CO129-311 - Acting Governor Major Gen Sir Gascoigne - 1902 [5-7] — Page 133

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VIII.

His Lordship's responsibility for the Report is therefore confined to Part II and the first few pages of Part I. The rest of Part I and most of Part III and the whole of Part IV were not discussed between us and him; he has not seen Parts V and VI.

IXA

It remains to reply to certain statements in his lordship's letters which cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged. The references are to the marginal numbers in the letters.

His Lordship's Letter of the 13th March.

"The sweeping condemnation of the educational work now being done in all Classes of Schools is in my opinion too severe.

At the first sitting of the Committee his Lordship laid before us a Memorandum drawn up by himself, a part of which runs as follows:-

"In the elementary Schools the boys apparently learn nothing that they can use in after life unless they go on to secondary Schools. In the secondary Schools the majority of the boys acquire no practical working knowledge of either Chinese or English, they cannot translate from one language to the other, and they do not know enough to give them a command of the literature in either language. The other subjects which they study they know for the most part

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132 3. VIII. His Lordship's responsibility for the Report is therefore confined to Part II and the first few pages of Part I. The rest of Part I and most of Part III and the whole of Part IV were not discussed between us and him; he has not seen Parts V and VI. IXA It remains to reply to certain statements in his lordship's letters which cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged. The references are to the marginal numbers in the letters. His Lordship's Letter of the 13th March. "The sweeping condemnation of the educational work now being done in all Classes of Schools is in my opinion too severe. # At the first sitting of the Committee his Lordship laid before us a Memorandum drawn up by himself, a part of which runs as follows:- "In the elementary Schools the boys apparently learn nothing that they can use in after life unless they go on to secondary Schools. In the secondary Schools the majority of the boys acquire no practical working knowledge of either Chinese or English, they cannot translate from one language to the other, and they do not know enough to give them a command of the literature in either language. The other subjects which they study they know for the most part

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132 3. VIII. His Lordship's responsibility for the Report is therefore confined to Part II and the first few pages of Part I. The rest of Part I and most of Part III and the whole of Part IV were not discussed between us and him he has not seen Parts V and VI. IXA It remains to reply to certain statements in his lordship's letters which cannot be allowed to pass un- challenged. The references are to the marginal numbers in the letters. His Lordship's Letter of the 13th. March. "The sweeping condemnation of the educational work now being done in all Classes of Schools in in my opinion too severe. # At the first sitting of the Committee his Lordship laid before us a Memorandum drawn up by himself, a part of which runs as follows:- "In the elementary Schools the boys apparently learn nothing that they can use in after life unless they go on to secondary Schools. In the secondary Schools the majority of the boys acquire no practical working knowledge of either Chinese or English, they cannot translate from one language to the other, and they do not know enough to give them a command of the literature in either language. The other subjects which they study they know for the most part

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VIII.

His Lordship's responsibility for the Report

is therefore confined to Part II and the first few pages of

Part I. The rest of Part I and most of Part III and the whole

of Part IV were not discussed between us and him he has not

seen Parts V and VI.

IXA

It remains to reply to certain statements in his lordship's letters which cannot be allowed to pass un-

challenged. The references are to the marginal numbers in the

letters.

His Lordship's Letter of the 13th. March.

"The sweeping condemnation of the educational work now

being done in all Classes of Schools in in my opinion too

severe.

At the first sitting of the Committee his Lordship

laid before us a Memorandum drawn up by himself, a part of

which runs as follows:-

"In the elementary Schools the boys

apparently learn nothing that they can use in after

life unless they go on to secondary Schools. In the

secondary Schools the majority of the boys acquire

no practical working knowledge of either Chinese or

English, they cannot translate from one language to

the other, and they do not know enough to give them a

command of the literature in either language. The

other subjects which they study they know for the most

part

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