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(d) Accommodation in Vernacular Schools.
Accommodation figures given below are based on the requirements of the regulations made under the Education Ordinance 1913 which were in force during 1939. In each classroom, superficial area of 9 square feet per pupil was required. Under the regulations which came into force on January 1st, the superficial area must be 10 square feet per pupil, exclusive of a space three feet wide along the wall facing the class.
As would be expected, grant schools, all of which occupy buildings erected for school purposes, provided more space per pupil than any others. These had accommodation for 3,450 pupils; the maximum number of pupils in attendance during the year was 1,144, but these figures are exaggerated by St. Paul's Girls' School which, with accommodation for over 1,000 pupils, had a maximum enrolment of 231.
The subsidized and non-subsidized schools may be grouped into three classes as regards their accommodation:
1.
(a) schools occupying premises erected and designed for school purposes.
(b) schools occupying the whole of a private house adapted for school purposes.
(c) schools occupying part, e.g., one or more floors, or one or more rooms, of a tenement house.
Urban Areas.
(a) There were 7 subsidized schools and 8 non-subsidized schools occupying premises erected and designed for school purposes. Together, the subsidized schools had accommodation for 1,460 pupils and a maximum enrolment during the year of 1,214. The total accommodation in the 8 non-subsidized schools was 3,183 compared with a maximum enrolment of 2,699.
(b) In adapted whole houses, 8 subsidized schools had accommodation for 3,320 and a maximum enrolment of 2,947, whilst 21 non-subsidized schools had accommodation for 8,131 and a maximum enrolment of 6,858.
(c) Occupying parts of tenement buildings were 140 subsidized schools with the maximum enrolment equal to the accommodation which was 12,079, and 735 non-subsidized schools with accommodation for 52,847 and a maximum enrolment of 52,847.
2. Rural Areas.
In rural areas, all available space was occupied and in very few cases did the space per pupil exceed the 9 square feet required.
(a) In premises specially constructed, 12 subsidized schools had accommodation for 865 and 4 non-subsidized schools had accommodation for 321.
(b) 93 subsidized schools and 66 non-subsidized schools occupying adapted whole buildings had accommodation for 5,291 and 4,087 respectively.
(c) Occupying parts of tenement houses were 16 subsidized schools having accommodation for 1,298, and 11 non-subsidized schools with accommodation for 497.
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(d) Accommodation in Vernacular Schools.
Accommodation figures given below are based on the requirements of the regulations made under the Education Ordinance 1913 which were in force during 1939. In each class room superficial area of 9 square feet per pupil was required. Under the regulations which come into force on January 1st, the superficial area. must be 10 square feet per pupil, exclusive of a space three feet wide along the wall facing the class.
As would be expected, grant schools, all of which occupy buildings erected for school purposes, provided more space per pupil than any others. These had accommodation for 3,450 pupils; the maximum number of pupils in attendance during the year was 1,144, but these figures are exaggerated by St. Paul's Girls' School which, with accommodation for over 1,000 pupils, had a maximum enrolment of 231.
The subsidized and non-subsidized schools may be grouped in three classes as regards their accommodation:
1.
(a) schools occupying premises erected and designed for school purposes.
(b) schools occupying the whole of a private house adapted for school
purposes.
(c) schools occupying part, e.g. one or more floors, or one or more rooms,
of a tenement house.
Urban Areas.
(a) There were 7 subsidized schools and 8 non-subsidized schools occupying premises erected and designed for schools purposes. Together, the subsidized schools had accommodation for 1,460 pupils and a maximum enrolment during the year of 1,214. The total accommodation in the 8 non-subsidized schools was 3,183 compared with a maximum enrolment of 2,699.
(b) In adapted whole houses 8 subsidized schools had accommodation for 3,320 and a maximum enrolment of 2,947, whilst 21 non-subsidized schools had accommodation for 8,131 and a maximum enrolment of 6,858.
(c) Occupying parts of tenement buildings were 140 subsidized schools with the maximum enrolment equal to the accommodation which was 12,079, and 735 non-subsidized schools with accommodation for 52,847 and a maximum enrolment of 52,847.
2. Rural Areas.
In rural areas all available space was occupied and in very few cases did the space per pupil exceed the 9 square feet required.
(a) In premises specially constructed 12 subsidized schools had accom- modation for 865 and 4 non-subsidized schools had accommodation for 321.
(b) 93 subsidized schools and 66 non-subsidized schools occupying adapted whole buildings had accommodation for 5,291 and 4,087 respectively.
(c) Occupying parts of tenement houses were 16 subsidized schools having accommodation for 1,298, and 11 non-subsidized schools with accom- modation for 497.
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