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unpractical. According to the evidence of the Director of
Education there is no "natural supply" of University graduate teachers for Government schools; consequently Government has found it necessary to provide scholarships in order to induce
students to take the University course in Education. Bach of these "Students in Training" costs Government $1,355 a year
in respect of foes and allowances, But wastage' is high, and
the actual cost at the end of the four years' course works out
at about $10,000 per head. This is clearly an inordinately
expensive schele. At the conclusion of the course the graduate is bound by the terms of his agreement to serve in a Government
school for two years. But in actual fact the Government has
little or no control over the graduate if he refuses to carry
out his part of the contract, nor has it any means of enforcing
the refund of the subsidy should the student fail ei ther to
qualify, or to fulfil the prescribed term of years, at the
University. There are at the presont moment twenty two of
these subsidized students in training at the University. The expense incurred by the Government since the adoption of this
scheme is out of all proportion to the number of Chinese
graduate teachers now in the Department. Further, the methods
of training do not appear to supply the actual practice in
teaching which should be the important feature of an educational
course.
30.
The Connaissioners recommend that the following arrange- ments be substituted for those, now in operation.
A.
C.
The closing down of the Technical Institute classes.
The abolition of the subsidy @ students in training et the University,
For the training of all toackers for Government schools a Training College should be established with a full time qualified staff, and a two years' full time course of training.
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