288
IV. EDUCATION.
The number of Government and Grant Schools, including Queen's College, is 79 of which 25 are Upper Grade Schools with a staff competent to give instruction in all the sub- jects of Standard VII and 54 are Lower Grade Schools under purely native management. Generally speaking, the Upper Grade Schools are taught in English, and the Lower Grade Schools are taught in the Vernacular.
The total number of pupils in average attendance at Government and Grant Schools was 5,924 against 5,496 in 1906. Of these, 2,144 were in Government and 3,780 in Grant Schools: 3,569 pupils received instruction in English, and 2,355 in the Vernacular. The proportion of boys to girls was 3,761 to 2,163.
The Revenue derived from School Fees was $49,223, $30,442 of which was received from Queen's College.
The Expenditure including that on Queen's College was $184,028, being 3.19 per cent. of the total expenditure of the Colony.
Hygiene has now become one of the regular subjects of study in all Government and Grant Schools, English and Vernacular.
The Manual on Hygiene issued to the English Schools has been translated into Chinese and is in use in all the Vernacular Grant Schools.
The annual competition for the Challenge Shield presented by Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G., took place in December. Seven teams entered for the competition. There was no competition in the Advanced Course this year.
Evening Continuation Classes opened in October, 1906, and were continued until the end of May, 1907, when they closed for the Summer. Examinations were held at the end of the Session, and Certificates were granted to successful students.
In May a Committee was appointed to inquire into the subject of instruction at the Evening Classes. A Report was published in September with the result that the Classes were re-organised and, under the title of the Hongkong Technical Institute, re-opened in October.
The object of the Institute is to afford facilities for a commercial and scientific training to students generally, and to enable those who have left school to continue their studies.
The following Table shows the subjects taught at the Technical Institute, and the number of Students who entered for each subject.
Subject.
Field Surveying,..
Building Construction,
Machine Drawing,
Engineering
Steam.
Section.
Mechanics: Elementary,
No. of Students.
28
21
21
23
18
Do. Advanced,
12
Mathematics: Elementary,
$
Do. Advanced,
10
English: Junior,.......
11
Do. Senior,
25.
French Junior,
23
Do. Senior,
9
Commerce
German: Junior,.
Section.
Do. Senior,.
6
:
Shorthand Elementary.
35
Do. Advanced,
Book-keeping, .
19
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.