NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
Commenting upon-'the'article in yes;e:day's. '* Herald,'J on National Scholarships; Mr J. G. Gow, M.A., chief inspector ;or South.-Canterbury, the comparisons drawn between the hisfchool Mi}*tricts as very un{air, : being sufficient data. The "ist shown/placed land a long way ahead of the other cif/tricts in efficiency, by giving the number of pupils in the district and the numbv: who qualified for scholarships. - It" failt J. however, to show how many entrants thcie were for the examinations/ Mr Gow the explanation was quite 5-hnple. in South Canterbury ten pupils entered. ar.J of these eight qualified. In Auckland W.) qualified—an enormously greater nuaibt:. But in that district the Board juni-.r scholarships were awarded on the nation.-;! scholarship examinations, whereas in. Soik!: Canterbury the local inspectors hold ey. aminations. . Last year the Auckland Boav.l gave 85 scholarships, senior and junior, i*.\ therefore there must have been a large number of junior scholarships, in addition :=> the five nationals for the district, to attrax-i entrants; Thus the comparison of the number of qualified pupils per 1000 was nothmgitago by. ..North Canterbury was bv no means backward in educational matters" y«t this list showed it even below South Canterburvv - - - '■'•_"
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12904, 15 February 1906, Page 6
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193NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12904, 15 February 1906, Page 6
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