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The Inspector of Schools.
Sir,
Hongkong, September, 1902.
C.O.
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5 NOV 0
The undersigned Managers of Schools working under
the Government Grant-in-Aid Code have the honour to request you to lay before His Excellency the Governor their views on "The Report of the Committee on Education" after careful consideration thereof.
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VERNACULAR SCHOOLS.
While concurring in the general recommenda- tions and principles of the Report as to these Schools the Managers consider
(a). That owing to great differences in the social
and pecuniary position of the inhabitants of dif- ferent parts of the Colony the amount of fee should not be fixed but left to the Manager's discretion. (Section 54).
(b). That if the Government wish to obtain a better class of Teachers, there must be a higher rate of remuneration than is possible now, and that the Grant in these Schools should not be less thao Bight Dollars ($8), (Section 54). i
(c). That owing to the frequent interruptions to
which School work is liable from the prevalence of epidemios, the observance of Chinese holidays and feasts, and from other causes, the Rule for the 100 attendances should remain as at present viz:- from 1st. January to 31st. December. (Section 57, Sub-section 14).
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(a). That, as hitherto, every scholar who can complete
100 attendances before 31st. December should be examined, for though a few earn grants after only four or five months' study, many after at- tending half or three quarters of the year, leave just before the examination, whereby schools lose considerably every year. (Section 57, Sub-section 14).
(e). That although the present "system of payment by
the results of individual examination of each scholar" has its defects, it has won the cpafi- dence of Chinese teachers, and that the proposed
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