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control of the Director of Education and 6 exempted schools. The total enrolment in all schools was 104,134 of which 34,341 were girls. This represents 32.97% of the total enrolment. These are divided as follows.
1937 1938 (a) In provided schools 1,275 1,480 In aided schools 11,014 11,661 In unaided schools 16,271 21,200 28,560 34,341 (b) In Vernacular Schools. 23,975 29,366 In English Schools 4,585 4,975 28,560 34,3412. Primary. (a) Provided. Government provides three mixed primary schools for children of British European parentage attended during 1938 by 162 girls. Children of non-British European parentage are admitted to these schools subject to vacancies occurring. There is also a primary division for British children in the Central British School. For Chinese girls there is an infants and primary department attached to the Belilios Public School. Twelve scholarships from private Vernacular schools are tenable at this school annually.
(b) Grant-in-Aid Schools. The grants paid by Government are on a capitation basis, $35 per annum per girl in average attendance at the English schools and $14 per annum at the Higher Grade Vernacular Schools. There are eight English Grant schools for girls, six of which have infant and primary departments in addition to secondary divisions. Of the remaining two, one is both primary and infants, the other for infants only. These schools are conducted by the Church of England, the London Missionary Society and Roman Catholic Missions.
Three Higher Grade Vernacular Girls Grant schools, controlled by the Church Missionary Society or the London Missionary Society, provide primary education. The enrolment was 1,202, including 104 boys under twelve years of age.
(c) Other Schools. Five mixed Garrison Schools accommodated 177 girls in 1938. These schools are not under the control of the Director of Education but eight Government Free Scholarships are awarded annually to these schools and are tenable at the Central British School.
3. Secondary. The Central British School (mixed) for British children and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls are provided by Government and are English schools. The Vernacular Normal School for Women gives a three year (previously four year) course for 182 Chinese girls.
Six English and three Vernacular Grant-in-Aid schools provide secondary education for girls, as also do a small percentage of the 292 subsidized and non-subsidized but inspected Vernacular schools. 6,794 girls received secondary education in 15 schools maintained or aided by Government during 1938.
The curriculum for girls follows much the same lines as that for boys. In the Hong Kong School Certificate syllabus Domestic Science has been added to the Science section, and Botany is also a popular subject for girls.
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control of the Director of Education and 6 exempted schools. The total enrolment in all schools was 104,134 of which 34,341 were girls. This represents 32.97% of the total enrolment. These are divided as follows.
1937.
1938.
(a) In provided schools
1,275
1,480
In aided schools
11,014
11,661
In unaided schools
16,271
21,200
28,560
34,341
(b) In Vernacular Schools.
23,975
29,366
In English Schools
4,585
4,975
28,560
34,341
2. Primary. (a) Provided. Government provides three mixed primary schools for children of British European parentage attended during 1938 by 162 girls. Children of non-British European parentage are admitted to these schools subject to vacancies occurring. There is also a primary division for British children in the Central British School. For Chinese girls there is an infants and primary department attached to the Belilios Public School. Twelve scholarships from private Vernacular schools are tenable at this school annually.
(b) Grant-in-Aid Schools. The grants paid by Government are on a capitation basis, $35 per annum per girl in average attendance at the English schools and $14 per annum at the Higher Grade Vernacular Schools. There are eight English Grant schools for girls, six of which have infant and primary departments in addition to secondary divisions. Of the remaining two, one is both primary and infants, the other for infants only. These schools are conducted by the Church of England, the London Missionary Society and Roman Catholic Missions.
Three Higher Grade Vernacular Girls Grant schools, controlled by the Church Missionary Society or the London Missionary Society, provide primary education. The enrolment was 1,202, including 104 boys under twelve years of age.
(c) Other Schools. Five mixed Garrison Schools accommodated 177 girls in 1938. These schools are not under the control of the Director of Education but eight Government Free Scholarships are awarded annually to these schools and are tenable at the Central British School.
3. Secondary. The Central British School (mixed) for British children and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls are provided by Government and are English schools. The Vernacular Normal School for Women gives a three year (previously four year) course for 182 Chinese girls.
Six English and three Vernacular Grant-in-Aid schools provide secondary education for girls, as also do a small percentage of the 292 subsidized and non- subsidized but inspected Vernacular schools. 6,794 girls received secondary education in 15 schools maintained or aided by Government during 1938.
The curriculum for girls follows much the same lines as that for boys. In the Hong Kong School Certificate syllabus Domestic Science has been added to the Science section, and Botany is also a popular subject for girls.
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