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41. Victoria British School was closed at the end of 1931. While it was possible to do this owing to the proximity of a similar provided school for young children at Quarry Bay, the two schools in Kowloon have had difficulty in finding accommodation for those desiring admission. The increasing number of British children resident in the peninsula and the growing tendency among parents to have their children educated in the colony instead of sending them to Europe has already strained the accommodation in these two schools. It is to be hoped that circumstances will allow the new Central British School to be erected at an early date. It is not possible, even if it were desirable, to add to the existing School building.
42. It should be noted that the Kowloon and other junior British schools are not nursery schools and no children under five years can be admitted. Nor should what is effectively private tuition be expected for the benefit of children whose school education has been neglected or purposely delayed. Though there may be something to be said for the theory that children should not attend school till they have reached the age of seven, such children cannot be fitted conveniently into the existing British schools and, although I am reluctant to refuse any boy or girl otherwise eligible, they should be provided for privately until they are able to take their places among those of their own age.
PROVIDED SCHOOLS-ENGLISH.
43. There are eleven of these, among which is the "District" school for Indians where Urdu takes the place of Chinese. The total number of pupils enrolled in 1931 was 3,578 as compared with 3,666 in 1930.
44. In 1930 the English syllabus of the "District" schools, which is the same for the Remove and Lower classes at Queen's College and King's College, was revised by a Departmental committee consisting of the Inspector of English Schools and the six head masters concerned. The new syllabus came into force at the beginning of 1931 and will reduce the number of new subjects to be encountered in Class 3.
45. The following gentlemen were good enough to accept invitations to examine the Chinese syllabus in English schools with a view to the revision thereof :-
Mr. Y. P. Law, B.A. (Cantab.), Inspector of Vernacular Schools, Chairman.
Hon. Mr. S. W. Tso, O.B.E., LL.D.
Mr. Lam Tung, B.A. (Hong Kong), Chinese Translator, University of Hong Kong.
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41. Victoria British School was closed at the end of 1931. While it was possible to do this owing to the proximity of a similar provided school for young children at Quarry Bay, the two schools in Kowloon have had difficulty in finding ac- commodation for those desiring admission. The increasing number of British children resident in the peninsula and the growing tendency among parents to have their children educated in the colony instead of sending them to Europe has already strained the accommodation in these two schools. It is to be hoped that circumstances will allow the new Central British School to be erected at an early date. It is not possible, even if it were desirable, to add to the existing School building.
42. It should be noted that the Kowloon and other junior British schools are not nursery schools and no children under five years can be admitted. Nor should what is effectually private tuition be expected for the benefit of children whose school education has been
has been neglected
neglected or purposely delayed. Though there may be something to be said for the theory that children should not attend school till they have reached the age of seven, such children cannot be fitted conveniently into the existing British schools and, although I am reluctant to refuse any boy or girl otherwise eligible, they should be provided for privately until they are able to take their places among those of their own age.
PROVIDED SCHOOLS-ENGLISH.
43. There are eleven of these, among which is the "District" school for Indians where Urdu takes the place of Chinese. The total number of pupils enrolled in 1931 was 3,578 as compared with 3,666 in 1930.
44. In 1930 the English syllabus of the "District" schools, which is the same for the Remove and Lower classes at Queen's College and King's College, was revised by a Departmental committee consisting of the Inspector of English Schools and the six head masters concerned. The new syllabus came into force at the beginning of 1931 and will reduce the number of new subjects to be encountered in Class 3.
45. The following gentlemen were good enough to accept invitations to examine the Chinese syllabus in English schools with a view to the revision thereof :-
Mr. Y. P. Law, B. A. (Cantab.), Inspector of Verna-
cular Schools, Chairman.
Hon. Mr. S. W. Tso, O.B.E., LL.D.
Mr. Lam Tung, B.A. (Hong Kong), Chinese Translator,
University of Hong Kong.
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