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Cheung Chau and Tai Po. The average attendance at Cheung Chau was 32 (11 in 1910) at a nett cost per unit of $16.99, while at Tai Po the average attendance was 20 (11 in 1910) at a nett cost per unit of $45.88. The difference between the cost of the two schools is accounted for largely by the fact that a rent is paid for the school house in Tai Po, while the premises in occupation at Cheung Chau are rent free. There is, also, at the date of this report an increase in attendance at Tai Po, which will reduce the cost per unit there materially. The Ping Shan School has not maintained its early promise. The inhabitants of Ping Shan have shown no readiness to co-operate. The question of either moving it to some neighbouring locality or of closing it altogether is under consideration. These schools are under the supervision of Mr. Barlow.
19. The English School for Indians is doing well and is out-growing its accommodation. It is able in many ways to do more satisfactory work for its boys than is possible in schools attended by Chinese. The Chinese boy bestows his favours upon half a dozen schools in the course of his educational career; but the sons of the Indian community have in the English School for Indians the chief, if not the only, opportunity of being instructed in Urdu and remain in the school therefore for a series of years. Boys, who have left this school for Queen's College, have been classified there into Classes for which the curriculum of the school for Indians was intended to fit them. The average attendance was 50 (37 in 1910) and the average cost per unit was $29.69 ($41.38 in 1910). There is every prospect that this school will continue to grow and demand for itself a permanent building in the near future. The Headmaster appears to have the support and to meet the requirements of the community, which the school is designed to serve.
BRITISH SCHOOLS.
20. Kowloon British School.-This school is in charge of Mrs. Main, who is assisted by three English Mistresses. The numbers of the pupils have remained almost stationary—the average attendance being 46 (47 in 1910). The cost per unit of average attendance was $58.84 ($83.76 in 1910). The school for the first time in its history entered candidates for the Oxford Local Examinations, and out of five entries obtained four passes—two in the Junior and two in the Preliminary Examination. The Head-mistress shows a keen personal interest in all the pupils. French is taught as a language and not as a series of exercises. School singing (to record the recollection of a visit) is a pleasure to listen to. The Infant Class is a particularly successful department of the school. Two Assistant Mistresses obtained a high mark at the examination held in connection with the class for Women Teachers at the Hongkong Technical Institute. A great want in the school is a playground. The history of the school appears to be one of steady progress.
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Cheung Chau and Tai Po. The average attendance at Cheung Chau was 32 (11 in 1910) at a nett cost per unit of $16.99, while at Tai Po the average attendance was 20 (11 in 1910) at a nett cost per unit of $45.88. The difference between the cost of the two schools is accounted for largely by the fact that a rent is paid for the school house in Tai Po, while the premises in occupation at Cheung Chau are rent free. There is, also, at the date of this report an increase in attendance at Tai Po. which will reduce the the cost per unit there materially. The Ping Shan School has not maintained its early promise. The inhabitants of Ping Shan have shewn no readiness to co-operate. The question of either moving it to some neighbouring locality or of closing it altogether is under consideration. These schools are under the supervision of Mr. Barlow.
19. The English School for Indians is doing well and is out- growing its accommodation. It is able in many ways to do more satisfactory work for its boys than is possible in schools attended by Chinese. The Chinese boy bestows his favours upon half a dozen schools in the course of his educational career; but the sons of the Indian community have in the English School for Indians the chief, if not the only, opportunity of being instructed in Urdu and remain in the school therefore for a series of years. Boys, who have left this school for Queen's College, have been classified there into Classes for which the curriculum of the school for Indians was intended to fit them. The average attendance was 50 (37 in 1910) and the average cost per unit was $29.69 ($41.38 in in 1910). There is every prospect that this school will continue to grow and demand for itself a permanent building in the near future. The Headmaster appears to have the support and to meet the requirements of the community, which the school is designed
to serve.
BRITISH SCHOOLS.
20. Kowloon British School.-This school is in charge of Mrs. Main, who is assisted by three English Mistresses. The numbers of the pupils have remained almost stationary-the average attendance being 46 (47 in 1910). The cost per unit of average attendance was $58.84 ($83.76 in 1910). The school for the first time in its history entered candidates for the Oxford Local Examinations, and out of five entries obtained four passes-two in the Junior and two in the Preliminary Examination. The Head- mistress shews a keen personal interest in all the pupils. French is taught as a language and not as a series of exercises. school singing (to record the recollection of a visit) is a pleasure to listen to. The Infant Class is a particularly successful department of the school. Two Assistant Mistresses obtained a high mark at the examination held in connection with the class for Women Teachers at the Hongkong Technical Institute. A great want in the school is a playground. The history of the school appears to be one of steady progress.
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