MATRICULATION PAPERS

Press, Volume L, Issue 14983, 2 June 1914, Page 2

MATRICULATION PAPERS

REPORTS OF EXAMINERS

The reports of examiners for matriculation and entrance scholarships in 191. have been printed and issued for th. guidance of schools and teachers. Followin_ (taken from the Wellington "Post") are 6ome of the remarks of the examiners :--

} Latin.—'"The great hane of our clas- ; skal teaching to-day is the over-annota- . tion of texts. . . 1 would 6Ugge3T. :an extension of the time devoted in class to unseen translation, and the , principle of making home preparation • rathor a revision oi textual work done !in cias_ than a breaking of new grou:vd. 'For merry* .«ak«. Jet mc paes. please," was tho despairing close of one of the poorest ol u.e pipers. Such a -irect address to tbe examiner is un.ommon; more insistent is the mute appeal oi the comparatively Large, number of candidates who have probably worked hard but, handicapped, by lack of natun) aptitude, or of opportunity for study. or of adequate direction, have ju_: fallen _bort of the standard."

English.—"Twenty-five por oent. o ( the candidates failed in Paper A. and 45. per oent. in Paper B." A total oi _2__ papers was presented, but there was not a single really brilliant candidate, the highest marks beinz 78 out of 100."

Mathematics.-- "Broadly considered. the results may he regarded as satisfactory. The number of candidates quite im-lt to face tbe ordeal of an examination suitable for the end of a four-years' course at ,i secondary school is oomparaively small, while the percontase of candidrstes that obtain nor lesß than the maximum of marks re quired for a pass ifi. somewhat greater 'bis year than last. The stylo of thr> papers is, on the whole, sati.sfnctor-.-. the work in the majority of casp_ beint* : et out e'ear'y and methodically." Hk*tor.v. —"On the whole, it seems tr mc .hat ] can trace a distinct improvement in the quality of the work don.< in this subject for matriculation durinc *he p-*st four or five years. But th<general character of the work still, in -?iv opinion, leaves much to be desired, and the pnpers show in a great man>ways lack of satisfactory tuition, as •veil as !nek of proper preparation for examination purposes.-*' The examiners in other subjects, in t-lndinp; geography, physical science, natural science, asrricultnre. and drawin_ report generally favourably on the papers which were sub**."tied to them.