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# SCHOOLS FOR Girls.
76. Of the 68,593 children under instruction in the schools of the colony during 1931, 21,077, or rather more than 30% of the whole, were attending schools for girls or were girls attending mixed schools.
The following figures show comparison with 1930.
(a) In provided schools........ 1930. 1931. In aided schools.......... 1,225 1,210 In unaided schools 9,470 9,918 7,441 9,949 18,136 21,077 (b) In vernacular schools 14,806 17,877 In English schools 3,330 3,200 18,136 21,07777. Of the 1,210 girls attending provided schools, 260 were in the mixed schools for British children. The Technical Institute accounted for 220 (an increase of 35). There were 169 in attendance at the Vernacular Normal School for Women, and the remainder were at the Belilios Public School which had the highest numbers of any girls school in the colony.
78. The 130 girls attending the two Garrison schools, classed in Table I as "not controlled" are included in the above figures under unaided schools.
79. The girls attending various schools had, as in former years, the opportunity of participating in Girl Guide activities. There were Companies of Guides at the Central British School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul's College for Girls, Italian Convent School and the Diocesan Girls' School. There were Brownie Packs at Quarry Bay School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul's College for Girls, Italian Convent School and the Diocesan Girls' School. A Company of Rangers consisting of ex-pupils of various schools continued to use the Central British School as a meeting place. Altogether in the eighteen Companies and Packs there were 328 girls. The Prince of Wales' Banner Competition was won for the second year in succession by the 3rd Hong Kong Company (Belilios Public School), the Central British and Diocesan Girls' Schools being close runners-up. The annual S.P.C.A. Essay competition in which three Guides from each Company competed, was won by the 5th Hong Kong Company (Italian Convent School). The Brownie Totem Competition was won by the 2nd Kowloon Pack (Diocesan Girls' School), the 4th Hong Kong Pack (St. Paul's College for Girls) being second.
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SCHOOLS FOR Girls.
76. Of the 68,593 children under instruction in the schools of the colony during 1931, 21,077, or rather more than 30% of the whole, were attending schools for girls or were girls attending mixed schools.
The following figures show comparison with 1930.
(a) In provided schools........
In aided schools..........
In unaided schools
1930.
1931.
1,225 1,210
9,470 9,918
7,441
9,949
18,136 21,077
(b) In vernacular schools
In English schools
14,806 17,877
3,330 3,200
18,136 21,077
77. Of the 1,210 girls attending provided schools, 260 were in the mixed schools for British children. The Technical In- stitute accounted for 220 (an increase of 35). There were 169 in attendance at the Vernacular Normal School for Women, and the remainder were at the Belilios Public School which lad the highest numbers of any girls school in the colony.
78. The 130 girls attending the two Garrison schools, classed in Table I as "not controlled" are included in the above figures under unaided schools.
79. The girls attending various schools had, as in former years the opportunity of participating in Girl Guide activities. There were Companies of Guides at the Central British School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul's College for Girls, Italian Convent School and the Diocesan Girls' School. There were Brownie Packs at Quarry Bay School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul's College for Girls, Italian Convent School and the Diocesan Girls' School. A Company of Rangers consisting of ex-pupils of various schools continued to use the Central British School as a meeting place. Altogether in the eighteen Com- panies and Packs there were 328 girls. The Prince of Wales' Banner Competition was won for the second year in succession by the 3rd Hong Kong Company (Belilios Public School), the Central British and Diocesan Girls' Schools being close runners- up. The annual S.P.C.A. Essay competition in which three Guides from each Company competed, was won by the 5th Hong Kong Company (Italian Convent School). The Brownie Totem Competition was won by the 2nd Kowloon Pack (Diocesan Girls' School) the 4th Hong Kong Pack (St. Paul's College for Girls) being second.
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