All Returned Service Applicants Now Admitted To Medical School
He was pleased to report that following negotiations between the education committee of the Rehabilitation Board and the Otago University Council, every returned serviceman who had passed his medical intermediate examination last year, and had made the necessary application, to the University, had been admitted to Otago Medical School, together with those who had not been admitted in 1947, said Mr B- Barrington, at the quarterly meeting of the Rehabilitation Council held in Wellington. Mr, Barrington, who is a member of the Rehabilitation Board, is chairman of the Board’s education committee. Just on 150 returned servicemen had been admitted to the Medical School to date, and the majority of these would not have been able to do so had it not been for the priority system established for returned men. For civilians entry was competitive. With them an average of over 70 per cent, in the intermediate examinations had to be gained in most cases to ensure entry, as against 50 per cent, in the case of returned servicemen.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19480409.2.44
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 36, 9 April 1948, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
178All Returned Service Applicants Now Admitted To Medical School Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 36, 9 April 1948, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in