(c) Unaided.
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55. Day Schools.-There were 52 unaided day schools as against 50 in the previous year. The total number of pupils enrolled was 3,644 including 234 girls as against 3,349 with 239 girls in 1936.
56. Amongst these schools, 3 are Roman Catholic Theological Colleges, of which two are exempted from supervision, 3 are Commercial Schools, one is a trade school, 2 are infant schools for European children and 8 are schools for Chinese girls.
57. The unaided schools for Chinese students serve the purpose of admitting those who cannot gain admittance in a Government or Grant-in-Aid School. Unfortunately the unattractive remunerations offered by these institutions to their teaching staffs usually do not obtain for them the right type of teachers, while the make-shift premises are not congenial to school work; under such present conditions, the average standard of these schools cannot be expected to be satisfactory.
58. The requirement of physical education in the curriculum enforced by the Examination Syndicate, has done a great deal of good to the few unaided schools which prepare candidates for the School Leaving Certificate Examination.
59. Night Schools.-The number of night schools was 74, two more than in the previous year. The total enrolment was 2,585 and the average attendance was 1,929. A small number of these schools teach commercial subjects as Type-writing, Shorthand, etc., the rest teach Elementary English.
C. G. SOLLIS,
J. RALSTON,
Inspectors of English Schools.
I. S. WAN,
Inspector of Private English Schools.
(c) Unaided.
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55. Day Schools.-There were 52 unaided day schools as against 50 in the previous year. The total number of pupils enrolled was 3,644 including 234 girls as against 3,349 with 239 girls in 1936.
56. Amongst these schools, 3 are Roman Catholic Theological Colleges, of which two are exempted from supervision, 3 are Commercial Schools, one is a trade school, 2 are infant schools for European children and 8 are schools for Chinese girls.
57. The unaided schools for Chinese students serve the purpose of admitting those who cannot gain admittance in a Government or Grant-in-Aid School. Unfortunately the un- attractive renumerations offered by these institutions to their teaching staffs usually do not obtain for them the right type of teachers, while the make-shift premises are not congenial to school work; under such present conditions, the average standard of these schools cannot be expected to be satisfactory.
58. The requirement of physical education in the curriculum enforced by the Examination Syndicate, has done a great deal of good to the few unaided schools which prepare candidates for the School Leaving Certificate Examination.
59. Night Schools.-The number of night schools was 74, two more than in the previous year. The total enrolment was 2,585 and the average attendance was 1,929. A small number of these schools teach commercial subjects as Type-writing, Shorthand, etc., the rest teach Elementary English.
C. G. SOLLIS,
J. RALSTON,
Inspectors of English Schools.
I. S. WAN,
Inspector of Private English Schools.
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