OTAGO SCHOLARSHIPS.
A NEW SCHEME. RECJOMMENDED~BY THE EDUCATION BOARD. The Rev. P. B, Fraser to-day submitted to the Otago Education Board the report of the Scholarships Committee. He said that hitherto only the children of the primary school had competed for the Board's scholarships, but the advance in the secondary schools had practically taken away the Seventh Standard from the primary schools, and thus the High School children were brought into com- ? station with the primary schools' pupils, t would bo unfair to deprive the children attending the high schools from competing for the scholarships, and the Committee had agreed to recommend that a fair compromise be made. Some years ago the Board resolved to reserve two scholarships for schools with only one teacher. Of these schools there were 129 oot of a total of 210 or 215, and such schools were as a .rule scattered m the most remote parts of the province. Both the city and the country membors were unanimous in feeling that some concession should be made to the children in those outlying schools. But although the Board had made that concession, and although it was required that practically only one-half the marks should be gained in order to obtain a scholarship, in such a school, as a matter of fact for one or two years there were no candidates able to take advantage of the concession. Nothing could be. more strongly emphasise the fact, that the education at those smaller schools was'of an inferior class. If. was now proposed to reserve tlireo scholarships for the benefit of those 129 schools. That, however, wns not to be done so as to make a present of the scholarships. The candidates wonld have to coir- >te in the same subjects as the candidate:, for the National and the Boa.rd scholarships, and attend as the regulations required to constitute a pass for those examinations. If this wore not done the scholarsldps were to be taken up by the other schools. That provided for the bottom end of the scale. At the top it was proposed to place at least three scholarships for competition bv all the schools in the province, including the high schools and the primary ■schools—all open to the highest bidder. It was also proposed to make a Division C, this to include all the schools in the. province, with the exception of the secondary and technical schools. The Board were watching the effect of these seltolarships. There was no intention to keep them thus divided unless experience showed that they wero working for the benefit of the children, and that there was some return for the money expended. Ho would move : That scholarship regulations No*. 1.4. and 5 be rescinded, and that in lieu thereof there be substituted the followmg:
1. There shall be two classes of scholarships, junior and senior, and there shall be three divisions uf junior scholarships, known as A, B, and C. Subject to the conditions embodied in these regulations, the scholarships shall be awarded yeailv by examination to those competitors who shall have obtained the greatest aggregate, of marks. 2. Subject to the conditions and restrictions hereinafter contained, the
scholarships shall ho open for competition to all pupils residing within the Otago education district, whether attending a pubbc school or not.
5. No person shall be allowed to hold at the same, time more than one sei.okirwhether or other. 4. The junior Division A shall have allotted to it at least three scholarships. Division B shall have at least three, and the remainder of the scholarships shall be given to Division C. 5. The scholarships of Division A shail he open to pupils attending anv school within the Otago education 'district. Those of Division B shall be restricted to pupiis attending- a public selnol wi>.ii not more than one teacher. Those 'f Division C shall be open to pupils attending any school within tho'Olagj education district with the exception 0 of seeondary and technical schools.
6. Junior scholarships shi.i ho open to pupils whose .ages on the iirst day of the month in which the examination begins do not exceed 14 vears.
7. Senior Kcholarshi|>s shall be open to pupil,? whose ages on the first day of the month in which the examination begins do not exceed sixteen years.
8. Pupils not bo, deemed to have been <in ordinary attendance ~-,i. a public school as aforesaid unices they shall have belonged to such school during the three last- quarters of tho year in"\v|;icn iin examination is held, if, in the judgment of the Board, they have -itleaded' sueli school with a view to obtaining the advantage of this proviso, when they could with equal convenience have a larger school, they shall not be eligible. Mr Snow seconded. The Chairman : 1 suppose it is a. unanimous, report of tho Committee? The B«v. .Mr Fra,ser: Yos. Motion carried, and tho resolution oi. doTed to be forwarded to the Miniver for approval.
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Evening Star, Issue 14118, 22 July 1909, Page 4
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828OTAGO SCHOLARSHIPS. Evening Star, Issue 14118, 22 July 1909, Page 4
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