Sessional_Paper_1908 — Page 435

No. 7.--Anglo-Indian School.

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Staff--MOHAMED AKBAR and 1 Assistant Master.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline; good in the upper classes but not so good in VII and VIII where there is always too much talking. The headmaster should give these classes more personal attention.

Organization.-Owing to the death of the late headmaster Mr. JEHANGIR KHAN and the unavoidable delay in the appointment of his successor the school work suffered and the results are not as good as they should otherwise have been. It is to be hoped that now that the new headmaster has had time to become thoroughly acquainted with the school work the results next year will show a very marked and necessary improvement. Class V should remain the highest class for another year as the boys in that class ar; not far enough advanced for promotion to Class IV.

Sanitation.--The present school premises are very nunsatisfactory as they are too dark and too noisy. On the expiration of the present lease it is to be hoped that more suitable school premises may be acquired.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 120 pupils.

Apparatus. More maps are required.

English.-Reading. -Good except in VIII.

Colloquial-Fair in Classes V and VII, good in Class VI and poor in VIII,

Composition.--Weak. The boys have no facility in expressing their ideas

on paper.

Grammar.— Weak throughout the school.

Geography.—Good in Class V but poor in the remaining classes. In the lower classes definitions were learnt by heart without their meaning being understood.

Classes VII and VIII should follow the Model Course.

Arithmetic.-Mental.Good.

Written.-Good on the whole in V and VI but the working of sums was in many cases inaccurate. Poor in VII and VIII. In Class VII only 1 boy had the multiplication sum right and none the division sum. In Class VIII numeration was bad.

Recitation.--Good.

Hygiene. Good. This subject is only studied in Classes V and VI.

Grdu. --Fair.

The

General-Composition and Grammar throughout the school and Arithmetic and Geography in the lower classes will have to receive more attention in the new year. written work of the lower school is untidy and must improve. Boys must be made to hold their slates straight and not at an angle when writing. They must also speak more distinctly.

No. 8.-Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School.

Stoff.-LEE KING SHUM.

Discipline and Organization.—The work of Class VIII is not as thorough as it should be. The number of pupils attending the school is very small considering the size of the place.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

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