# Chapter VI.
POST SECONDARY EDUCATION.
1. There is no post-secondary education institution under direct control of the Education Department.
2. The University of Hong Kong, opened in 1911, fulfils the need for post-secondary education for students from local schools. Students are admitted to the University into the faculties of Arts, Medicine and Engineering on the results of the University matriculation examination.
# Chapter VII.
TRAINING OF TEACHERS, MALE-TRAINING SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Trained teachers fall into four groups:-
(1) those possessing a certificate recognised by the English Board of Education;
(2) graduates from the education faculty of the University of Hong Kong;
(3) those who have passed through one or other of the Government Vernacular normal schools;
(4) those who have satisfactorily attended either English or vernacular normal classes at the Evening Institute.
(a) Teachers Training College.
In September, 1939, the Teachers Training College was opened in temporary quarters, but plans have been prepared and tenders received for a new building which should be ready for occupation by September, 1940. The College provides a two-year course in educational and academic subjects under a staff which, at present, consists of the Principal and a graduate vernacular master, together with 14 visiting lecturers who are on the staffs of local Government schools.
There are, at present, two classes: an Anglo-Chinese class which is taught through the medium of English and a vernacular class which is taught in Cantonese. There were twenty-four students in each class in 1939, half the number being men.
Candidates for entrance to the Anglo-Chinese class must have passed the Hong Kong University matriculation examination or its equivalent and those for the vernacular class must have successfully completed the higher middle school course of a recognised school. Candidates were selected by interview and in addition to academic qualifications, appearance, standard of English speech and athletic ability were taken into account: before final acceptance passing of a medical examination was necessary. During the two-year course, which is free, each student receives a subsistence allowance of $20 (£1.5s) per month and in certain circumstances may be provided with free books.
The course includes study of method, psychology, mathematics, English, Chinese, geography, history, nature study, hygiene, domestic science (for women), handwork, music and art. All students are required to do 2 hours physical education each week.
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Chapter VI.
POST SECONDARY EDUCATION.
1. There is no post-secondary education institution under direct control of the Education Department.
2. The University of Hong Kong, opened in 1911, fulfils the need for post-secondary education for students from local schools. Students are admitted to the University into the faculties of Arts, Medicine and Engineering on the results of the University matriculation examination.
Chapter VII.
TRAINING OF TEACHERS, MALE-TRAINING SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Trained teachers fall into four groups:-
(1) those possessing a certificate recognised by the English Board of
Education;
(2) graduates from the education faculty of the University of Hong
Kong;
(3) those who have passed through one or other of the Government
Vernacular normal schools;
(4) those who have satisfactorily attended either English or vernacular
normal classes at the Evening Institute.
(a) Teachers Training College.
In September, 1939, the Teachers Training College was opened in temporary quarters, but plans have been prepared and tenders received for a new building which should be ready for occupation by September, 1940. The College provides a two year course in educational and academic subjects under a staff which, at present, consists of the Principal and a graduate vernacular master, together with 14 visiting lecturers who are on the staffs of local Government schools.
There are, at present, two classes: an Anglo-Chinese class which is taught through the medium of English and a vernacular class which is taught in Cantonese. There were twenty-four students in each class in 1939, half the number being men.
Candidates for entrance to the Anglo-Chinese class must have passed the Hong Kong University matriculation examination or its equivalent and those for the vernacular class must have successfully completed the higher middle school course of a recognised school. Candidates were selected by interview and in addition to academic qualifications, appearance, standard of English speech and athletic ability were taken into account: before final acceptance passing of a medical examination was necessary. During the two-year course, which is free, each student receives a subsistence allowance of $20 (£1.5s) per month and in certain circumstances may be provided with free books.
The course includes study of method, psychology, mathematics, English, Chinese, geography, history, nature study, hygiene, domestic science (for women), handwork, music and art. All students are required to do 2 hours physical education each week.
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