ENGLISH AND HISTORY
TEACHERS DISSATISFIED
The Association of Heads of Registered Secondary Schools is not satisfied with the present prescription in English for the university entrance examination, and at yesterday's conference it reaffirmed its recommendations of 1933 which were as follows:— (1) That the English prescription for cntraneo be entirely reorganised in order to admit the definite introduction of literature; (2) that there shall be two papers of at least two hours each, one for essay, precis and grammar, and one for literature,' a wide choice of questions being given on a number of sqt books to be prescribed from time to time, and based rather on the matter than on textual peculiarities. The conference also again deplored the continued refusal of the authorities to define the meaning of the reference in the present prescription to "a fairljwide acquaintance with good English literature."
The question of history was dealt with by the following resolution: — "That in view of the unsatisfactory nature of the entrance history paper for. 1933, this conference is still of the opinion that the prescription in history for entrance is too wide, and should be limited either by giving a choice of period or by providing a list of topics or of special aspects to be treated."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 109, 10 May 1934, Page 7
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