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on are in my opinion the following, and I may say that they
commend themselves to all those interested in Education in
the Colony.-
1.
Government to continue to support Vernacular
Schools provided they attain a reasonable standard
of efficiency. The method of teaching the Chinese
language in these Schools to be improved, and Western
knowledge spread by the use of Chinese text-books
written in that behalf.
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2.
No English to be taught in Vernacular Schools.
3.
No candidate to be admitted to a Government
Anglo-Chinese School (that is a School in which
Chinese study English) until he passes an examina-
tion in the Chinese language.
The educational ladder in Hongkong will then be graded as
follows:-
1.
2.
English Schools, which are divided into
(a) Seventh Standard Schools,
(b)
Lower Standard Schools.
By English Schools is meant (1) Schools in
which non-Chinese Scholars are getting an
English Education; (2) Schools in which Chinese
boys are getting an English and Chinese
Education; (3) Schools in which both these
classes of scholars are studying side by side.
Note. It is to be understood that Chinese boys
in English Schools must be instructed in the
Chinese language.
Vernacular Schools which are likewise divided
into
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