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Hongkong University Matriculation (or Senior) and Junior Examination respectively and the results are generally very satisfactory (Table VI). Special attention is devoted to the teaching of English, written and spoken, and in the latter connexion to correct pronunciation.
ENGLISH PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
During the year 29 Boys' Schools (6 Day and 23 Night) were closed; 19 new Boys' Schools (8 Day and 11 Night) were opened.
The total number of Schools open at the end of the year was:- Day Schools,- 3 Girls' and 31 Boys' and 1 Mixed School; Night Schools- 63 Boys' and 1 Mixed.
There has thus been a slight increase in the number of day schools and a considerable decrease in the number of night schools. At the same time, this decrease has been accompanied by an increase in the average enrolment from 2,079 to 2,251, a welcome sign, as giving evidence of a tendency to establish large schools with more specialisation among the teachers.
As regards the Day Schools, there has been an apparent decrease in the enrolment from 2,803 to 2,320, largely accounted for by the transference of one large school, the Wah Yan, to the Grant List.
The larger Day Schools are generally doing good work, though their educational value is often impaired by an excessive commercialisation of their aims and consequent narrowing of the curriculum. Chinese, where taught, is generally satisfactory. The Night Schools, with few exceptions, are less satisfactory, and almost all are graded too highly with a view to attracting pupils from each other.
In addition there were 2 Exempted Schools, - the Catholic Seminary, a Day School with 23 Students training for the priesthood, — and a Night School maintained by the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company for the instruction of some of their Chinese employees, with 50 in attendance.
E. RALPHS,
Inspector of English Schools.
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Hongkong University Matriculation (or Senior) and Junior Ex- amination respectively and the results are generally very satis- factory (Table VI). Special attention is devoted to the teaching of English, written and spoken, and in the latter connexion to correct pronunciation.
ENGLISH PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
During the year 29 Boys' Schools (6 Day and 23 Night) were closed; 19 new Boys' Schools (8 Day and 11 Night) were opened.
The total number of Schools open at the end of the year was:-Day Schools,-3 Girls' and 31 Boys' and 1 Mixed School; Night Schools-63 Boys' and 1 Mixed.
There has thus been a slight increase in the number of day schools and a considerable decrease in the number of night schools. At the same time, this decrease has been accompanied by an in- crease in the average enrolment from 2,079 to 2,251, a welcome sign, as giving evidence of a tendency to establish large schools with more specialisation among the teachers.
As regards the Day Schools, there has been an apparent decrease in the enrolment from 2,803 to 2,320, largely accounted for by the transference of one large school, the Wah Yan, to the Grant List.
The larger Day Schools are generally doing good work, though their educational value is often impaired by an excessive com- mercialisation of their aims and consequent narrowing of the curriculum. Chinese, where taught, is generally satisfactory. The Night Schools, with few exceptions, are less satisfactory, and almost all are graded too highly with a view to attracting pupils from each other.
In addition there were 2 Exempted Schools,-the Catholic Seminary, a Day School with 23 Students training for the priesthood,—and a Night School maintained by the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company for the instruction of some of their Chinese employees, with 50 in attendance.
E. RALPHS,
Inspector of English Schools.
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