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The chief weakness in all schools is inevitably the English Language, written and spoken, but a steady improvement is shewn.
. As in Government Schools, all pupils in Classes 1 and 2- the highest Classes in the Grant Schools are required to sit for the Examinations of the Hong Kong University.
The results are shewn in detail in Table VII.
Increased attention is being given to Hygiene, Physical Drill and Sports.
REPORT ON ENGLISH PRIVATE SCHOOLS, 1927.
Day Schools-The total number of schools on the register at the end of December was 54 as against 46 in 1926; the number of students enrolled was, in round numbers 3000 as against 2000 in 1926.
During the year 18 new schools were registered, 8 closed and 2 disappeared without giving notice.
Of the existing schools eight are girls schools, and one is a kindergarten. The rest are boys' schools of which 3 prepare students for the University Local Examinations.
Night Schools.-There were 60 schools in existence as against 89 in the previous year. During the year 17 new schools came into being and 23 closed and an equal number disappeared: The total number of students enrolled was 1721 with an average attendance of 1308.
E. RALPHS,
Inspector of English Schools.
March 29, 1928.
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