PY.
Enclosure 1.
REC
1.
CC
640
41563
As directed by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, we have enquired generally into the working of the Evening Continuation Classes and submit the following report.
1. INTRODUCTION.
The object of the Evening Continuation Classes, as originally defined by His Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan, was to afford facilities for a commercial and scientific training to students generally, and to enable those who had left school to continue their studies. However anomalous in form the classes may now appear, and whatever their future development may be, we are satisfied that the foundation for advanced education in the Colony can be best laid by adhering strictly to the lines originally laid down and by applying to every proposal of change the test of whether it falls within the declared objects of the classes. When, and not until, the classes are firmly established and well supported by the public, the time will have arrived to settle the exact position they should hold in the scheme of Colonial Education. Above all, the instruction imparted must be practical and must be given, wherever possible, by a practical man, so that both the practice and theory may be taught with equal advantage.
2. SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION.
At the close of the first year, classes were being held in the following subjects:
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PY.
Enclosure 1.
REC
1.
CC
640
41563
As directed by His Excelle
Officer Ad-
-ministering the Government we have enquired generally into the working of the Evening Continuation Classes and submit the fol-
-lowing report.
1.
INTRODUCTION.
The object of the Evening Continuation Classes as originally defined by His Excelleney Sir Matthew Nathan was to afford facilities for a commercial and scientific training to students generally, and to enable those who had left school to continue their studies. However anomalous in form the classes may now appear, and whatever their future development may be we are satisfied that the foundation for advanced education in the Colony can be best laid by adhering strictly to the lines originally laid down and by applying to every proposal of change the test of whether it falls within the declared objects of the classes. When, and not until, the classes are firmly established and well supported by the public, the time will have arrived to settle the exact position they should hold in the scheme of Colonial Education. Above,all, the instruction imparted must be practical and must be given wherever possible by a practical
man,
so that both the practice and theory may be taught with
equal advantage.
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2.
SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION.
At the close of the first year classes were
being held in the following subjects:-
(Book-keeping Elementary and
Advanced.
English.
Commercial Section.
German.
French.
(Shorthand Elementary and Advanced,
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