CO129-549-12 Annual report of the Social and Economic Progress of the People of Hong Kong- 1933... 8-6-1934 - 11-6-1934 — Page 50

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Chapter IX.

EDUCATION AND WELFARE INSTITUTIONS.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

These are either schools where the medium of instruction is English or mostly English or schools where the medium of instruction is Chinese. The former, seventeen in number, are known as "English" schools, the latter of which there are three as "Vernacular" schools.

2. Of the four English schools, classed as "secondary" schools in the Table below, two are Anglo-Chinese schools for boys and one for girls. These three schools have primary departments. The fourth school, the Central British School which is a mixed school, has no primary department. Of the eleven English schools, classed as "primary" schools in the Table below, three are mixed schools preparing for the Central British School. In this group are also four "District" schools, including one for Indian boys and four "Lower Grade" schools, three of which are in rural districts. In those English schools which are attended by Chinese the study of English and of Chinese is carried on side by side, the pari passu system requiring that promotion shall depend on proficiency in both languages.

3. Of the two Government Schools classed as "Vocational"' one is the Junior Technical School which was opened in February, the other is the Technical Institute which is attended by persons desirous of receiving instruction for the most part germane to their day time occupations.

4. Of the three Government Vernacular schools one has a seven years' course and includes a Normal department. There is also 8 Normal school for women teachers and a Normal school on the mainland which aims at providing Vernacular teachers for rural schools.

GRANT-IN-AID AND SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS.

5. There are thirteen Grant-in-Aid English Schools, and four Grant-in-Aid Vernacular Schools. Of the former, seven are schools for boys and six are for girls.

6. One English school for girls has a primary department only. The remaining schools classed in the table below as "secondary" schools have primary departments as well as the upper classes.

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7. Munsang College, Kowloon City, received a grant cf

$6,000.

8. The Vernacular Grant-in-Aid Schools are schools for girls and are classed in the Table as "secondary" schools.

9. The 303 subsidized schools are all Vernacular schools.

UNAIDED SCHOOLS.

10. In 1932 there were 613 unaided Vernacular schools with 33,077 children and 124 unaided English schools with 6,528 children.

Table showing number of schools and scholars for the year 1933.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

GRANT-IN-AID AND SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS

UNAIDED SCHOOLS

CLASS OF INSTITUTIONS

No. of Institu- tions

On Koll

No. of Instita- tions

On Roll

No. of Institu- tiona

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ENGLISH:

Secondary, Primary Vocational,

:

13* 6,272

1

212

On

Roll

10 1,364 114 1,664

4

2,380

11

1,796

2

849

Total.................

17

5,025

14 6,481

124 6,528

VERNACULAR :--

Secondary,...

Primary.... Vocational,

Total,........

I 253

4

303

1,02% 20,136

613

33,077

2 214

1

177

8

467

308

21.336

613

38,077

Total No. of Institutions

Total On Roll

1,079

.72,917

*This includes Ying Wa College whose primary department receives

a Grant-in-Aid.

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