KOWHAI SCHOOL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21793, 7 May 1934, Page 7

KOWHAI SCHOOL

THIRD YEAR PUPILS A statement that children who did not intend to go to the Grammar or iTechnical Schools were to bo admitted to the Kowhai Intermediate School fori' a third year is contained in the of the eomnrfttee to be presented at a. meeting of parents this eveniug. With the distinct understanding that the>' intermediate course was still to be ai : two-year term, this decision had been reached after an investigation of tha Hon. R. Masters, Minister of Education, and the committee.

Many ground improvements and thaij completion of a full-size football field had been carried out during the year, full advantage having been taken of men working under the No. 5 scheme. The school playing area, had been opened for the first annual sports meeting of the school last month. It was stated in the principal's report that 110 scholar was kept in Form' li except at his own wish, a considerabla number of very backward children passing into Form 11., where the}' carried on with more advanced practical subjects, although they were doomed to failure in the proficiency examination.; The percentage of passes in this examination in the past two years had beeri 68 and 74. The school also accepted backward scholars from contributing and other schools although they may not have passed Standard IV. Alioub £240 had been raised during, „the year by efforts of the staff and scholars.

The roll number at the beginning of May, 1933, was Sol. At the end of April this year it was 806,' the drop being attributed to the restrictions regarding the entry to the third form,, which numbers 102, as against 200 lash year.