# HONGKONG MATRICULATION AND LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.
62. These examinations have now almost entirely replaced the Oxford Local Examinations. Classes 1 and 2 in the Government Schools are required to take the Matriculation (or else the Senior), and the Junior respectively. At Grant Schools the same end is reached by paying a grant on the number of candidates entered, whether they pass or not. Two meetings of Heads of Schools were held, when the syllabus of the Local Examinations was discussed in detail and numerous suggestions were made to the University authorities. Most of the changes advocated have been carried out, with the result that the syllabus is becoming much more suited to local requirements.
## GENERAL.
63. Two Masters of the Department, Mr. A. R. Sutherland and Mr. R. C. Barlow, have received commissions and were serving at the end of the year, one in India, the other at home. Messrs. De Martin and De Rome were lent throughout the year to the Postal Censorate, and were thus lost to the Department. The writer's time has during the year been largely occupied with Censorship duties, and several masters have been similarly engaged for various periods.
E. IRVING,
Director of Education.
Education Department,
7th June, 1916.
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HONGKONG MATRICULATION AND LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.
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62. These examinations have now almost entirely replaced the Oxford Local Examinations. Classes 1 and 2 in the Government Schools are required to take the Matriculation (or else the Senior), and the Junior respectively. At Grant Schools the same end is reached by paying a grant on the number of candidates entered, whether they pass or not. Two meetings of Heads of Schools were held, when the syllabus of the Local Examinations was discussed in detail and numerous suggestions were made to the University authorities. Most of the changes advocated have been carried out, with the result that the syllabus is becoming much more suited to local requirements.
GENERAL.
63. Two Masters of the Department, Mr. A. R. Sutherland and Mr. R. C. Barlow, have received commissions and were serving at the end of the year, one in India, the other at home. Messrs. De Martin and De Rome were lent throughout the year to the Postal Censorate, and were thus lost to the Department. The writer's time has during the year been largely occupied with Censorship duties, and several masters have been similarly engaged for various periods.
E. IRVING,
Director of Education.
Education Department,
7th June, 1916.
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