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There are fourteen Government English Schools (i.e. schools in which English is the medium of instruction) of which four are for British pupils, though other European children may be admitted if vacancies are available. These are all primary schools with the exception of the Central British School which comprises both primary and secondary classes. The remaining three British Schools have, in addition, an infants' department. Of the other English schools, three are for secondary education, two for boys and one for girls, each having a primary department attached. The other Government English Schools are all primary, one of them being reserved for the education of Indians. The Government also provides four vernacular schools (i.e. schools in which Chinese is the medium of instruction). Of these one is a primary school, two are for training vernacular teachers, and one comprises both secondary classes and normal classes. There are two English vocational Schools, the Junior Technical School and the Trade School. In the latter, classes have been started in Wireless Telegraphy, Building and Engineering.
The English Grant Schools number sixteen, eight for boys and eight for girls, the latter admitting boys to the lower classes. The majority of these schools are managed by religious bodies. The sixteen schools provide both secondary and primary education, with the exception of two girls' schools, one of which is infant and primary, and the other infant.
There are three Upper Grade Vernacular Grant Schools, two conducted by the Church Missionary Society and one by the London Missionary Society.
A total of 1,243 institutions were under the control of the Education Department at the end of 1938, while there were six exempted schools. The number of pupils on the rolls of these schools was 103,564 and 570 respectively.
The Evening Institute, controlled directly by the Education Department, provides classes at seven centres in the following subjects:-English, Field Surveying, Building, Engineering, Ship-building, Pedagogy (English and Vernacular), Book-Keeping, Shorthand, and Physical Instruction. 1,243 students were enrolled in these classes during 1938.
At present the training of teachers for English schools is carried out in the Education Group of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, and in the Teachers' Classes of the Evening Institute. At the end of 1938 there were sixty-six students in the Education Department of the University of whom nineteen held Government Educational Scholarships which are awarded annually. Teachers' Classes in the Evening Institute provide a three-year course. The Training of Vernacular Teachers is undertaken in the following four institutions:-
(a) The Evening Institute.
(b) The Normal School for Men at the Vernacular Middle School.
(c) The Vernacular Normal School for Women.
(d) The Vernacular Normal School at Taipo (New Territories).
It is proposed that a new Teachers' Training College shall be opened during the course of the present year.
There are in the Colony four orphanages and one home for incurables and aged women, all of which are controlled by religious communities. There are two industrial schools which are under the control of the Salesian Institute.
The School Health Branch of the Medical Department came into being in 1925 when a Medical Officer for Schools was appointed. This has now been expanded and consists of a European Health Officer for Schools, two Chinese Medical Officers, one European Lady Medical Officer (part-time) and five nurses.
Three school clinics and two special centres for the treatment of eye, throat and nose defects have been established. Pupils in Government and Grant-in-Aid Schools are now medically examined initially and periodically through their school career, while the provision of free spectacles for those requiring them has been made possible.
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There are fourteen Government English Schools (i.e. schools in which English is the medium of instruction) of which four are for British pupils, though other European children may be admitted if vacancies are available. These are all primary schools with the exception of the Central British School which comprises both primary and secondary classes. The remaining three British Achools have, in addition, an infants' department. Of the other English schools, three are for secondary education, two for boys and one for girls, each having a primary department attached. The other Government English Schools are all primary, one of them being reserved for the education of Indians. The Government also provides four vernacular schools (i.e. schools in which Chinese is the medium of instruction). Of these one is a primary school, two are for training vernacular teachers, and one comprises both secondary classes and normal classes. There are two English vocational Schools, the Junior Technical School and the Trade School. In the latter, classes have been started in Wireless Telegraphy, Building and Engineering.
The English Grant Schools number sixteen, eight for boys and eight for girls, the latter admitting boys to the lower classes. The majority of these schools are managed by religious bodies. The sixteen schools provide both secondary and primary education, with the exception of two girls' schools, one of which is infant and primary, and the other infant.
There are three Upper Grade Vernacular Grant Schools, two conducted by the Church Missionary Society and one by the London Missionary Society.
A total of 1,243 institutions were under the control of the Education Department at the end of 1938, while there were six exempted schools. The number of pupils on the rolls of these schools was 103,564 and 570 respectively.
The Evening Institute, controlled directly by the Education Department, provides classes at seven centres in the following subjects:-English, Field Surveying, Building, Engineering, Ship-building, Pedagogy (English and Vernacular), Book- Keeping, Shorthand, and Physical Instruction. 1,243 students were enrolled in these
classes during 1938.
At present the training of teachers for English schools is carried out in the Education Group of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, and in the Teachers' Classes of the Evening Institute. At the end of 1938 there were sixty-six students in the Education Department of the University of whom nineteen held Government Educational Scholarships which are awarded annually. Teachers' Classes in the Evening Institute provide a three-year course. The Training of Vernacular Teachers is undertaken in the following four institutions:-
(a) The Evening Institute.
(b) The Normal School for Men at the Vernacular Middle School.
(c) The Vernacular Normal School for Women.
(d) The Vernacular Normal School at Taipo (New Territories).
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It is proposed that a new Teachers' Training College shall be opened during the course of the present year.
There are in the Colony four orphanages and one home for incurables and aged women, all of which are controlled by religious communities. There are two industrial schools which are under the control of the Salesian Institute.
The School Health Branch of the Medical Department came into being in 1925 when a Medical Officer for Schools was appointed. This has now been expanded and consists of a European Health Officer for Schools, two Chinese Medical Officers, one European Lady Medical Officer (part-time) and five nurses.
Three school clinics and two special centres for the treatment of eye, throat and nose defects have been established. Pupils in Government and Grant-in-Aid Schools are now medically examined initially and periodically through their school career, while the provision of free spectacles for those requiring them has been made possible.
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