MATRICULATION STANDARD

Evening Star, Issue 21714, 8 May 1934, Page 11

MATRICULATION STANDARD

THE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 7. Reference to the institution ol theschool certificate examination was made by tho Director of Education (Mr N. T. Lambourne), ui an address to the Educational Institute. “The standard of the school certificate,” ho said, “will be that of Aho university entrance examination. The certificate will indicate a degree, of mental ability, aptitude, and diligence, and of general education at least as high as that of the so-called matriculation, but the pupil will have an opportunity of leaching this standard in subjects in which ho is interested, and for which he has an ' inclination 1 . It remains, therefore, for the principals of postprimary schools to convince parents and employers that possession of the school certificate is evidence of as good a general education as that which has come to be regarded as being indicated by the university entrance examination. Tt is only right to say that throughout the preparation of the regulations the department had the. willing and whole-hearted co-operation of Professor Hunter and other officers of tho Now Zealand University.