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EDUCATION

last was a new venture which met with great support, and will be enlarged in the future. There were 2,297 entries for the practical examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music, making this the third highest entry throughout the 27 Commonwealth countries covered by the Board. In the Board's examinations in theory there were 398 candidates in March, 278 in June, and 1,084 in November. This is the first time that an extra examination has been needed in June to manage all the entries. 335 candidates passed in March and 230 passed in June. This was the first year that candidates were considered for the new annual scholarship awarded by the Board of Hong Kong and India jointly. Hitherto, Hong Kong has been given one scholar- ship every three years.

Just over 1,000 teachers attended two summer courses in music which consisted of lectures, films, and demonstration lessons.

Drama. A successful inter-school drama competition was held during the year in which schools entered for both English and Cantonese competitions.

Art. An art exhibition was incorporated in an Education Con- ference held in July. The exhibits, which were mostly from secondary schools, showed a high standard and there was also work of exceptional quality from the two teacher training colleges. One of the most interesting developments during the year was the printing by Government of three public posters designed by the winners of competitions for school children. Two of these had traffic as their subject and the third water conservation, and all have been highly praised by critics outside the Colony.