# Chapter IV.
## PRIMARY EDUCATION-Boys.
1. Schools for Europeans:-
The schools for Europeans fall into three groups:
(i) Military schools.
(ii) Government schools.
(iii) Private (unaided) schools.
(i) Military Schools. The Government schools and private schools are inspected by Government inspectors but the military schools are independent of the Hong Kong Government, being staffed by members of the Army Education Service under the supervision of an officer who, hitherto, has served on the Board of Education. These military schools, of which there were 6 in 1939, provide a primary education for the children of garrison families; they are mixed schools. Eight Government Free Scholarships tenable at the Central British School are awarded annually at these schools on the results of the annual examination.
(ii) Government Schools. As in 1938 there were three purely primary schools for European boys and girls of ages five to nine, one being situated on the Peak, one at Quarry Bay and the other in Kowloon. Arrangements were made with the bus companies to provide special school buses to transport children living at a distance. The fees at these schools were $105 per annum at the Peak School and $60 per annum at the other two schools. Most of the teachers at these schools were holders of National Froebel Union higher certificates. The salary for permanent European mistresses is £330-£700 per annum (attained after 20 years service), with posts of senior mistress at £750 per annum. Ordinarily no pupil may remain at one of these junior schools when over ten years of age.
For those children who wish to continue their education in Hong Kong after this age Government provides the Central British School, Kowloon, in which there are two "Remove" classes for those children who:-
(a) are too old to remain at, or to be admitted to the junior schools.
(b) cannot immediately be placed in the other primary school forms owing to temporary lack of accommodation,
(c) require individual tuition to prepare them for higher forms.
During the winter, when there is morning and afternoon school and children have insufficient time to return home in the tiffin interval, lunches are provided in the dining hall at a low charge by the manager of the tuck shop; accommodation is also available for those children who bring their own food. More information concerning the Central British School will be found in Chapter V.
(iii) Private Schools. The American missionary school at Cheung-chau-an island ten miles from the centre of Hong Kong for children evacuated from North China owing to the Sino-Japanese hostilities continued as in 1938. The syllabus followed the American system from grade school to high school, and the subjects taken included Latin, biology, economics, French and German, English, mathematics, art, history, civics and geography. It had a maximum enrolment of 35 during the year, including both boys and girls.
The other private schools for Europeans were three kindergartens with a combined enrolment of 35.
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Chapter IV.
PRIMARY EDUCATION-Boys.
1. Schools for Europeans:-
The schools for Europeans fall into three groups:
(i) Military schools.
(ii) Government schools.
(i) Private (unaided) schools.
(i) Military Schools. The Government schools and private schools are inspected by Government inspectors but the military schools are independent of the Hong Kong Government, being staffed by members of the Army Education Service under the supervision of an officer who, hitherto, has served on the Board of Education. These military schools, of which there were 6 in 1939, provide a primary education for the children of garrison families; they are mixed schools. Eight Government Free Scholarships tenable at the Central British School are awarded annually at these schools on the results of the annual examination.
(ii) Government Schools. As in 1938 there were three purely primary schools for European boys and girls of ages five to nine, one being situated on the Peak, one at Quarry Bay and the other in Kowloon. Arrangements were made with the bus companies to provide special school buses to transport children living at a distance. The fees at these schools were $105 per annum at the Peak School and $60 per annum at the other two schools. Most of the teachers at these schools were holders of National Froebal Union higher certificates. The salary for permanent European mistresses is £330-£700 per annum (attained after 20 years service), with posts of senior mistress at £750 per annum. Ordinarily no pupil may remain at one of these junior schools when over ten years of age.
For those children who wish to continue their education in Hong Kong after this age Government provides the Central British School, Kowloon, in which there are two "Remove" classes for those children who:-
(a) are too old to remain at, or to be admitted to the junior schools.
(b) cannot immediately be placed in the other primary school forms
owing to temporary lack of accommodation,
(c) require individual tuition to prepare them for higher forms.
During the winter, when there is morning and afternoon school and children have insufficient time to return home in the tiffin interval, lunches are provided in the dining hall at a low charge by the manager of the tuck shop; accom- modation is also available for those children who bring their own food. More information concerning the Central British School will be found in Chapter V.
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(ii) Private Schools. The American missionary school at Cheung-chau-an island ten miles from the centre of Hong Kong for children evacuated from North China owing to the Sino-Japanese hostilities continued as in 1938. syllabus followed the American system from grade school to high school, and the subjects taken included Latin, biology, economics, French and German, English, mathematics, art, history, civics and geography. It had a maximum enrolment of 35 during the year, including both boys and girls.
The other private schools for Europeans were three kindergartens with a combined enrolment of 35.
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