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those Masters of Government Schools whose schools are classed for the year as "very good" or as "good" respectively. In the present case I have, on the basis of my periodical inspections and of the annual examinations, determined upon the following classification.
1. ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS.
1. Very good.
2. Good.
Sai-ying-p'ún, Mr. Fung Fú. Wong-nai-chung, Mr. Chan Man-kwong.
Wán-tsai, Mr. Lo Sik-ling.
II. CHINESE SCHOOLS.
1. Very good.
Sheung-wán, Mr. Lau Sui-shang. Stanley, Mr. Ng Chéuk-ts'üin. Girls' School, M. Léung King-hám.
2. Good.
Há-wán, Mr. Léung Tsản-chỉ.
Tang-lung-chau, Punti, Mr. Wong Kon-ting.
Tang-lung-chau, Hákká, Mr. Tsang Wai-bing. Shau-hi-wán, the late Mr. Shing Ng-hang. Yau-ma-ti, Mr. Ch'an I-hing.
Sai-ying-p'ún, Hákká, Mr. Ip Chéung-shin.
Your Excellency is aware that since your arrival in the Colony three schools for English teaching have been added to the one school, that of Aberdeen, previously existing. We have therefore now four schools, outside the Central School, in which English is being taught by the Government. Taking these Anglo-Chinese Schools first, I found that the English School kept by Mr. Fung Fu in Third Street, Sai-ying-p'ún, had to be classed as the best school. I am sure that the results which the examination of this school disclosed are fully equal to the results of teaching given at the Central School in corresponding classes. But I must explain that this school was at work all the year on the optional principle which, with Your Excellency's permission, I applied to this school as an experiment, that the school was opened at the beginning of 1879 with some 61 pupils, that at first the parents of 15 pupils declared their wish that their children should be taught both English and Chinese, whilst the remainder declared for English teaching only, and that, after a few months, however, with one solitary exception, all the parents declared for exclusively English teaching. I examined the children in accordance with the standards of the Grant-in-aid Schedule, and I was surprised by the exceedingly high results they obtained, although I was aware that Mr. Fung Fu, the master, who has had a Collegiate education in America, was a thoroughly competent teacher. The next best Anglo-Chinese School I found to be that of Wong-nai-ch'ung, under Mr. Ch'an Ming Kwong, who, in accordance with the wishes of the parents, has all the year through been teaching both English and Chinese to the same boys. It is satisfactory to know that the enlightened inhabitants of that little hamlet, who first stipulated for the introduction of English teaching in their school, continue to pay one-fourth of the teacher's salary into the Colonial Treasury with never-failing regularity. I would have recommended the Master's promotion to Yau-ma-ti, but the villagers were loth to part with him, as he has gained their entire confidence.
I regret to say the Wán-tsai Anglo-Chinese School was not found equal in the results of the year's work to the other two schools, which fully deserved to be classed as "very good," but I could conscientiously class it as "good." In the Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School, I am sorry to say, the results which the examination yielded were such that the school could not even be classed as "fair." The Master, however, can scarcely be blamed, as intermittent fever seriously interfered with his health and that of the school children, few of whom ventured to remain in school until the close of summer, when the Master, after having lost his wife, his brother and two servants, within four months, through fever, had to be sent to Hospital, and the school to be closed for six weeks. The school-house was condemned, soon after, by the Colonial Surgeon and Surveyor General, as unfit for a dwelling place, and rooms were hired in an adjoining house, where the school was subsequently re-opened, and no more trouble has since been caused on the score of health.
These four schools are the only Government Schools, outside the Central School, in which English has been taught in 1879. I have been watching these schools, with a view to form an opinion as to the comparative results of the optional and compulsory systems. I am not fully prepared to pronounce
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those Masters of Government Schools whose schools are classed for the year as very good" or as "good" respectively. In the present case I have, on the basis of my periodical inspections and of the annual examinations, determined upon the following classification.
1. ANGLO-CHinese Schools.
1. Very good.
2. Good.
Sai-ying-phún, Mr. Fung Fú. Wong-nai-chung, Mr. Chan Man-kwong.
Wán-tsai, Mr. Lo Sik-ling.
II. CHINESE SCHOOLS.
1. Very good.
Sheung-wán, Nr. Lau Sui-shang. Stanley, Mr. Ng Chéuk-ts'üin. Girls' School, M. Léung King-hám.
2. Good.
Há wán, Mr. Léung Tsản-chỉ.
Tang-lung-chau, Punti, Mr. Wong Kon-ting.
Tang-lung-chau, Hákká, Mr. Tsang Wai-bing. Shau-hi-wán, the late Mr. Shing Ng-hang. Yau-ma-ti, Mr. Ch'an I-hing.
Sai-ying-phun, Hákká, Mr. Ip Chéung-shin.
Your Excellency is aware that since your arrival in the Colony three schools for English teaching have been added to the one school, that of Aberdeen, previously existing. We have therefore now four schools, outside the Central School, in which English is being taught by the Government. Taking these Anglo-Chinese Schools first, I found that the English School kept by Mr. FuxG FU in Third Street, Sai-ying-p'ún, had to be classed as the best school. I am sure that the results which the examination of this school disclosed are fully equal to the results of teaching given at the Central School in corresponding classes. But I must explain that this school was at work all the year on the optional principle which, with Your Excellency's permission, I applied to this school as an experiment. that the school was opened at the beginning of 1879 with some 61 pupils, that at first the parents of 15 pupils declared their wish that their children should be taught both English and Chinese, whilst the remainder declared for English teaching only, and that, after a few months, however, with one solitary exception, all the parents declared for exclusively English teaching. I examined the children in accordance with the standards of the Grant-in-aid Schedule, and I was surprised by the exceedingly high results they obtained, although I was aware that Mr. FUNG Fu, the master, who has had a Col- legiate education in America, was a thoroughly competent teacher. The next best Anglo-Chinese School I found to be that of Wong-nai-ch'ung, under Mr. CH'AN MING KWONG, who, in accordance with the wishes of the parents, has all the year through been teaching both English and Chinese to the same boys. It is satisfactory to know that the enlightened inhabitants of that little hamlet, who first stipulated for the introduction of English teaching in their school, continue to pay one-fourth of the teacher's salary into the Colonial Treasury with never-failing regularity. I would have recommended the Master's promotion to Yau-ma-ti, but the villagers were loth to part with him, as he has gained their entire confidence.
I regret to say the Wan-tsai Anglo-Chinese School was not found equal in the results of the year's work to the other two schools, which fully deserved to be classed as "very good," but I could con- scientiously class it as "good." In the Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School, I am sorry to say, the results which the examination yielded were such that the school could not even be classed as "fair." The Master, however, can scarcely be blamed, as intermittent fever seriously interfered with his health and that of the school children, few of whom ventured to remain in school until the close of sunmer, when the Master, after having lost his wife, his brother and two servants, within four months, through fever, had to be sent to Hospital, and the school to be closed for six weeks. The school-house was condemned, soon after, by the Colonial Surgeon and Surveyor General, as unfit for a dwelling place, and rooms were hired in an adjoining house, where the school was subsequently re-opened, and no more trouble has since been caused on the score of health.
These four schools are the only Goverument Schools, outside the Central School, in which English has been taught in 1879. I have been watching these schools, with a view to form an opinion as to the comparative results of the optional and compulsory systems. I am not fully prepared to pronounce
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those Masters of Government Schools whose schools are classed for the year as very good" or as "good" respectively. In the present case I have, on the basis of my periodical inspections and of the annual examinations, determined upon the following classification.
1. ANGLO-CHinese Schools.
1. Very good.
2. Good.
Sai-ying-phún, Mr. Fung Fú. Wong-nai-chung, Mr. Chan Man-kwong.
Wán-tsai, Mr. Lo Sik-ling.
II. CHINESE SCHOOLS.
1. Very good.
Sheung-wán, Nr. Lau Sui-shang. Stanley, Mr. Ng Chéuk-ts'üin. Girls' School, M. Léung King-hám.
2. Good.
Há wán, Mr. Léung Tsản-chỉ.
Tang-lung-chau, Punti, Mr. Wong Kon-ting.
Tang-lung-chau, Hákká, Mr. Tsang Wai-bing. Shau-hi-wán, the late Mr. Shing Ng-hang. Yau-ma-ti, Mr. Ch'an I-hing.
Sai-ying-phun, Hákká, Mr. Ip Chéung-shin.
Your Excellency is aware that since your arrival in the Colony three schools for English teaching have been added to the one school, that of Aberdeen, previously existing. We have therefore now four schools, outside the Central School, in which English is being taught by the Government. Taking these Anglo-Chinese Schools first, I found that the English School kept by Mr. FuxG FU in Third Street, Sai-ying-p'ún, had to be classed as the best school. I am sure that the results which the examination of this school disclosed are fully equal to the results of teaching given at the Central School in corresponding classes. But I must explain that this school was at work all the year on the optional principle which, with Your Excellency's permission, I applied to this school as an experiment. that the school was opened at the beginning of 1879 with some 61 pupils, that at first the parents of 15 pupils declared their wish that their children should be taught both English and Chinese, whilst the remainder declared for English teaching only, and that, after a few months, however, with one solitary exception, all the parents declared for exclusively English teaching. I examined the children in accordance with the standards of the Grant-in-aid Schedule, and I was surprised by the exceedingly high results they obtained, although I was aware that Mr. FUNG Fu, the master, who has had a Col- legiate education in America, was a thoroughly competent teacher. The next best Anglo-Chinese School I found to be that of Wong-nai-ch'ung, under Mr. CH'AN MING KWONG, who, in accordance with the wishes of the parents, has all the year through been teaching both English and Chinese to the same boys. It is satisfactory to know that the enlightened inhabitants of that little hamlet, who first stipulated for the introduction of English teaching in their school, continue to pay one-fourth of the teacher's salary into the Colonial Treasury with never-failing regularity. I would have recommended the Master's promotion to Yau-ma-ti, but the villagers were loth to part with him, as he has gained their entire confidence.
I regret to say the Wan-tsai Anglo-Chinese School was not found equal in the results of the year's work to the other two schools, which fully deserved to be classed as "very good," but I could con- scientiously class it as "good." In the Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School, I am sorry to say, the results which the examination yielded were such that the school could not even be classed as "fair." The Master, however, can scarcely be blamed, as intermittent fever seriously interfered with his health and that of the school children, few of whom ventured to remain in school until the close of sunmer, when the Master, after having lost his wife, his brother and two servants, within four months, through fever, had to be sent to Hospital, and the school to be closed for six weeks. The school-house was condemned, soon after, by the Colonial Surgeon and Surveyor General, as unfit for a dwelling place, and rooms were hired in an adjoining house, where the school was subsequently re-opened, and no more trouble has since been caused on the score of health.
These four schools are the only Goverument Schools, outside the Central School, in which English has been taught in 1879. I have been watching these schools, with a view to form an opinion as to the comparative results of the optional and compulsory systems. I am not fully prepared to pronounce
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