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The Sub-Committee decided that they would be satisfied with the deletion of the extra provision for part time teachers.
6. SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION. The Sub-Committee at their meetings last year had raised the question of the Hong Kong School Certificate Examination, reference to which is made in Part IV, Section 20 of the Code, which reads as follows:
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"The courses of study in English schools shall lead up to the Hong Kong School Certificate Examination in Class 2 and all pupils in Class 2 shall be presented for this examination".
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Mr. Rowell gave an account of the revision which had been proposed in a report by the Sub-Committee of the Hong Kong Local Examination Syndicate, He read extracts from the report and drew attention to the general principles enunciated in paragraph 2; recommendations (a), (b) and (c) in paragraph 3 and the subjects of examination in paragraph 4.
8. Mr. Rowell explained that only Government and Grant-in-Aid Schools could take the School Certificate Examination.
In reply to a question Mr. Rowell said that the School Certificate was not yet accepted as an equivalent to the Hong Kong University Matriculation Examination nor was there any proposal to set papers of different levels, c.g. "Ordinary", "Advanced" and "Scholarship", as was proposed in the new General Certificate of Education Examination in England.
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The Sub-Committee agreed in principle with the proposals as explained by Mr. Rowell. They would raiso any other questions, if necessary, when they had had an opportunity of studying the report made to the Local Examination Syndicate, a copy of which is attached to these minutos.
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GRANT ASSESSMENT, Mr. Rowell said that he would like to take the opportunity of saying something about the proposals which the Bishop of Hong Kong had made for changing the method of Grant assessment and which he understood were now being sent to the Secretary of State.
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Mr. Rowell traced the history of the methods of Grant payment which had been in force in Hong Kong. Formerly Grant-in-Aid schools had had to depend entirely upon a capitation grant
The supplemented by school fees to meet all their expenditure.
The 1939-40 new result had been a poorly paid, inferior staff. Grant Regulations were formed to enable the Grant paid to each school to be the difference between approved expenditure and the amount of fees collected. There was much discussion over these regulations and the Grant-in-Aid schools throatened to withdraw from the Grant system because their expenditure would have to be scrutinized before being approvod. The Bishop of Hong Kong has proposed that Block Grants should be paid.
13. After the war, Mr. Rowell discussed the question fully with the different denominations and in 1946 the changes in Grant assessments suggested in 1939-40 were accepted by voluntary bodies. The new regulations making Grants dependent upon approved expenditure, and School Fees were successfully applied until August 1947 when it was found that fees, especially fees for oxtras such as Games, Science, Mcdical and what was called a "general purposes fed" had greatly increased in certain private schools. the half year were also being collected in advance.
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