CO129-442 - Governor Sir May - 1917 [4-6] — Page 412

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181.

HONGKONG.

05183

FR 13 JUL 21

"JUL 1/ GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

6th. June, 1917.

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Sir,

I have the honour to request your sanction for

the following scheme, by which it is intended to make better provision for the supply of English-teaching Chinese Masters.

2.

The matter has for some time been under the joint

consideration of the Vice-Chancellor of the Hongkong University

and of the Director of Education, and the present proposals are

the outcome.

3.

A similar conclusion has been reached by a

Committee which I appointed recently to consider the education given to Chinese boys in the light of the criticisms made by

Un-official Members when the Estimates were under consideration

lest year. The Committee's report will be the subject of a separate despatch, but the following extract is here relevant:-

"The somewhat mechanical nature of the teaching given by

"the Chinese Masters and marked defects in their promun-

"ciation and general education, call for special treatment. "We recommend that the University be approached in order "that a wider range of general studies may be available "for Chinese who desire to become teachers of English".

4.

The existing system was established in 1904. It provides a 3 years' course at Queen's College under the Normal

Master, theoretic instruction being combined with actual teaching

under

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, M. P

&c.,

&c.

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