EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG.
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1939.
PART I.
PREFACE.
[Please see Part I of the Report for 1938]
PART II.
Chapter I.
OUTSTANDING EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
1. The continued unsettled condition in China caused by the Sino-Japanese conflict was responsible for a further influx of both Chinese and Europeans, and the maximum enrolment in all classes of schools reached the new record of 118,193, an increase of 14,059 over the enrolment of the previous year, which was itself a record.
2. The Teachers Training College was opened on 18th September; at present it is housed in temporary quarters but new buildings are expected to be ready by September, 1940.
3. In consequence of the opening of the Teachers Training College, no new normal classes were formed at the Vernacular Normal and Middle School and the Vernacular Normal School for Women. These two schools, which are in process of being converted into ordinary vernacular schools without normal classes, have been renamed Saiyingpun Vernacular School for Boys and Eastern District Vernacular School for Girls.
4. After the outbreak of war in September, 1939 the work of the Department and the schools was handicapped by changes of staff; a number of teachers were employed on defence duties, and temporary substitutes had to be engaged to fill the vacancies.
Chapter II.
LEGISLATION, ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL.
I. Legislation.
A revised edition of the Education Ordinance 1913 was published during the year, but no considerable amendments were made. A new set of regulations under the Ordinance was passed during the year, to come into force on 1st January, 1940; these new regulations prescribe a more satisfactory standard of sanitation and hygiene and lay down minimum qualifications for teachers of English.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG.
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1939.
PART I.
PREFACE.
[Please see Part I of the Report for 1938]
PART II.
Chapter I.
OUTSTANDING EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
1. The continued unsettled condition in China caused by the Sino-Japanese conflict was responsible for a further influx of both Chinese and Europeans, and the maximum enrolment in all classes of schools reached the new record of 118,193, an increase of 14,059 over the enrolment of the previous year, which was itself a record.
2. The Teachers Training College was opened on 18th September; at present it is housed in temporary quarters but new buildings are expected to be ready by September, 1940.
3. In consequence of the opening of the Teachers Training College, no new normal classes were formed at the Vernacular Normal and Middle School and the Vernacular Normal School for Women. These two schools, which are in process of being converted into ordinary vernacular schools without normal classes, have been renamed Saiyingpun Vernacular School for Boys and Eastern District Vernacular School for Girls.
4. After the outbreak of war in September, 1939 the work of the Depart- ment and the schools was handicapped by changes of staff; a number of teachers were employed on defence duties, and temporary substitutes had to be engaged to fill the vacancies.
Chapter II.
LEGISLATION, ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL.
I. Legislation.
A revised edition of the Education Ordinance 1913 was published during the year, but no considerable amendments were made. A new set of regulations under the Ordinance was passed during the year, to come into force on 1st January, 1940; these new regulations prescribe a more satisfactory standard of sanitation and hygiene and lay down minimum qualifications for teachers of English.
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