SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
COMMERCIAL MEN'S CRITICISM
REPLY BY THE MINISTER.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 26
A statement on the system of school certificate examination and the disapproval of the Associated Chambers of Commerce was made to-day by the Minister of Education (the Hon. S. G. Smith), who said the opinions of the Associated Chambers were based apparently on misconception of the requirements of the examination. It was obvious, he said, that little or no account had been taken of the regulation requiring a candidate to have completed a three-years' course of post-primary education, including not less than 24-29 units in English, mathematics, history and science. There was no danger of over-specialisation, even with commercial pupils. Specialisation to the degree contemplated by the chambers was prevented by the course laid down for all candidates for the school certificate examination, the requirements covering the holding of free places, the functions of schools and the good sense of teachers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 166, 27 April 1935, Page 3
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