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The entrance examination held at the beginning of the year was attended by 98 candidates, of whom only 4 were found fit for, and subsequently admitted, to the 1st year Normal Class, but 43 others were admitted to the lower standards.
There was only one 4th year student who passed her “Final” very creditably.
The school continued to do excellent work. It was visited and much admired by an educationalist from Japan.
During the Summer Vacation, an Algebra class was con- ducted by myself and attended by all the 3rd and 4th year Normal Students. This was an experiment to work through the "Senior Local" Algebra Syllabus taught through the medium of Chinese in a course of 16 lessons, and the result of the experi- ment was that 15 out of 22 students attending were able to pass the test examination held at the end of the session, the standard reached being somewhere between the Senior and the Junior.
(iii) Taipo Vernacular Normal School-Head Teacher, Mr. Chan Pun Chiu.
The Maximum Enrolment was 87 (34 in 1928).
The Average Attendance was 81 (27 in 1928).
16 Final students were examined by external examiners, and 5 were successful. Practically all the Passed Students are being engaged in teaching, in the New Territories and have proved themselves quite useful.
The school has made steady progress, though Chinese Com- position is still weak.
There were less cases of Malaria than in the previous year, but 2 cases of Tuberculosis occurred. The general health was satisfactory however,
Discipline and tone are very good.
11. GRANT SCHOOLS.
The Maximum Enrolment in the 4 Vernacular Grant Schools was 987, and the Average Attendance was 874.
The Ying Wa Girls' School presented for the 1st time 4 students for the Senior Local Examination and 2 passed. Both the Fairlea Girls' School and the Kowloon Victoria Home have started a Middle School Division-a sign showing the tendency of Chinese girls to remain in school longer than they used to.
Very satisfactory work is being done in all these schools, and their discipline and tone are excellent.
The Maximum Grant was recommended for each school.
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III-PRIVATE SCHOOLS, URBAN DISTRICTS,
Subsidized Schools. Of the 218 subsidized schools on the list at the end of 1928, one was removed to the non-subsidy list and 10 closed during the year. With 8 schools newly subsidized, the total number at the end of the year was 215. The maximum enrolment in these schools was 14,864 (14,247 in 1928) and the average attendance was 12,852 (13,016 in 1928). The amount of subsidies expended totalled $94,750, working out on the average to be $440.69 per school, ($428.3 in 1928 and $486.14 in 1927) and $6.65 per pupil ($6.47 in 1928 and $7.01 in 1927).
Non-subsidized Schools.-137 new Day Schools were regis- tered and 112 closed during the year. With 8 schools transferred to, and one transferred from the subsidy list, the total number of non-subsidized schools at the end of the year was 452 (as against 434 in 1928). The maximum enrolment in these schools was 21,981 (21.384 in 1928) and the average attendance was 19.678 (19,102 in 1928).
The total number of Vernacular Day Schools now existing is 678 (658 in 1928), consisting of 2 Exempted, 4 Grant, 215 Subsidized and 452 Non-subsidized schools. The maximum en- rolment was 37,332 (36,642 in 1928) and the average attendance was 33,404 (88,043 in 1928), the former number including 12,940 girls.
During the last few years there has been a growing tendency to open so-called Middle Schools, and in order to make the standard uniform, a Committee was appointed by the Director of Education to draw up a Model Syllabus which all Private Middle Schools must follow. Indiscriminate admission and pre- mature promotion to these schools are an evil which it has not been easy to suppress.
Free Scholarships-30 boys from subsidized schools were admitted to the various Government English Schools, but of the 18 Free Places for girls at the Belilios Public School. it was only possible to fill two: great difficulty was experienced in find- ing students who, on entering the Belilios School, would be of the same standard in both English and Chinese as the other girls in the class. 19 candidates representing 11 schools com- peted for the 4 scholarships tenable at the Vernacular Middle School.
Night Schools.-During the year, 12 Night Schools were registered and 10 closed. The number at the end of the year was 22, with a maximum enrolment of 526 (423 in 1928) and an average attendance of 371 (338 in 1928).
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