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20.

The College could be lodged, until such time as a separate

building can be provided, in one part of King's College. It

should be under a whole time Head. who should not be in

dition a Hoadmaster of a school. If necessary he should, on

appointment and before the College is opened, be allowed a

period of leave to study up to date methods of training in

England. The staff, which should be English and Chinese, could

be recruited from among the highly qualified men and women

at present in the Department. There should be no separato

course of training at the University, but the University

graduates should take a post graduate one year's course at

the Government Training College to qualify as teachers.

the case of the University graduates the Government might pay

a part or the whole of their tuition fees for this one year's

course, and might grant them an allowance to cover their

other expenses; such sum to be decided upon by the Director

of Education in collaboration with the Vice-Chancellor of the

University. For both the two years' training course and the

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one year's post-graduate course, certificates should be

issued on the result of an examination in the practice and

theory of teaching.

31.

The Commissioners wish to emphasize the point that

while the head of the Training College should be an offices

of the Government, the closest relations should be maintained

between the College and the University. It should be possible

for the officer to arrange with the University for the

students to attend lectures thereat. On the other hand, all

the students should have the maximum of experience in actual

teaching. The head of the Training College should have every

facility from the Education Department for distributing his