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COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony, excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Territories, are :----
Total. Number of Pupils in English Schools. Number of Pupils in Vernacular Schools. Government Schools 2,076 85 2,161 Military Schools 116 116 Excluded Private Schools 580 580 Grant Schools 2,137 2,192 4,329 Controlled Private Schools 2,075 8,790 10,865 Controlled Private Schools, New Territories 852 852 **Technical Institute.. 478 478 Total 7,462 11,919 19,381The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese and four District Schools, its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance. Kowloon School and Victoria School for children of British parentage have an average attendance of about 120. There is also a small school for the children of the Peak District. The Diocesan School and Orphanage, St. Joseph's College, and the Ellis Kadoorie School are important boys' schools. The Italian, French, and St. Mary's Convents, and the Diocesan Girls' School are the most important of the English Grant Schools.
The Hongkong Technical Institute affords an opportunity for higher education to students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1914 in Mathematics, Machine Drawing, and Building Construction; in Chemistry, Physics, and Electricity; in Commercial English, Logic, and Political Economy; in French, Shorthand, and Book-keeping. Classes in Sanitation (Public Hygiene) and First Aid to the Injured are also held, the examinations being conducted under the auspices of the Royal Sanitary Institute, London, and of the St. John's Ambulance Association respectively. Classes for men and women teachers are a feature of the Institute.
The Lecturers are recruited from the members of the medical and educational faculties of the Colony, and from the Department of Public Works, and receive fees for their services. The Institute is furnished with a well-equipped chemical laboratory and excellent physical apparatus.
While the Technical Institute has suffered in several directions from the activity of the University, it continues to perform many useful functions of its own. The Normal Classes for men and women, the Shorthand, Mathematics, and English Classes were all well attended, as also a "First Aid" Class.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony, excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Territories,
are :----
Government Schools
Military Schools
Excluded Private Schools
•
Number of Pupils in
Total.
English
Vernacular
Schools.
Schools.
2,076
85
2,161
116
116
580
580
2,137
2,192
4,329
*
2,075
8,790
10,865
852
852
478
478
Grant Schools
Controlled Private Schools
Controlled Private Schools, New
Territories
**
Technical Institute..
Total
7,462
11,919
19,381
The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese and four District Schools, its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance. Kowloon School and Victoria School for children of British parentage have an average attendance of about 120. There is also a small school for the children of the Peak District. The Diocesan School and Orphanage, St. Joseph's College, and the Ellis Kadoorie School are important boys' schools. The Italian, French, and St. Mary's Convents, and the Diocesan Girls' School are the most important of the English Grant Schools.
The Hongkong Technical Institute affords an opportunity for higher education to students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1914 in Mathematics, Machine Drawing, and Building Con- struction; in Chemistry, Physics, and Electricity; in Commercial English, Logic, and Political Economy; in French, Shorthand, and Book-keeping. Classes in Sanitation (Public Hygiene) and First Aid to the Injured are also held, the examinations being conducted under the auspices of the Royal Sanitary Institute, London, and of the St. John's Ambulance Association respectively. Classes for men and women teachers are a feature of the Institute.
The Lecturers are recruited from the members of the medical and educational faculties of the Colony, and from the Department of Public Works, and receive fees for their services. The Institute is furnished with a well equipped chemical laboratory and excellent physical apparatus.
While the Technical Institute has suffered in several directions from the activity of the University, it continues to perform many useful functions of its own. The Normal Classes for men and women, the Shorthand, Mathematics, and English Classes were all well attended, as also a "First Aid" Class.
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