MATRICULATION TEST.
UNWIELDY EXAMINATION.
QUESTION OF ABOLITION.
>'-; Should -;-;' the ' matriculation examination be dispensed with ? This is one of the many subjects to. .be discussed at the annual meeting in Wellington this 'month of the Secondary Schools Assistants' ; Association. The view of the executive is expressed; in these terms .•—'.'Your; executive looks forward hopefully, to the early application of / a system of ■■ accrediting ;in lieu "\ of >the; matriculation examination. The number ;of candidates;for this examination is now so" huge that'thef examiners cannot possibly do justice to i the /candidate*! ifi the : marking of the examination, papers. Moreover, the examination ; itself is more and; more /restricting the individuality Of schools'/and / the - scope ; of instruction." The members of the association will be asked to support the executive i in, this matter.-:;.v./- : -':- ;'■:/ y:~yyyy: % ":y
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 10
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