MATRICULATION IS CRAMPING WORK OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
IS USED AS ENTRANCE FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS, SAYS LADY PRINCIPAL. “We still feel the cramping influence of the matriculation examination, which, instead of being the entrance to University life only, is used as an entrance to almost all occupations,” said Miss P. M. P. Clark, principal of the Christchurch Girls’ High School, at the annual prize-giving last evening. “The institution of a leaving certificate that would allow for a wider differentiation of curricula seems the only solution of the difficulty. Perhaps, with the establishment of junior high schools, the institution of such a leaving certificate will soon be recognised as a necessity*. “May I also point out that our worl, in tlie Christchurch Girls’ High School is seriously hampered through the want of adequate science rooms, and of a suitable room for arts and crafts. So much has been said and written lately of the educational value of art in all its forms that it is evident that no girls’ school can be considered well equipped without a suitable room for the teaching of this very important subject.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18641, 19 December 1928, Page 7
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