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Higher and Technical Education.
46. These subjects were discussed at considerable length; but no definite, conclusions had been arrived at by the end of the year. In Hongkong there is one great obstacle in the way of a wide-spread technical education, which is, that the large class of Chinese mechanics, who need it most, pick up their handicrafts on the apprentice system; and they seldom have any but a very elementary education in the Vernacular, on which to found the desired superstructure of advanced mathematics, chemistry or electricity. On the other hand, the classes who attend the Anglo-Chinese Schools do not usually adopt engineering or the allied professions.
Football.
47. A Football League, promoted by Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS, has done much to encourage public feeling in the schools, and a healthy spirit of rivalry between them.
31st March, 1906.
Tables.
EDWARD A. IRVING, Inspector of Schools,
I. Government Schools: Statistics.
II. Revenue of the Department during recent years.
III. Expenditure of the Department during recent years.
IV. Numbers of Schools and Pupils in Upper and Lower Grades compared.
V. Chart shewing attendances and number of pupils in Hongkong Schools during
recent years.
VI. The proportion of boys to girls in the Schools.
VII. Annual Grant List.
Appendices.
A. Detailed Reports on Government Schools.
B. Detailed Reports on Grant Schools.
C. A Model Course of Instruction for Vernacular Schools, with Time Table.
D. Extract from the Report of the Headmaster, Kowlcon School.
E. Extract from the Report of the Headmaster, Victoria School.
F. Report of the Sub-Inspector of Needlework.
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