BURSARY SYSTEM

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 99, 20 January 1933, Page 9

BURSARY SYSTEM

Attitude of University

VIEWS FOR GOVERNMENT On behalf of the committee which had been set up by the Senate of the University of New Zealand to consider the position which had arisen in connection with bursaries, Professor jc. A. Hunter, the convener, presented a report to the senate at its meeting yesterday. The views expressed will lie communicated to the Minister of Education. The report was adopted by the senate and it read as follows:—

“In New Zealand it has been the policy of the Government and of the university to open the door of scholarship, and consequently of the professions, to all classes of the community by means of a liberal system of bursaries awarded on the conclusion of a post-matriculation year of satisfactory secondary work. Owing to the financial depression the Government has decided to provide in 1933 no funds for university burs'aries, but to establish university national bursaries, more limited in number, awarded on the.results of the entrance scholarship examination, and administered by the Education Department. “The committee having considered the position, recommends: (1) Thatthe.Universiity Senate express its regret that the Government has found it necessary to reduce the number of bursaries, and hopes that as soon as possible it will reintroduce the more liberal system, with such alterations as may be deemed advisable, so that educational opportunity may be given to those best qualified to benefit from it: (2) That the Senate considers that the university entrance scholarship examination is not suitable as the exclusive basis of tin award of bursaries; and (3) that the Senate is of opinion that applicants in the credit lists should first be awarded bursaries. and that any balance available should be awarded in .order of merit from a list of probable candidates, the list to be prepared by the school inspectors after consultation with the principals of rhe schools concerned.