DECISION DEFERRED
School Cert. Changes An opinion on the proposed revision of the school certificate examination was deferred for a month by the Hillmorton High School board of governors last evening. There was some criticism of the present system. Mrs D. J. McCahon said so many children thought only of “this wretched examination” and not of education for its own sake. The chairman (Miss R. F. C. Tyndall):■ Parents are partly to blame for this. The headmaster (Mr P. A. Murdoch), said that if a single-subject certificate was to be issued he would favour a reasonable pass standard of perhaps 50 per cent.
Mr C. E. Fenwick said that he would be more satisfied with four or five certificates showing gradings.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31080, 8 June 1966, Page 18
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121DECISION DEFERRED Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31080, 8 June 1966, Page 18
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