43. It should be noted that 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 delayed.
PROVIDED SCHOOLS-ENGLISH.
44. There are eleven of these, among which is the "District" school for Indians where Urdu takes the place of Chinese. The total number enrolled in 1932 was 3627 as compared with 3578 in 1931.
45. 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 headmasters concerned. The new syllabus which came into force at the beginning of 1931 has reduced the number of new subjects to be encountered in Class 3.
46. In 1930 a Committee appointed to examine the then Chinese syllabus found that this was too heavy and that some of the text books in use were out of date.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 in 1932 are (a) that a portion and not the whole of the Four Books is taken: (b) the deletion of Chinese Geography: (c) a reduction in the amount of Chinese History which is at the same time rendered more definite: (d) the aim of the course to be a more practical knowledge of the written language: (e) the use of more up-to-date books: (f) the whole based on an assumption of four years' preliminary education. As far as it affected Class 1 and 2 the new syllabus has been accepted by the University of Hong Kong for the Junior and Senior Local Examinations and the Matriculation Examination.
47. The Examination for promotion to Class 3 at Queen's College and King's College which is now open to all schools of the Colony was conducted as usual in 1932. 357 boys were examined and 225 passed or 63%. The number of entries from non-Government schools was very disappointing as only one candidate presented himself.
48. The total number enrolled in the four Lower Grade Schools was 374 as compared with 418 in 1931.
49. The three rural English schools were established with the intention of giving a wider opportunity to the country boy but they present a problem which is not peculiar to this colony. It is not practicable to confine attendance to boys who, by their economic circumstances or their ability to win scholarships, will continue their English education elsewhere to the stage where it
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43. It should be noted that 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 neglected or delayed.
PROVIDED SCHOOLS-ENGLISH.
44. There are eleven of these, among which is the "District' school for Indians where Urdu takes the place of Chinese. The total number enrolled in 1932 was 3627 as compared with 3578 in 1931.
45. 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 Com- mittee consisting of the Inspector of English Schools and the six headmasters concerned. The new syllabus which came into force at the beginning of 1931 has reduced the number of new subjects to be encountered in Class 3.
46. In 1930 a Committee appointed to examine the then Chinese syllabus found that this 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 in 1932 are (a) that a portion and not the whole of the Four Books is taken: (b) the deletion of Chinese Geography: (c) a reduction in the amount of Chinese History which is at the same time rendered more definite: (d) the aim of course to be a more practical knowledge of the written language: (e) the use of more up-to-date books: (f) the whole based on an assumption of four years' preliminary education. As far as it affected Class 1 and 2 the new syllabus has been accepted by the University of Hong Kong for the Junior and Senior Local Examinations and the Matriculation Examina- tion.
47. The Examination for promotion to Class 3 at Queen's College and King's College which is now open to all schools of the Colony was conducted as usual in 1932. 357 boys were examined and 225 passed or 63%. The number of entries from non-Government schools was very disappointing as only one candidate presented himself.
48. The total number enrolled in the four Lower Grade Schools was 374 as compared with 418 in 1931.
49. The three rural English schools were established with the intention of giving a wider opportunity to the country boy but they present a problem which is not peculiar to this colony. It is not practicable to confine attendance to boys who, by their economic circumstances or their ability to win scholarships, will continue their English education elsewhere to the stage where it
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