[School and Hostel for Boys has had la very satisfactory enrolment, it is understood, and has recovered from the set-back occasioned by the N. [Szechuen Road extension work, the demand for entry having been larger than the school can possibly contemplate., Many improvements fare in course of consideration, parti Jeularly in connection with the run Ming of the Hostel, where new a rangements are being made to accommodate free pupils who enter hanbury Trust. large waiting list for enrolment in the Vu Yuen Road ]Girls School, where once more the Jaccommodation ig insufficient to, receive the number of applicants. The Junior School for boys is also full to capacity and are unable to conder any addition to their already full strength. In. order to cope with the increased demand for laces in this school the Board of location have given instructions for plans to be drawn up for new [school premises to be erected at Vu Yuen Road corner, close to the Yuen Road Girls School, which I will be able to accommodate 350
'A similar excess of entries is
ind secondary Chinese schools for perienced in regard to the primary boys and girls, and here also the numbers of application than the vacancies. a this despite the fact that several new premises have been taken over by the Board, and schools establishved in all district of the Settlement, Tu this connection, it is interesting to recall that, when the Council first ade a tentative start to establish for Chin there was a
the station has developed to suck response they might expect, Now tainty og to, the
Jan extent that all classes of Chierly seeking education-
In the Chinese schools allowance lis made to receive 10 per cent. of {free pupils of the poor classes, who are not in a position fnancialiy' to pay the requisite fees, and, further, certain scholarships are offered for ing admission to secondary schools. These ist of ten prizes to be competed {for in a general examination by Primary schoo] children. These are Jatiotted as follows: four prizes ad-Imissible to boys. of the Council Primary school, four prizes to boys fof any school who care to compete, and two prizes to girls of the Coun: il Primary school. The benefit. of these prizes consists in the remission, for one year, of half the tuition fees and they are granted jon the results of the general exmination.
The question of benefits pol for foreign children is, it is understood, now under, consideration but it is borne in mind that provision is already made for free tuition for necessitous cases among foreigners by various endowments and national societies. In the Public and Thomas j|Hanbury Schools, teeth boys' and girls, twelve vacancies are allotted for free pupils, while [Scholarship Fund provid Jon an equal basis for foreigners alike. Certain sok ships are also offered by national societies.
'A further innovation is to be /made in the Chinese schools by the introduction of assistant Chinese Imasters of high educative ability, Jwho have qualified in universities ind achieved a standard of educa. tion, and capacity to impart. it, in [China or abroad. It is intended this move, not only to raise the standard of education in the Chi-Inese schools, but to permit these Jassistant masters to qualify for the ost of Sdnior assistant masters, posts now held by foreigners, and later-to become headmasters of their force, Shanghai will be thirty months, is understood that the Marine Corps. Billets have become overcrowded and" an extension is' ta ade to the Chenju-Bubbling Well Roads' premises to accommodate the increased strength.
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