EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S EXAMINATIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 56, 29 November 1907, Page 6

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S EXAMINATIONS.

LARGE ENTRIES. ' ; No less than 2340 candidates throughout Ne* Zealand have entered , for tho. Civil Service junior examination, which is used also as the examination for ■junior national • scholarship continuation, for Education Board, senior' scholarships , ,, for senior free places in,secondary.'schools and district -high schools, and for, first examination of pupil-teachers.' The.largest, entry is from- Auckland,- .where ,-it,;,ie.'. found necessary' to- examine.boys and girls ini separate buildings, owing to the la,rge'-number .entering. In all the: Department's exatninatioha Auckland has' by far , the biggest■ entry, ; one explanation- being! that there are 'in.that city an unusually large number of free place candidates.' For the Civil Service junior examination 435 candidates will sit in Auckland, 208 in Wellington, 193 in Christchurch,and 273 in Dunedin.; Among lesser No.rtk Island'toVns Mnsterton:. has.. 43 candidates, and .PalmerEtbn North 66. The relatively large number" of 102 come from-Nelson. .■' ■ :.■.'•■ ."-"i-- , " ■ Tho examination for junior free-places ]in secondary., schools, district high- schools,' and technical schools has :atlracte<l-422'entries,'of which 108 come' from , Auckland, 31, from; Wellington, ■■■ 20 ■ from. Christchurch, and ;53 from Dunedin. Nelson has 27' candidates.: •For the.junior national scholarship examina. tion, also used as the 1 examination for" junior' Queen's scholarships, and for Education Board junior scholarships, 123G entries have been : received. Auckland provides.243,' Wellington 141, ChristchurcH 50, and Dunedin 69; while among the smaller centres Masterton, has 45,. Napier 71, New Plymouth-43, Stratford 31, and,, Wan-, gnnui '40. ■■'■■.- '• :' ' •■ .. The entries for the Civil Service senior examination are not yet'made up. ' ,' " , ' The'total number of candidates entering for the Department's examinations ie 5461,' ae against 471G lnsTycari' ' ", ' " ■'■ ,' : ■ The dates of • the examinations are', as folGivil, Service,- junior—December-13. to 21.- - Junior national scholarships and free places— December 10-and 11. • „~- . ■ Teachers' certificate and Civil Service senioi .—January 6 to' 18. . • , ■.. .