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The Committee spent more than six months over their deliberations, and numerous witnesses were summoned to give evidence as to the working of the existing systems of education. The Report, therefore, is based on a solid foundation, and is the result of careful investigation. It has been written, however, not so much with the intention of explaining the present system of education, as with that of laying before Government a careful considered scheme for improvement.
4.
After describing, in Part I, the existing schools of the Colony, including Queen's College, the Report proceeds to consider the different classes of children for whom it is desirable that education should be provided, and the kind of education appropriate to each class. Part II attempts to set up a standard by which the deficiencies of the existing schools are measured, and the difficulties consequent upon the exceptionally large intermixture of races are carefully examined. Female education is also dealt with in this section. In Part III the schools of the Colony are criticised class by class, and detailed improvements are suggested. Part IV is occupied with the additions needed to complete or rather regenerate the present system, and deals with the necessity of providing schools for British subjects of European parentage, a school for the children of the richer Chinese, and educational facilities in the New Territory. Part V estimates the cost of the proposed changes, and Part VI deals with miscellaneous questions regarding normal schools and the distribution...
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I shall address you in a separate Despatch.
3.
The Committee spent more than six months
over their deliberations, and numerous witnesses were summoned
to give evidence as to the working of the existing systms of
education. The Report, therefore, is based on a solid founda-
tion, and is the result of careful investigation. It has
been written, however, not so much with the intention of ex-
plaining the present system of education, as with that of lay-
ing before Government a careful considered scheme for improve-
ment.
4.
After describing, in Part I, the existing
schools of the Colony, including Queen's College, the Report
proceeds to consider the different classes of children for
whom it is desirable that education should be provided, and
the kind of education appropriate to each class. Part II at-
tempts to set up a standard by which the deficiencies of the
existing school's are measured, and the difficulties consequent
upon the exceptionally large intermixture of races are care-
fully examined. Female education is alse dealt with in this
section. In Part III the schools of the Colony are criticised
class by class, and detailed improvements are suggested. Part
IV is occupied with the additions needed to complete or rather
regenerate the present system, and deals with the necessity
of providing schools for British subjects of European parent-
age, a school for the children of the richer Chinese, and
educational facilities in the New Territory. Part V estimates
the cost of the proposed changes, and Part VI deals with
miscellaneous questions regarding normal schools and the dis-
-tribution
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