Junior Technical School
Junior Technical School (初級工業學校) was founded by the Hong Kong Government in 1933. The first Principal was White, George. It was Government's first venture into full-time technical education. This secondary school offered four-year course for pre-apprentice training. The school then renamed as Victoria Technical School (維多利亞工業學校)[1] since the 1950s. This is the first Government Technical College in Hong Kong.
In 1931, a committee was formed under the chairmanship of Sir William Hornell, then Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong University, to consider the possibility of introducing a system of technical education. The Report’s three main recommendations were:
● the setting up of a junior technical school,
● the provision of evening classes for apprentices, and
● the commencement of full-time classes at a later date.
This report resulted in the Government’s first venture into full-time technical education in 1933. This secondary school ran a narrow, four-year course designed mainly as pre-apprentice training for the engineering trades. Until 1957, Junior Technical School altered its name to Victoria Technical School, when a standard secondary school curriculum was phased in.
In 1979, the school was re-provisioned and moved to the existing premises. It was renamed to Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Technical School in honour of the donor Sir Shiu-kin Tang. Girls were admitted into the School for the first time, and the School became co-educational. A total number of 36 classes were operated. In 1997, the school was renamed to Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School (鄧肇堅維多利亞官立中學)[2] , in order to reflect its transition to traditional grammar school.
External links
- Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School
- Wikipedia - Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School
References
- ↑ Waters, D. D. (2000). A brief history of technical education in Hong Kong 1863 to 1980 : a paper presented on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary: 12 October 2000. Retrieved from http://repository.vtc.edu.hk/ive-adm-others-sp/14/
- ↑ 學校歷史. (n.d.). Retrieved August, 2017, from http://www.tskvgss.edu.hk/sch_history.html