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35. ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS. Examinations conducted in 1935 comprised mainly the following : — (1) An August series for teachers' certificates and handicraft teachers' certificate. (2) A November-December series including the Training College Entrance, School Certificate, Intermediate, and Technological Examinations. Examinations were held at forty-seven public centres in 1935. The number of candidates actually presenting themselves for the various examinations during the last three years is shown in Table Z 1 following : —

Table Z1.—Number of Candidates for Various Examinations.

Table Z2.—Standard and Results of Examinations.

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Examination. 1933. 1934. 1935. Intermediate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,308 1,026 996 Teachers' Class D .. .. .. .. .. . . 13 3 5 Teachers' Class C .. .. .. .. .. . . 122 96 97 Training College Entrance .. .. .. .. .. 314 308 684 School Certificate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,197 4,307 London University Examinations . . .. .. .. 2 3 2 Handicraft Teachers' Certificate .. .. .. .. 27 17 13 Technological Examinations .. . . .. .. .. 83 64 67 Naval Cadetships .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 6 1 Aircraft Apprenticeship .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 1 3 Examinations held on behalf of City and Guilds of London Institute .. 151 159 191 Totals .. :. .. .. .. .. 2,025 5,880 6,366

1934. 1935. Uβ U U 1 Uβ U "ĪĪ I Stage in Course S^'I S° 2"** 2 SS'I 2° 2** Examination. Examination is normally §Ig §| » §g § §!<§ §13» g S § taken 3 8 M °9| °° °« "L ogS og o^ ■Sis 'SSS US "Sa ■Sifi "SS3 'Si ■gl llll Hi 111 IS ill! Hi HI II Proficiency* .. .. At end of Form II .. 25,350 20,235 3,321f 1,794 25,131 20,070 3,328t 1,733 Intermediate .. .. At end of Form IV .. 1,026 438 .. 588 996 531 .. 465 School Certificate .. At end of Form V .. 4,197 1,876 883 1,438 4,307 2,310 777§ 1,220 Certificate for Class D .. At end of Form V .. 3 3 .. .. 5 5 Training College Entrance At end of Form VI .. 308 128 113 67 684 319 259 106 Certificate for Class C and At end of training- 96 18{ 57 21 97 10$ 61 26 Class B college course Handicraft Teachers' Cer- Taken by teachers 17 6 4 7 13 2 9 2 tificate Technological Examinations — Preliminary.. .. At end of Form IV or 10 8 .. 2 13 10 3 equivalent Intermediate .. Evening classes, third- 29 22 7 24 15 9 year apprentices Final .. .. Evening classes, fourth- 25 12 .. 13 27 14 .. 13 year apprentices Special Examination in . . .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. 3 Building Construction Naval Cadetship .. Form III .. 3 2 .. 1 1 1 Naval Cadetship (Special Form VI .. .. 3 1 .. 2 entry) Aircraft Apprentices .. Form V.. .. 1 1.. .. 3 2.. 1 London University .. Post-secondary .. 3 2.. 1 2 1.. 1 Examinations held on be- As for technological 159 97 .. 62 191 89 .. 102 half of Cit3 r and Guilds examinations of London Institute * This examination is held by the Department's Inspectors in the various education districts, but the results are given for the purposes of comparison. A more detailed analysis will be found in Table A 7 of E.-2. t Competency pass. J Includes 3 passed for Class B in 1934 and 1 in 1935, § Includes 7 who passed in additional subjects.