18. Non-Subsidized Schools.-Twenty-five of these schools closed during the year and forty-seven new schools were registered. With twenty-five transferred to, and two from the Subsidy List, the total at the end of the year was 58. Amongst the schools registered two were Night Schools, one at Tsuen Wan and the other at Cheung Chau. Unfortunately, the one at Tsuen Wan had a short life, closing before the end of the year.
19. School Gardening.-The New Territories Agricultural Association employs a man to tour the more accessible parts of the Territories in order to give instructive talks on Agricultural and Horticultural topics in the schools and to give practical instruction in vegetable gardening. Taking advantage of this, a few schools fortunate enough to have plots of ground for use as school gardens, are able to raise crops of tomatoes, carrots, cauliflowers, etc., by the labour of the pupils.
20. Sports. Some of the larger schools begin to have organised games; Volley Ball, Basket Ball, Association Football and Ping Pong are very keenly taken up.
21. Attendance.-The maximum enrolment in Subsidized Schools was 4,674 including 567 girls (4,327 with 551 girls in 1933) and in Non-Subsidized Schools, 1,535 including 316 girls (1,719 with 237 girls in 1933). The average attendance in Subsidized Schools was 4,126 and in Non-Subsidized Schools 1,209.
22. Scholarships.-Eleven scholarships tenable at Government English Schools were awarded to boys from Subsidized Schools. This number was selected from forty-one candidates who presented themselves for an Examination held in June in Chinese and General Intelligence, the younger boys being usually given the preference in the selection.
23. Every school has been visited at least once during the year.
March, 1935.
Y. P. LAW,
W. YU,
I. S. WAN,
S. W. LIANG,
Inspectors of Vernacular Schools.
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list on account of inefficiency, but 25 schools were newly sub- sidized, thus making the number 119 at the end of the year. The total subsidies paid out amounted to $19,345 working out to an average of $162.57 per school ($169.64 in 1933) or $4.10 per pupil (exactly the same as in 1933).
18. Non-Subsidized Schools.-Twenty-five of these schools closed during the year and forty-seven new schools were register- ed. With twenty-five transferred to, and two from the Subsidy List, the total at the end of the year was 58. Amongst the schools registered two were Night Schools, one at Tsuen Wan and the other at Cheung Chau. Unfortunately, the one at Tsuen Wan had a short life, closing before the end of the year.
19. School Gardening.-The New Territories Agricultural Association employs a man to tour the more accessible parts of the Territories in order to give instructive talks on Agricul- tural and Horticultural topics in the schools and to give practical instruction in vegetable gardening. Taking advantage of this, a few schools fortunate enough to have plots of ground for use as school gardens, are able to raise crops of tomatoes, carrots, cauliflowers, etc., by the labour of the pupils.
20. Sports. Some of the larger schools begin to have organised games; Volley Ball, Basket Ball, Association Football and Ping Pong are very keenly taken up.
21. Attendance.-The maximum enrolment in Subsidized Schools was 4,674 including 567 girls (4,327 with 551 girls in 1933) and in Non-Subsidized Schools, 1,535 including 316 girls (1,719 with 237 girls in 1933). The average attendance in Sub- sidized Schools was 4,126 and in Non-Subsidized Schools 1,209.
22. Scholarships.-Eleven scholarships tenable at Govern- ment English Schools were awarded to boys from Subsidized Schools. This number was selected from forty-one candidates who presented themselves for an Examination held in June in Chinese and General Intelligence, the younger boys being usually given the preference in the selection.
23. Every school has been visited at least once during the year.
March, 1935.
Y. P. LAW,
W. YU,
I. S. WAN,
S. W. LIANG,
Inspectors of Vernacular Schools.
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