HOW EXAM. PAPERS ARE KEPT SECRET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18393, 20 February 1928, Page 5

HOW EXAM. PAPERS ARE KEPT SECRET.

METHOD ADOPTED FOR NEW ZEALAND. The method of ensuring secrecy in the preparation and printing of University examination papers was reported to the New Zealand University Council to-day. The committee set up to investigate the matter stated that the mistake in issuing papers in New Plymouth previous to the examination in 1925 was due probably to the fact that in the final rush some papers were taken from the wrong pile. The report stated that, as arranged some years ago, the confidential printer had a room of his own in which he set up the papers. The printing of the “proof” and of the examination papers was carried out under his direct supervision. The. packing of the papers was done in his room by specially-selected girls under the direct supervision of the printer. It must be remembered that the number of papers now printed in New Zealand was much larger than it used to be, and new conditions were necessary if the work were to be done with a minimum risk of mistakes. The committee recommended that, if possible, arrangements be made so that the whole of the printing of the papers and the packing of them in sets for the different examination centres be done by the printers, the sets for each supervisor to be checked and posted by the office.