CO129-586-3 Grant of subsidies to vernacular schools 4-6-1940 - 7-8-1941 — Page 46

Enclosure No.3.

MEMORANDUM

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Grant Code.

The new proposals substitute for the existing

capitation basis, a scheme whereby the Government recurrent

grunt will cover the difference between the school's approved

expenditure and its income from tuition fees. The amount of

grant is estimated in advance and determined for a period of

three years.

The school's approved expenditure may include

salaries, rent or depreciation of buildings, "other charges",

i.e., ordinary running costs, and passages of teachers taking

approved leave.

Salary scales are prescribed for the various

classes of teachers, - that for lay non-European graduates

being the same as for similar teachers in Government service.

Provision is included for the full salaries of

teachers on leave, and of relief teachers in their place.

Provision is included for Provident Funds, to

which Government will contribute dollar for dollar.

There is no change in the provision for capital

building grants, but wider provision is made for capital

equipment grants.

The new Code follows closely the principles laid

down in the "Memorandum on Educational Grants in Aid, April

1933" prepared by the Advisory Committee on Education in the

Colonies, but makes more generous financial provision than

that contemplated therein. It is estimated that the new

Grant Code will mean an immediate increase of approximately

60% in the amount of Government recurrent grant to existing

grant schools.

Subsidy Code.

The revised subsidy code also follows the