship shall transmit quarterly or terminally to the Governor, through the Crown Agents for the Colonies, a certificate from the proper authority of the institution at which he is pursuing his studies, showing that he is thoroughly well conducted and has made good progress in his studies.
9. If the holder of the scholarship fails to fulfil any of the conditions imposed upon him without furnishing satisfactory evidence that the cause of such failure was beyond his control, or if the certificate mentioned in the last preceding sub-section shall be unsatisfac. tory for three successive quarters; he shall thereby forfeit his tenure of the scholarship.
10. The regulations made by the Governor and Court of Policy on the 12th day of May, 1891, are hereby repealed, without prejudice to anything done or any right acquired thereunder.
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(2) I caused the despatch to be referrel to the Director of Public Instruction, and P herein enclose copies of the reports furnished by him on the subject. The papers were then submitted to the Executive Council; and I have now the honour to inform you that the members are unanimously of opinion that a system of fines such as that suggested is eminently undesirable, but they are in favour of the grant of outfit allowances in certain cases, as proposed by Mr. Cult in the 8th and 9th paragraphs of his letter of the 1st October last. I concur in this opinion.
(3) I may further add that the question of the grant of a second scholarship is under the consideration of Government.
I have, &c..
(No. 372.)
SIR,
Enclosure in No. 9.
WEST RIDGEWAY.
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HONG KONG.
No. 8.
Acting Clerk of Council.
GOVERNOR SIR WM. ROBINSON to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received January 3, 1898.)
(No. 255.) SIR,
Government House, Hong Kong, November 27, 1897. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 176, of the 2nd September last, relative to the conditions under which scholarships are given by various Colonial Governments, enabling the holders to complete their education in Europe.
2. As such scholarships have been discontinued by this Government, and as, in view of the educational requirements of this Colony, the prospect of their revival is very remote, it is unnecessary for me to express an opinion on paragraphs 2 and 3 of that despatch, and I regret that there is not sufficient information available to enable me to reply satisfactorily to paragraph 4.
3. I have, however, referred your despatch under acknowledgment to the governing body of Queen's College, which concurs generally in your views on the subject.
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CEYLON.
No. 9.
I have, &c.,
A WILLIAM ROBINSON.
GOVERNOR SIR J. WEST RIDGEWAY to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received February 28, 1898.)
(No. 40. Miscellaneous.)
Queen's House, Colombo, Ceylon, February 5, 1898.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 272, of the 19th August last, requesting to be furnished with my views on certain points indicated therein, with regard to the University Scholarship granted by this Government.
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UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS.
Office of the Director of Public Instruction, Colombo, 1st October, 1897.
WITH reference to your letter, No. 323, of the 15th instant. forwarding copy despatch received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the subject of university scholarships, I have the honour to report as follows on the several points therein raised
Conditions of Payment,
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2. The sole condition on which the Ceylon Government Sdo la hips is payable is that the scholar transmit quarterly to the Secretary of State for the Colonies a certificate. signed by his college tutor or other recognised authority, stating that he continues to study with diligence, and that his general conduct is satisfactory.
3. No rule is in force such as that adopted by the Straits Settlements Government, under which full payment is made only on “excellent" certificates and deductions are provided for proportionate to the unsatisfactory nature of a certificate.
4. As a means of dealing with those students whose shortcomings are not such as to call for so severe a penalty as the deprivation of their scholarship, the Crown Agents recommend the general adoption of this rule. As a precautionary measure and one likely to have a salutary influence, it might be adopted; but unless it is applied with due leniency and with the greatest consideration, its effect would be to curtail allowances which, as the Crown Agents themselves admit, are none to ample. It would certainly be a delicate task to determine whether the culpability of a student could be most properly met by a fine of £2, £3, or £5, unless the particular shortcoming, instead of being described in the usual vague terms of a certificate, was definitely specified, and all the details of circumstances necessary for a just decision were placed before the Crown Agents. It would be a pity if students who are at times regarded as “ straitened and friendless,” should by any chance be allowed to feel that they have been the victims of a harsh decision. It may be added that so far as concerns Ceylon at least, the rule is hardly called for. The record for the last 25 years or so has been all but uniformly creditable to the students themselves and to the Colony. With remissness in study or general ill behaviour calling for any serious notice, such a record cannot have been maintained.
Financial Embarrassments of Students.
5. The practice of applying to the Crown Agents for advances, whether at the outset of a student's career or subsequently, should, I think, be sternly discouraged. They should not be encouraged to place any reliance on so casual and objectionable a method of getting aid. University scholars from Ceylon are informed that payments will be made to them at the end of every quartor. They are therefore aware that they must begin their studies with independent resources. So far as I know, they provide themselves with funds beforehand, though whether to the full extent necessary is impossible to say. No room should, I think, be left for vague hopes of help even at any subsequent stage of the student's career, though under exceptional circumstances, involving & misfortune, an advance might be justified. It will therefore be impressed upon future scholars froni here that the Crown Agents have definitely resolved to make no "advances." If the scholarship is considered inadequate, either it must be increased by Government, or scholars given clearly to understand that supplementary allowances from parents or others must be ensured.
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