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Three colleges -Chung Chi , New Asia , and United College - partic
ipated in the Joint Entry Examination conducted for the first time in
June 1959 in anticipation of the new system . This examination was
conducted under the terms of the Grant Regulations , which stipulate that
the examination shall be generally comparable in standard to the Hong
Kong University Matriculation Examination ( ordinary level ) , but with a
required standard somewhat higher in Chinese language and lower in
English. To be eligible to sit for the examination a student must have
completed an approved 6-year course in a recognized secondary school
and possess the Hong Kong English or Chinese School Certificate ( or
its equivalent , for overseas students ) . This means that students from
Anglo-Chinese schools must have completed Lower Form VI to be eligible .
In the past , all the postsecondary colleges have commonly considered
Form V graduates as well as those from Senior Middle III as eligible for
entrance examinations . The non-Grant colleges are continuing at present
to give separate entrance examinations , but they are permitted to require
their applicants to take the new Joint Entry Examination if they desire
to make use of the facility and if their participation is approved by
the syndicate controlling the examination.


Diploma candidates of the Grant colleges will also be required to
pass a Joint Diploma Examination , to be given for the first time in the
summer of 1960. Initially this joint external examination , in which
examiners nominated by the Government will participate , will cover only
three courses - arts , science , and commerce ; graduates of other courses
will be given certificates by their own colleges . The new diplomas ,
which will be awarded in 1960, will be officially titled as follows :

1. Diploma in Arts (Chinese Colleges Joint Board, Hong Kong ) ;
or simply Dip.Arts (Joint Board , Hong Kong ) .


2. Diploma in Science (Chinese Colleges Joint Board, Hong Kong) ;
or Dip.Science (Joint Board, Hong Kong ) .


3. Diploma in Commerce (Chinese Colleges Joint Board, Hong Kong ) ;
or Dip.Commerce (Joint Board , Hong Kong ) .


The outlook for the next few years is that the three Grant colleges
(Chung Chi , New Asia , and United College ) will gradually develop their
facilities and improve their standards with the aid of the Government
grants , in order to prepare themselves for transition to the status of
a federated Chinese institution of university rank .
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TEACHER EDUCATION



In general , elementary teachers are trained at two Government
teacher training institutions termed " training colleges " ; secondary
teachers are trained at the University of Hong Kong .

Elementary Teacher Training


The system for training elementary school teachers is organized as
follows :


1. A 2 -year day course is designed mainly to prepare teachers of
English, Chinese , and general subjects for the upper primary
schools , although some graduates of this course teach in lower
secondary classes . At the present time , entrance require
ments for students majoring in English are ( 1 ) a pass at
" ordinary" level in English and in three other subjects in the
University of Hong Kong Matriculation Examinations , or ( 2 )
about 1 year of the university-preparatory Form VI at an Anglo
Chinese school . For students majoring in Chinese , the
entrance requirement is the Hong Kong Chinese School Certifi
cate with " credit" passes in English and Chinese . An entrance
examination is also required of all applicants .


The 2 -year program includes general education courses ,
language (either Chinese or English) , professional education,
and optional subjects , covering approximately twenty 40
minute periods a week of classroom instruction for 39 weeks
a year . All courses except Chinese studies are taught in
English .


Graduates of this program obtain the Hong Kong Training
College Certificate ( 2 -year course ) after a further 2 years of
probationary teaching experience , during which time they must
take at least one continuation course in a part-time evening
program. As "certificated teachers " they are eligible for
promotion to the post of assistant master or mistress .


The 2 -year course is offered only at Northcote Training
College, a coeducational institution founded in 1940, located
on Bonham Road in Hong Kong.


2. A 1-year course prepares teachers for urban and rural primary
schools . The entrance requirement is possession of a Hong Kong



7/ This represents a gradual raising of entrance standards in the past few
years . Formerly, students with completion of Form V and a satisfactory
Hong Kong English7 School Certificate were also accepted for the
2-year course.
 English or Chinese School Certificate with a " credit " pass
in Chinese ; in addition, all applicants must take an entrance
examination.


The 1-year program includes English , Chinese , education ,
social studies , arithmetic , health education , and either car
pentry (for men) or housecraft ( for women) , plus electives such
as music . The program is designed with a minimum of formal
academic study and a major emphasis on modern educational
methods and philosophy taught through demonstrations and group
activities . Instruction is in Chinese , and assigned references
are normally in Chinese.


Graduates of this program obtain a Training College
Certificate (one-year course ) . They may teach in Government ,
Grant, or subsidized primary schools , but are not normally
eligible for promotion to assistant masters or mistresses .
They bear the official title of Primary School Teacher , and are
commonly known as " qualified primary school teacher. "


The 1-year program is available at Grantham Training
College, founded in 1951 in Kowloon, where it is the only course
offered , and ( since 1957 ) also at Northcote Training College .
This same 1-year program was also given from 1946 to 1954 at
the former Rural Training College, now part of Grantham.


3. An inservice teacher training program prepares academically
eligible primary teachers ( i.e. , those who possess a Hong Kong
English or Chinese School Certificate or the equivalent )
to attain the status of " qualified primary school teacher . "
Candidates must have had at least 3 years of teaching experience
to gain entrance to this program. The course is given in the
evenings over a period of 2 years , and covers approximately
the same ground as that covered in the 1-year day course
described above , with some variations in curriculum depending
upon whether the teacher is employed in urban or rural schools.


The 2 -year part-time inservice course is available at both
Grantham and Northcote , and also, for the present , in the
Evening Institute Adult Education Program.

4. A special 1-year course currently open only to individuals
holding diplomas from Chung Chi and New Asia Colleges prepares
students to teach in Chinese secondary schools . In addition
to possessing the required diploma , candidates must take an
entrance examination. The curriculum covers basic professional
education, language , and two optional subjects , plus at least
10 weeks of supervised practice teaching . Graduates of this
course receive a special certificate making them eligible to
teach at the secondary level in Chinese schools only.
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Secondary Teacher Training

The University of Hong Kong offers several different programs in
the field of teacher training . The Department of Education of the Faculty
of Arts offers a 1 -year postgraduate program in professional education
leading to the Diploma in Education , (Dip.Ed. ) for the training of sec
ondary teachers . Admission to the program is based on either the B.A.
or the B.S. from the University of Hong Kong or other universities
approved by the University Senate for this purpose . To obtain the Diploma,
students must pass written examinations in principles of education, edu
cational psychology and child development , methods of teaching , the
British educational system, history of education in Hong Kong , and health
education , as well as complete at least 60 school days of practice
teaching . In addition, they must fulfill certain course requirements
and write a paper or do special research in a subject matter field .
Education courses are not offered as part of the regular undergraduate
program.


In 1956, the university added a 2 -year , part-time , evening pro
gram leading to the same Diploma in Education . Entrance requirements
are the same as for the day program, except that the student must be a
university graduate of at least 5 years ' standing .

A postgraduate Certificate in Education (Cert.Ed. ) is offered for
graduates of universities whose programs are not recognized by the
University of Hong Kong Senate as qualifying students for admission to
the Diploma in Education course above . The program for the Certificate
in Education is essentially the same as that for the Diploma in Education
and may be taken either full- time ( 1-year ) or part-time ( 2 -years ) .


A teacher holding the Diploma in Education, who has also had at
least 2 years of subsequent teaching experience , may work toward the
Master of Arts in Education ( M.S.Ed. ) . This degree requires at least 2
years of full-time or at least 3 but not more than 4 years of part-time
graduate study in the theory of education , educational psychology, and
teaching methods , plus the preparation of a thesis .


In order to encourage prospective teachers , the Hong Kong Govern
ment provides a number of scholarship grants , "bursaries" (grants to
intending teachers ) , and maintenance allowances to students following
these various programs , or preparing to do so in the Sixth Form of the
Anglo -Chinese secondary schools or at one of the 6 Chinese post-secondary
colleges approved by the Education Department for this purpose .



8/
As of February 1960, Hong Kong Government scholarships and bursaries
were tenable at the following day colleges : Chu Hai , Chung Chi , Hong
Kong Baptist , New Asia , and the United College of Hong Kong. See
chart on pages 24 and 25.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY



Ch'ung Chi College Bulletin 1955-56. Hong Kong : Man Wah Printing Co. ,
n.d. 52 p.


Chung Chi College 1958. Hong Kong : South East Printing Press , 1958. 12 p .

Cramer, John Francis . "The Chinese Colleges in Hong Kong. " Comparative
Education Review 3 : 26-29, June 1959.


Foster, J. F. , ed. Commonwealth Universities Yearbook : 1958. Edinburgh:
R. & R. Clark Ltd. , 1958. pp . 305-10. (Also 1959 edition. )

Government of Hong Kong . Annual Report . Hong Kong : Government Press.

Published annually in February, March, or April covering previous
year. Recent issues approx . 400 p. illus . HK$ 7.50 Approx.
$1.35 U.S.7 . Contains chapter on Education.


Government of Hong Kong. Education Ordinance , 1952. ( No. 33 of 1952 ) .
1958 Reprint , with amendments . Hong Kong : Government Press ,
April 1958. 80 p.


Annual Departmental Reports 1954-55: Education.
Hong Kong: Government Press , 1955 , 120 p. HK$ 7 Approx.
$1.25 U.S.7.


Hong Kong Education Department . Annual Summary: 1955-56, 1956-57, and
1958–59 . Hong Kong:
Kong : Government Press , Java Road. Published in
1956, 1957 , and 1959 respectively. Approx. 55 cents U.S.7.


Grant Code . 1956. 21 p . ( Processed) .

Regulations for the Conduct of Grant-in-Aid Schools.
(no date 13 p. (Processed) .

Regulations for the Conduct of Subsidized Schools . 1957 .
10 p. (Processed).


Subsidy Code . 1957. 9 p. (Processed) .


Triennial Survey: 1955-58. Hong Kong : Government Press ,
Java Road, 1958. 117 p. HK$ 5. Approx . 95 cents U.S.7.


Hong Kong Chinese School Certificate Syndicate Constitution. [no date].
4 p. (Processed).


Hong Kong Chinese School Certificate Examination Regulations . no date .
3 p. (Processed) .
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Hong Kong English School Certificate Syndicate Constitution. Revised ,
November 1959. 5 p. ( Processed) .


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Certificate Examination: Regulations and Syllabuses for 1959.
Hong Kong : Ling Kee Book Store , 1959. 92 p .

"In the Mencius Tradition. " Asia Foundation Program Bulletin,
December 1956.


Mellor, B. Brief Notes on the Certification of Educational Achievement
in Hong Kong Secondary and Post-Secondary Schools . Washington, D.C.s
British Embassy, Nov. 1958. 10 p. ( Processed) .


Morphet , Edgar L. " Education in Hong Kong : Some Observations and
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Priestly, K. E. Some Problems of Higher Education in Hong Kong .
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press , 1958. 60 p .


" The Teaching of Education in the University of Hong Kong .
Scientia Paedogogica : Review of the International Secretariat for
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Priestley, K. E. and Beryl R. Wright . Mental Health and Education in
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Simpson, R. F. Graduate Employment in Hong Kong and the Problems of
University Expansion. University of Hong Kong, March 1959.
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UNESCO. World Survey of Education. Handbook of Educational Organization
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World Survey of Education- II : Primary Education. Paris :
the Organization , 1958. pp. 1144-49.

University of Hong Kong . Calendar 1958-59. Hong Kong : Cathay Press ,
n.d. 180 p . (Also 1959-60 Calendar) .
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University of Hong Kong. Handbook of the Matriculation Examination 1958
and 1959. Hong Kong : South China Morning Post, Ltd. , n.d. 40 p.
plus XI . HK$ 1 . Approx. 20 cents U.S.7 .


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articles by Hong Kong educators on recent school expansion in the
Colony, the problems of private Chinese schools , and an evaluation
of the Chinese postsecondary colleges .
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APPENDIX


Government , Grant , Subsidized , and Registered Private Secondary
Schools in Hong Kong - 1959-60



Legend

E = Member of Hong Kong English School Certificate Syndicate

C = Member of Hong Kong Chinese School Certificate Syndicate

Ęp = Participating School , Hong Kong English School Certificate Exams .

= Participating School , Hong Kong Chinese School Certificate Exams .
Cp


VI School offers university-preparatory Form VI (Anglo-Chinese )



GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Name and address Type of program offered

Belilios Public School E Anglo -Chinese , girls
Hospital Road , H.K. VI


Clementi Middle School C Chinese, coeducational
Kennedy Road, H.K.


King George V School VI English, coeducational
(formerly Central British School)
Mission Road , Kowloon


King's College E Anglo-Chinese , boys
Bonham Road, H.K. VI


Queen Elizabeth School Anglo-Chinese , coeducational
E




Sai Yee Street , Kowloon VI
3




Queen's College Anglo-Chinese , boys
Causeway Road , H.K. VI


Yuen Un Long Public Middle School C Chinese , coeducational
Yuen Long , New Territories




1
/ List provided by the Hong Kong Education Department and published
with its permission. Only those schools which offer programs through
at least Anglo-Chinese Form V or Chinese Senior Middle III are in
cluded. Schools listed as having both Anglo-Chinese and Chinese
programs are only those which have complete programs of both types . A
few other schools have incomplete second programs .
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GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS (cont'd. )

Name and address Type of program offered

Ho Tung Technical School for Girls E Anglo-Chinese , girls
Causeway Bay, H.K.

Victoria Technical School E Anglo-Chinese, boys
Wood Road, H.K.



GRANT SCHOOLS




SE
Diocesan Boys ' School Anglo-Chinese, boys
Argyle St. , Kowloon VI


Diocesan Girls' School Anglo-Chinese , girls
Jordan Rd. , Kowloon VI
EG

Heep Yum School Anglo-Chinese and Chinese,
Ma Tau Wai Rd. , Kowloon C girls

La Salle College E Anglo-Chinese , boys
VI
Boundary St. , Kowloon

Maryknoll Convent School
ಈ




Anglo-Chinese , girls
Waterloo Rd. , Kowloon VI


Maryknoll Sisters ' School Anglo-Chinese , girls
Blue Pool Rd. , H.K. VI


Methodist College Ep Anglo-Chinese, coeducational
&




Gascoigne Rd. , Kowloon


Sacred Heart Canossian College R Anglo-Chinese and Chinese ,
(formerly Sacred Heart School) girls
36 Caine Rd. , H.K. VI


St. Clare's Girls ' School Anglo-Chinese, girls
Mount Davis Road, H.K.

St. Francis School Ep Anglo-Chinese , girls
Kennedy Rd. , H.K.
E




St. Joseph's College Anglo-Chinese , boys
Kennedy Rd. , H.K. VI


St. Mark's School Ep Anglo-Chinese , boys
Shaukiwan Rd. , H.K.
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GRANT SCHOOLS ( cont'd . )

Name and address Type of program offered




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NE
ME
St. Mary's Canossian College Anglo-Chinese and Chinese ,




E
(formerly St. Mary's School) girls
162 Austin Rd. , Kowloon

St. Paul's Coeducational College E, C Anglo-Chinese and Chinese,
33 Macdonnell Rd . , H.K. VI coeducational


St. Paul's College E Anglo-Chinese , boys
69 Bonham Rd . , H.K. VI


St. Paul's Convent School Anglo Chinese , girls
Causeway Bay, H.K. VI


St. Stephen's Girls ' College E Anglo-Chinese, girls
VI
Lyttelton Rd . , H.K.

Wah Yan College E Anglo-Chinese , boys
Queen's Rd . East , H.K.

Wah Yan College Anglo-Chinese , boys
Waterloo Rd . , Kowloon


Ying Wa College Anglo-Chinese , boys
Bute St. , Kowloon VI


Ying Wa Girls ' School B Anglo-Chinese, girls
Seymour Road, H.K. VI




SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS


Maryknoll Fathers ' School Ep Anglo-Chinese and Chinese,
Tai Hang Tung Rde , Kowloon Cp coeducational


Po Kok Middle School Cp Chinese, girls
Shan Kwong Rd. , H.K.


Precious Blood Middle School Cp Chinese, girls
Chung On Terrace , H.K.
&




St. Rose of Lima's School Ep Anglo-Chinese, girls
Embankment Rd. , Kowloon
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REGISTERED PRIVATE SCHOOLS


Anglo-Chinese Curriculum


Alexander English School Ep
Hunghom Station Yard, Kowloon

Chatham English School
1 Chatham Path, May Rd. , H.K.

Chinese Y.M.C.A. English College
Waterloo Rd. , Kowloon

Chong Hing English School Ep
Des Voeux Rd. , West , H.K.

Christ College
Lung Kong Rd. , Kowloon




&F
Kau Yan College
(formerly Kau Yan English School)
High Street , H.K.


Kiangsu-Chekiang College



2
2
King Wah Street , H.K.

Kowloon Chamber of Commerce English School
Liberty Avenue , Kowloon


Kowloon English School
Wu Sung St., Kowloon
22




Literary College (Literary English School ) Ep
500 Lockhart Rd. , H.K.

Mun Sang College
Grampian Rd. , Kowloon
25




New Method College2/
101 Caroline Hill Rd. and Link Rd. , H.K.
25




Oxford English College
Mormouth Path, H.K.
&




Pooi Sun English School
Portland Street , Kowloon




2/ Also has Registered Chinese Middle School program.
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Pui Chung College Ep
Ming Yuen St. , West ,
North Point , H.K.

St. Francis Xavier's College Ep
Sycamore St. , Kowloon

St. John's English School Ep
Caine Rd. , H.K.


St. Jude's English School Ep
Austin Rd. , Kowloon


St. Louis School (Anglo-Chinese Section)2/ Ep
Third St. , H.K.

St. Patrick's English School Ep
Finnie Rd. , H.K.

St. Pierre's College Ep
Victory Avenue, Kowloon


St. Stephen's Boys ' College E (Exempted fram
Stanley, H.K. registration )

Salesian English School2/




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2
2
2
Island Rd. , Shaukiwan , H.K.


Tak Ming College
124 Argyle St. , Kowloon

Tak Yan English School
Nelson St. , Kowloon


Trinity College
Waterloo Rd. , Kowloon

Tsung Tsin College
Tai Po Rd. , Kowloon

Union College
Boundary St. , Kowloon

Victoria English College Ep
Wanchai Gap Rd. , H.K.




2/
Also has Registered Chinese Middle School program.
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Wellington English College
Bridges St. , H.K.




&
B
Yan Pak English School Ep
Kai Yuen, North Point, H.K.



Chinese Curriculum


All Saints ' Middle School Cp
Honamtin, Kowloon

Bethel Bible Seminary Cp
45-47 Grampian Rd. , Kowloon

Concordia Lutheran School Cp
Tai Hang Tung Rd . ,
Kowloon Tsai , Kowloon

Chi Hang Middle School Cp
Kennedy Rd. , H.K.

Chung Ching Middle School Cp
Pokfulam Rd. , H.K.


Chung Hwa Middle School Cp
Robinson Rd. , H.K.


Fong Lam Middle School Cp
Seymour Rd. , H.K.

Fu Jen Middle School Cp
Conduit Rd. , H.K.


Heung Kong Middle School Cp
Tai Po Rd. , Kowloon

Hon Wah Middle School Cp
Hill Rd. , H.K.

Hong To Middle School Cp
Yung Shue Rd. , Kowloon


Kiu Kwong Middle School Cp
Lockhart Rd. , H.K.

Kowloon Truelight Middle School Cp
115 Waterloo Rd. , Kowloon
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Kwong Tai Middle School с
Waterloo Rd. , Kowloon

Lai Chack Middle School CP
Canton Rd. , Kowloon

Ling Tung Middle School Cp
Tai Po Rd. , Kowloon


Ling Ling Middle School C
Yan Ping Rd. , H.K.

Ling Nam Middle School




&
15 Stubbs Rd . , H.K.

Nam Wah Middle School




&
Caine Rd. , H.K.

New Method High School




&
101 Caroline Hill Rd. and
Link Rd. , H.K.

Oriental Middle School




&
Boundary St. , Kowloon

Pak U Middle School


&
Ping Shan, New Territories

Pui Kiu (Pei Chiao) Middle School
&

Broadwood Rd . , H.K.

Pooi To Middle School
&




Inverness Rd. , Kowloon


Pui Ching Middle School
Waterloo Rd. , Kowloon