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Mr. Li Pak In, Head Master, Sai Nam Middle School. Mr. Liu Hoi Tung, Supervising Vernacular Master, Queen's College.
Mr. W. Yu, B.A. (Oxon.), Inspector of Vernacular Schools.
46. The committee found that the existing syllabus was too heavy and that some of the text books in use were out of date. The chief features of the new syllabus which came into force at the beginning of the present year are that a portion and not the whole of the Four Books are taken; the deletion of Chinese Geography; reduction in the amount of Chinese History which is at the same time rendered more definite; the aim of the course to be a more practical knowledge of the written language; more up-to-date books; assumption of four years preliminary education. As far as it affects Classes 1 and 2, the new syllabus has been adopted by the University of Hong Kong for the Junior and Senior Local and Matriculation examinations.
47. For a number of years, promotion to Class 3 at Queen's College and King's College has been effected by one examination open to Class 4, not only in those schools but also in the four provided "District" Schools, Ellis Kadoorie, Yaumati, Wantsai, and the Indian School. With one new feature to which I will return below, the examination was conducted as usual in 1931. 296 boys were examined and 169 or 57% passed. The percentage of passes is not high, but the examination is to be regarded as a bar, and if a boy cannot cross it, it is a fair indication that no further direct expenditure of public money should be incurred in respect of his English education.
48. In my report last year, I stated that, in the interests of boys attending schools which are unable to maintain adequate senior school staffs, this examination would be thrown open to those attending any of the unprovided schools. Twenty-seven such candidates presented themselves in 1931, of whom eleven survived the preliminary examination. Of those who took the whole examination, four passed, and of these, three are now at Queen's College and one at King's College.
49. In past years, inspectors have had occasion to advise managers of private schools with slender resources not to try to maintain secondary departments for which no adequate teaching staff could be made available. The reply has been that there was nowhere else for their boys to go to continue their education. "Would Queen's College take them?" By throwing open the Class 4 examination of this Department to boys from the above schools, this difficulty is being met, and, although the response was small in 1931, as I expected it to be, I have no doubt that when the opportunity becomes known, full advantage will be taken of it. Already one head master has told me that he will discontinue his upper classes and prepare his boys in Class 4 for the entrance examination to Class 3 at Queen's College or King's College.
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Mr. Li Pak In, Head Master, Sai Nam Middle School. Mr. Liu Hoi Tung, Supervising Vernacular Master,
Queen's College.
Mr. W. Yu, B.A. (Oxon.), Inspector of Vernacular
Schools.
46. The committee found that the existing syllabus was too heavy and that some of the text books in use were out of date. The chief features of the new syllabus which came into force at the beginning of the present year are that a portion and not the whole of the Four Books are taken the deletion of Chinese Geography: reduction in the amount of Chinese History which is at the same time rendered more definite: the aim of the course to be a more practical knowledge of the written language: more up to date books: assumption of four years preliminary education. As far as it affects Classes 1 and 2 the new syllabus has been adopted by the University of Hong Kong for the Junior and Senior Local and Matriculation examinations.
47. For a number of years promotion to class 3 at Queen's College and King's College has been effected by one examination open to class 4, not only in those schools but also in the four provided" District" Schools, Ellis Kadoorie, Yaumati, Wantsai and the Indian School. With one new feature to which I will return below, the examination was conducted as usual in 1931. 296 boys were examined and 169 or 57% passed. The percent- age of passes is not high but the examination is to be regarded as a bar and if a boy cannot cross it, it is a fair indication that no further direct expenditure of public money should be incurred in respect of his English education.
48. In my report last year I stated that, in the interests of boys attending schools which are unable to maintain adequate senior school staffs this examination would be thrown open to those attending any of the unprovided schools. Twenty seven such candidates presented themselves in 1931 of whom eleven survived the preliminary examination. Of those who took the whole examination four passed and of these three are now at Queen's College and one at King's College.
49. In past years inspectors have had occasion to advise managers of private schools with slender resources not to trv to maintain secondary departments for which no adequate teach- ing staff could be made available. The reply has been that there was nowhere else for their boys to go to continue their education. "Would Queen's College take them?" By throw- ing open the Class 4 examination of this Department to boys from the above schools this difficulty is being met and, although the response was small in 1931, as I expected it to be, I have no doubt that when the opportunity becomes known full advantage will be taken of it. Already one head master has told me that he will discontinue his upper classes and prepare his boys in Class 4 for the entrance examination to Class 3 at Queen's College or King's College,
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