SCHOLARSHIP REGULATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2207, 18 June 1896, Page 12

SCHOLARSHIP REGULATION.

At the meeting of the Education BoArd, heldft on Thursday, the following report was receive* frpm the Inspectors with regard to the scholar^ ship regulations:— , " ' ... -

We have the honour Co. submit for the com? stderation of the board amended scholarship regulations and amended schedules of subjects^ The emendations in the regulations are all verbal. The following notes indicate the naturet of the change 3 proposed in the schedules ox subjects. . f In the junior Echedule history fa extended t<f 1837, arithmetic is made identical with the public* school course, and map-drawing is extended to the" countries of Kuvope. In other reßpects the* schedule is practically the same as that In present) use.

Senior scholarship schedule i— 1. English.— The most important change is tha omission of prescribed English literature. We! recommend tbia change because we* are sure that > the present arrangement leads to memorising? what is not understood. We have added figures of epeech and word building— two very important ' branches of English. 2. Grammar. —Wo added the arrangement of i clauses, the ' interchange of equivalent construe* •tiohs and punctuatiou-^all of great practical importance. v 3. Geography.— We have thrown out general and political geography, and substituted physical and commercial geography, and placed the subject among the optional subject?. Physical geography constitutes a fine Introduction, to the study of - - flciai cc, and commercial is of gieat practical importance. -< ' . ' 4. History.— We- recommend the period -from 1485 to 1837 for that from 1066', to the present •time. - ' 5. Dictation, arithmetic, mathematics, Latity and French are the same as in' the present schedule, except that Latin and mathematics are made compulsory subjects. Mathematics, like Latin, is an important university, subject, and what can- be' Said in support of placing Latin, amongst the compulsory .subjects applies . vrit?* equal force to thVplaoing of mathematics in that ' category. We may mention that during the last six years -most of the competitors for senior! scholarships have taken mathematics. The actual percentage is 98*6 of the competitors. ~ '' - ' 6. The Marks.— We have reduced by*so'the marks assigned for French.. The marks for tha other subject^remaia as at present. Grammar 1 * ' as denned in the amended schedule, is well worth) 100 marks, and for" the' sake of our own Bchools the marks for dictation should, we think, remain a» at present. . * Mr A. Wilson, rector oE the Boys' High ' School, attended, and explained that he had ' had a conference with the inspectors and wast satisfied with the arrangements they had made* as detailed in their report, but he would hava liked if there had bten a higher appraisement c£ marks for both Latin and English, and .that ; instead of giving marks for writing the general . neatness of the candidates' written work haft, been assessed by the examiners. '- The report of the inspectors was adopted, bub the board d<?oioed to delete writing, and an allowance of 25 marks was made for general' neatness of written work.