62.
Information on the effect of advisory inspections is not to hond, but
clearly no amount of advice will stop lessons being slanted towards political
indoctrination.
Unregistered Schools
63.
A Special Branch estimate in March 1971 suggested about 3,200 children
were at communist schools and branches unregistered with E.D. hence operaiing
outside the provisions of the Education Ordinance.
Registration of New Schools
61.
It has become clear that the communists have adopted the technique of
applying to register a new school or branch only when it is virtually ready to open,
so that it is almost impossible to refuse registration. A case history of events
leading up to the opening of a new school is given at Annex 'D',
65.
The
Clearly communist schools do not now openly defy the regulations.
fact that they practise drills to remove excess pupils shows at least some
aprehension of E.D. inspections, while in registering new schools they appear to
look for loopholes, rather than deliberately break the law, in which they are not
alone among those responsible for running schools in Hong Kong.
THE ATTRACTIONS OF COMMUNIST SCHOOLS
66.
Before attempting any conclusions, it may be worth considering why, in
spite of Government's effort and expense to make good and free education widely
available, the communists have been able to double the number in their schools in
absolute terms and attract a slightly increasing percentage of the entire school
population in relative terms, over the last ten years or so. This in spite of their
outrageous conduct during confrontation and their generally deplorable results in
the public examinations.
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