HOKITIKA (Sisters of Mercy).

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 35, 27 December 1895, Page 18

HOKITIKA (Sisters of Mercy).

This school was examined on the 3rd and 4th of December by the Government Inspector of the Westland Education Board. Ninetyseven pupils wire presented, three only of whom failed to pass, giving an average of 96*9, or nearly 97 per cent. In the standards alone 60 were presented and 57 passed, giving a percentage of 95. The Inspector's report is as follows :—: — Apart from the fact that the average of p&Bsing in this Bchool is considerably higher than that of the Westarn District the results of the examination prove a very commendable state of efficiency. The failures were very few, and a number of pupils that passed did so with credit. This efficiency extends through the infant classes and all the standards, the only serious weakness appearing in the spelling of the Fourth Standard, and being dne to the attempt to prepare the subject from the book of a higher class. The vertical system of writing has beon introduced successfully, although there are signs that the transition from the ordinary method is not yet complete. Tha class and additional subjects have baen well prepared, the instruction in needlework being especially good. — A. J. Morton, Inspector.