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On the Vernacular side, confined to the Lower School, 395 boys, arranged in 5 Classes and 15 sections, were examined, 362 or 91.6 per cent. passing. It has hitherto been the practice to insist on a boy passing the 4th Vernacular Class before he can be promoted from the Lower School to the Upper, i.e., before he can pass from Class IV. Boys entering the lowest Vernacular Class have so far been expected to have had a preparatory grounding equivalent to 2 or 3 years' work in Chinese studies. The standard will now be raised at each end; we now hope to get boys with a still better Vernacular training in the Upper School, where they will be able to do more advanced translations, and thus be better equipped for the University later on.
The Normal Master, Mr. Tanner, reports that the Pupil Teachers in his charge have given him every satisfaction: their work has been systematic and regular. He draws attention to the fact that they have been considerably hampered, owing to the lack of suitable accommodation for criticism and training lessons—most vital parts of any systematised scheme of normal work. This condition has been brought about partly by the increased number of Pupil Teachers now under the Normal Master, and partly by the fact that we have not hitherto had a properly equipped Normal Room. The disadvantages named, however, will entirely cease to exist when we come into possession of the new Normal Room now on the point of completion. As to the thoroughly sound work done by the Pupil Teachers, I can add my own testimony, based on close daily observation throughout the school year and on the Annual Examination.
During the year under review, 113 boys are recorded as having got situations immediately on leaving school: 31 obtained appointments, chiefly clerical, in different departments of the local Government; 11 went into the service of the Imperial Chinese Government, 31 into various mercantile firms in the Colony, while 10 found openings abroad.
The Tennis, Cricket, Football, Hockey, and Bathing Clubs keep up a vigorous and successful existence, providing for the physical needs of those who care for the more active forms of exercise.
I note with pleasure a distinct all-round improvement in the practical nature of the teaching as compared with what it was a few years back.
The separate studies of the Non-Chinese boys and the optional Classes are a step towards the differentiation of courses which I have recommended above. The change in the readers and in the method of teaching reading has my hearty approval. The changes in Vernacular Education were the result of a meeting between the Headmaster, the Vernacular Masters, and myself. They are an instalment of a general scheme of improvement.
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On the Vernacular side, confined to the Lower School, 395 boys, arranged in 5 Classes and 15 sections, were examined, 362 or 91-6 per cent. passing. It has hitherto been the practice to insist on a boy passing the 4th Vernacular Class before he can be promoted from the Lower School to the Upper, i.e., before he can pass from Class IV. Boys entering the lowest Vernacular Class have so far been expected to have had a preparatory grounding equivalent to 2 or 3 years' work in Chinese studies. The standard will now be raised at each end we now hope to get boys with a still better Vernacular training in the Upper School, where they will be able to do more advanced translations, and thus be better equipped for the University later on.
The Normal Master, Mr. Tanner. reports that the Pupil Tea- chers in his charge have given him every satisfaction : their work has been systematic and regular. He draws attention to the fact that they have been considerably hampered, owing to the lack of suitable accommodation for criticism and training lessons-most vital parts of any systematised scheme of normal work. This con- dition has been brought about partly by the increased number of Pupil Teachers now under the Normal Master, and partly by the fact that we have not hitherto had a properly equipped Normal Room. The disad- vantages named, however, will entirely cease to exist, when we come into possession of the new Normal Room now on the point of completion. As to the thoroughly sound work done by the Pupil Teachers, I can add my own testimony, based on close daily observation throughout the school year and on the Annual Ex- amination.
During the year under review, 113 boys are recorded as having got situations immediately on leaving school: 31 ob- tained appointments, chiefly clerical, in different departments of the local Government; 11 went into the service of the Imperial Chinese Government, 31 into various mercantile firms in the Colony, while 10 found openings abroad.
The Tennis, Cricket, Football, Hockey, and Bathing Clubs keep up a vigorous and successful existence, providing for the physical needs of those who care for the more active forms of exercise."
I note with pleasure a distinct all round improvement in the practical nature of the teaching as compared with what it was a few years back.
The separate studies of the Non-Chinese boys and the optional Classes are a step towards the differentiation of courses which I have recommended above. The change in the readers and in the method of teaching reading has my hearty approval. The changes in Vernacular Education were the result of a meeting between the Headmaster, the Vernacular Masters and myself. They are an instalment of a general scheme of improvement.
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