THE SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION.
TO THE EDITOR OE THE NCTT ZEALAND TIMES. SIE, —Some candidates complain that in the late scholarship examination Dr West read the dictation so fast that they could not keep pace with him, and read it only once. Mr McGregor, on the other hand, read slowly, and read twice. The latter, I believe, is the custom in all our State Schools. You will see how unfair it is for some candidates. Several, too, from some schools say that candidates from the Terrace School affirmed that in their school they have had extra lessons for a whole year outside of school hours. Is this allowed ? Is not the examination on the subjects taught in the sixth standard ? This, 1 presume, means in the time specified in the time-table. If teachers are thus allowed to “cram,” the result of the examination is no test of the in the schools. Further, the very class for whom this scholarship is intended are shut out. Poorer children cannot go early or stay late. They have duties. Many sell and deliver newspapers,—l am, &c., Fair Play.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8554, 7 December 1888, Page 3
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183THE SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION. New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8554, 7 December 1888, Page 3
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