PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS
ARE THEY MORE DIFFICULT THIS YEAR? AUCKLAND INVESTIGATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Auckland, Dee. 11. The statement, that this year’s school proficiency examinations were more difficult than usual, having been officiall" denied, investigations were made in a group of Auckland city and suburban schools. It was found that these schools presented 670 children. Four hundred and thirty-nine gained proficiency and 80 competency. The percentage who gained proficiency was 65.5. Last year the same group presented 644 children, of whom 590 gained profieienev and 29 competency. The percentage of proficiency was 91.6. Headmasters expressed the view that there had been a determined stiffening up of the examination, and complained that it had been done without due notice, and reacted most unfairly on the pupils. Figures relating to a large private school are also interesting. Last year, of 69 candidates 68 gained proficiency and one. competency. This ear, of 59 pupils, 47 gained proficiency and nine couqictcncy. Three failed.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 307, 11 December 1931, Page 5
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